HISTORY COMES ALIVE AT PEDDLER'S VILLAGE
EVENING IN THE COLONIAL KITCHEN!
2008 Schedule of Colonial Characters (*subject to change):
January 7
Meriwether Lewis: co-leader of the western expedition to explore the land obtained by the Louisiana Purchase
William Clark: the principal Indian agent and Brigadier General of the militia for the Louisiana Territory after returning from the western expedition.
January 14
James Forten: Wealthy African American sail maker who served as a powder boy in the War for Independence
Betsy Ross: A seamstress & upholsterer who sewed flags for our "rebellious" new nation.
January 21 (Martin Luther King Day)
Patrick Henry: Virginia lawyer, patriot and orator, wo proclaimed the famous works, "...give me liberty or give me death!"
James Wilson: elected to the Continental Congress, appointed to the Constitutional Convention and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
January 28
Marquis de Lafayette: statesman, soldier, general.
Baron Von Steuben: systematically trained the amateur American toops in military discipline and battle-readiness under George Washington.
February 4
Henry Knox: A close friend and advisor to George Washington, America's first Secretary of War.
John Paul Jones: the Scottish-born Commander of the U.S.S. Bonhomme Richard who declared, "I have not yet begun to fight!"
February 11 (Lincoln's Birthday Week)
Sergeant George Hall: Sgt. Hall was from Lancaster County, PA and enlisted in the 3rd U.S.C.T. in July of 1863. Sgt. Hall tells the story of Sgt./Maj. Henry James, 3rd US Colored Infantry, a forgotten hero of the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln: Sixteenth President of the United States, most dearly remembered for his Emancipation Proclamation
February 18 (President's Day)
Martha Washington: beloved first First Lady, she was also a true soldier's wife.
George Washington: "Father of our Country" --- a man nobody really knew.
Benjamin Franklin: Inventor, printer and statesman
February 25
Thomas Jefferson: writer of the Declaration of Independence, this brilliant young Virginia lawyer served as third President of the United States
Alexander Hamilton: unsung hero of the Revolution and later the Republic, who is best remembered as the "Father of the U.S. Treasury."
March 3 (March is Women's History Month)
John Adams: Second president of the United States
Abigail Adams: outspoken wife of the second President of the United States, who cautioned her husband to "remember the ladies".
March 10
Ann Bonney: the most fearless and feared woman of the many female pirates who preyed upon ships in the Caribbean in the early 18th century .
Mary Read: After her husband's death, Mary Read dressed as a man and boarded a ship bound for the West Indies. While at sea, Read's ship was attacked and captured by the notorious pirate "Calico" Jack Rackham.
March 17 (St. Patrick's Day)
Susan B. Anthony: 19th century women's rights advocate, worked ceaselessly for the right to vote.
Indentured Servant: an immigrant who contracted to work in exchange for passage and accommodation.
March 24
Dolley Madison: A Quaker from Philadelphia who became the country's third First Lady.
Oney Judge: George Washington's runaway slave.
March 31
Charles Willson Peale: Philadelphia artist whose many portraits serve to remember the faces of the Revolution and of the young Republic.
Sarah Miriam Peale: niece of Charles Willson Peale, talented artist with a long and successful career.
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