May 06 Past Event What’s the Buzz with Bees? May 6, 2023, 1:00pm to 2:00pm - Peggy Bancroft Hall What started out as a 4H project for his daughter 12 years ago has turned into Randy Peifer’s personal hobby. Randy will discuss his beekeeping experiences, what he has learned ... o-arrow--white--long May 01 Past Event 3D Printing Replicates Ancient Artifacts May 1, 2023, 1:00pm to 2:00pm - Peggy Bancroft Hall A collaboration between GDHS and Wallenpaupack School District is literally expanding the Society’s Lenape artifact collection. When GDHS sought to have projectile points in its collection replicated and enlarged, they ... o-arrow--white--long Apr 22 Past Event Toy Soldier Museum Tour April 22, 2023, 10:30am to 12:00pm - Toy Soldier Museum Jim Hillestad, owner of the Toy Soldier Museum in Cresco, makes history come alive with his spectacular dioramas created to portray important events in history. Jim has meticulously hand-built the ... o-arrow--white--long Apr 22 Past Event Route 507 Litter Pick Up April 22, 2023, 10:00am to 12:00pm - Meet at Dutch's Market Parking Lot Celebrate Earth Day by participating in “Pick Up PA” with GDHS volunteers on Saturday, April 22. Participants will pick up trash and litter along Route 507 in Greentown. Please contact ... o-arrow--white--long Apr 03 Past Event Spring is Here! Soup Luncheon April 3, 2023, 12:00pm to 2:00pm - Fellowship Room, Hemlock Grove UM Church Let’s get together! Members of the Historical Society will gather in the Fellowship Room at Hemlock Grove United Methodist Church in Greentown on Monday, April 3, to kick off their ... o-arrow--white--long Mar 16 Past Event Genealogy Workshop March 16, 2023, 6:45pm to 9:00pm - Newfoundland Public Library The Greene-Dreher Historical Society is offering free workshops to help you get started or continue building your family tree. Let us know what topics you are interested in learning more ... o-arrow--white--long Mar 02 Past Event Journey’s End Farm Maple Tour March 2, 2023, 2:00pm to 3:00pm - Journey's End Farm Join us for a tour of Journey’s End Farm Maple Tour on Thursday March 2, on a day when the sap will be running and the boiling will be in ... o-arrow--white--long Feb 23 Past Event Lake Russell Maple Farm Tour February 23, 2023, 1:00pm to 3:00pm - Lake Russel Maple Farm Join us for a tour of two local maple producers—Lake Russell Maple Farm and Journey’s End Farm. The tours are scheduled during the last week of February and the first ... o-arrow--white--long Feb 16 Past Event Genealogy Workshop February 16, 2023, 6:45pm to 9:00pm - Newfoundland Public Library The Greene-Dreher Historical Society is offering free workshops to help you get started or continue building your family tree. Let us know what topics you are interested in learning more ... o-arrow--white--long Jan 19 Past Event Genealogy Workshop January 19, 2023, 6:45pm to 9:00pm - Newfoundland Public Library The Greene-Dreher Historical Society is offering free workshops to help you get started or continue building your family tree. Let us know what topics you are interested in learning more ... o-arrow--white--long Nov 07 Past Event Honoring our Veterans November 7, 2022, 1:00pm to 2:00pm - Peggy Bancroft Hall Patriotic Songs will be performed by Wallenpaupack South Elementary School Chorus, under the direction of music teacher Lisa Holden. For the sixth year, the chorus will delight their audience with ... o-arrow--white--long Oct 15 Past Event Flintknapping and Interpreting Native American Artifacts” October 15, 2022, 1:00pm to 2:30pm - Peggy Bancroft Hall Veteran flintknapper Richard Poirier will give a demonstration of flintknapping, and art and skill he has been practicing for over 30 years. Working with a variety of materials, including the ... o-arrow--white--long Oct 08 Past Event Jam ‘n Jelly Day October 8, 2022, 11:00am to 2:00pm - Peggy Bancroft Hall Our annual Jam ’n Jelly Day will once again feature delicious homemade jams and jellies for sale in a wide selection of flavors, from the traditional to the tantalizing. A ... o-arrow--white--long Sep 30 Past Event Digging the Past: The Work of the Frances Dorrance Chapter, Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology September 30, 2022, 1:00pm to 2:30pm - Peggy Bancroft Hall Ted Baird, representing the Frances Dorrance Chapter, Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology, will speak about his work at the confluence of the Lackawanna and Susquehanna Rivers for the past 20 years. ... o-arrow--white--long Aug 20 Past Event Canal Festival August 20, 2022, 10:00am to 4:00pm - Lock 31 House, Route 6, Hawley The Historical Society will have a booth at the annual Canal Festival in Hawley on August 20. They will offer a selection of books on local history, and authors Bernadine ... o-arrow--white--long Aug 13 Past Event CCC Day at Promised Land State Park August 13, 2022, 10:00am to 3:00pm - Promised Land State Park, Masker Museum complex Promised Land State Park is hosting a CCC and Local History Day event on Saturday, August 13, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Masker Museum complex. The focus ... o-arrow--white--long Aug 01 Past Event William Penn and the Lenape August 1, 2022, 1:00pm to 2:30pm - Peggy Bancroft Hall Historian Douglas Miller will discuss the Pennsylvania colony and William Penn’s part in it. “It would have been a very different story if he had been dealing with a different ... o-arrow--white--long Jul 19 Past Event Pennamite–Yankee Wars: The Long Struggle for Control over the Wyoming Valley in the Eighteenth Century July 19, 2022, 1:00pm to 2:30pm - Peggy Bancroft Hall Dr. Christopher Pearl will explore the struggle within and between Native Americans and British colonists over control of the Wyoming Valley in the latter half of the eighteenth century. By ... o-arrow--white--long Jul 09 Past Event Open House and Ice Cream Social July 9, 2022, 11:00am to 2:00pm - Peggy Bancroft Hall An Open House and Ice Cream Social will be held at Peggy Bancroft Hall on Saturday, July 9. The museum and outbuildings will be open for tours and, as in ... o-arrow--white--long Jun 25 Past Event Foraging in the Forest June 25, 2022, 10:00am to 12:00pm - Lacawac Sanctuary We are invited to join master herbalist Nathaniel Whitmore for a walk around Lacawac Sanctuary in Ledgedale to look for perennial vegetables, medicinal herbs, mushrooms, and all the edibles in ... o-arrow--white--long Jun 23 Past Event Powwowing in Sympathy with your Neighbors: Shared Lenape Plant Knowledge Within Pennsylvania German Folk Cures June 23, 2022, 1:00pm to 2:30pm - Peggy Bancroft Hall Katherine Nute will discuss the influence of Lenape medicinal practices on Moravian and Pennsylvania German settlers in eastern Pennsylvania. She will trace the roots of both indigenous medicine and the ... o-arrow--white--long Jun 18 Past Event Plant Sale Fundraiser June 18, 2022, 10:00am to 3:00pm - Carlton Drake Memorial Park, Newfoundland June is the perfect time to add new varieties of perennials to your garden. GDHS is hosting a Plant Sale Fundraiser where plant lovers can purchase indoor and outdoor plants ... o-arrow--white--long Jun 06 Past Event Lenape of the Upper Delaware June 6, 2022, 1:00pm to 2:30pm - Peggy Bancroft Hall Susan Bachor, Archaeologist & Historic Preservationist with the Delaware Tribe of Indians, will kick off this year’s seminar series with a talk focusing on the Lenape people who inhabited this ... o-arrow--white--long