Membership Meetings & Special Events

Free & Open to the Public

Meetings start at 7:30pm
and are held at the
Royersford VFW
730 S 4th Ave
Royersford, PA
courtesy of the Royersford VFW

All programs begin promptly at 7:30 PM and last approximately one hour followed by refreshments and a question and answer forum.

Wednesday, April 13th

George Vinter Sr. - Colonial Toys
George is an early American re-enactor, who demonstrates 18th and 19th century toys, games and other items used during our country's early years. Learn about the horn book, dolls, rolling hoops, games of graces, fox and geese and other games still being played today. George, an excellent speaker, will be dressed in period attire.

Saturday, May 7th

Annual May Fair at Museum
9 AM to 3 PM - (Entertainment to be announced)
Museum buildings open

Wednesday, June 8th

Rev. Koch - "Ephrata Cloister"
We are pleased to have the Rev. David Koch, one of our members, do a special program about the Ephrata Cloister. Rev. Koch will speak about Johann Conrad Beissel who founded a sequestered experiment in faith in 1732, with adherents living in a cloister near Ephrata, PA. Rev. David Koch will be dressed in costume of the period for the presentation.

Saturday, September 10th

Annual Fall Festival
9AM to 3PM
Museum buildings open

Wednesday, Sept. 14th

Pamela Powell - "Then & Now Chester Co."
Pamela Powell, our guest speaker from the Chester County Historical Society in West Chester, will give a special slide presentation based on an exhibition and companion book called "Then and Now - Chester County" published by Arcadia. This presentation is a collaboration between CCHS and the Chester County Camera Club. Pamela did a photo program for us in 2006 and we look forward to her return with this new program.

Prof. McIlnay - "Wreck of the Red Arrow"
Dr. Dennis P. McIlnay was a guest speaker for us last year. He returns to do a special presentation on his new book "The Wreck of the Red Arrow." In this book Professor McIlnay tells the true story of one of America’s worst train wrecks ten miles west of Altoona at 3:22 am on February 18, 1947. In this crash of a Pennsylvania Railroad express passenger train, twenty-four people were killed and one hundred forty were injured, many critically. "The Wreck of the Red Arrow" was released in September 2010.