HISTORY COMES ALIVE AT PEDDLER'S VILLAGE
EVENING IN THE COLONIAL KITCHEN!
2010 Schedule of Colonial Characters (*subject to change):
January 4
Benjamin Franklin: Inventor, printer and statesman.
John Hancock: Merchant, statesman and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
January 11
Marquis de Lafayette: statesman, soldier, general.
Baron Von Steuben: systematically trained the amateur American troops in military discipline and battle-readiness under George Washington.
January 18 (Martin Luther King Day)
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 25
Patrick Henry: Virginia lawyer, patriot and orator, who proclaimed the famous words, "...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.
February 1
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."
February 8 (Lincoln's Birthday Week)
Harriet Tubman: born into slavery in Maryland, freed herself and played a major role in the Underground Railroad.
Abraham Lincoln: Sixteenth President of the United States, most dearly remembered for his Emancipation Proclamation
February 15 (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.
Annis Boudinot Stockton: known as the Duchess of Morven, Mrs. Stockton was the wife of Declaration of Independence signer Richard Stockton. She was a patriot in her own right and wrote both peoms and letters to George Washington.
February 22
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 1
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.
March 8
Anne 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 Reed: After her husband's death, Mary Reed dressed as a man and boarded a ship bound for the West Indies. While at sea, Reed's ship was attacked and captured by the notorious pirate "Calico" Jack Rackham.
March 15 (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 22
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
March 29
Molly Pitcher: a soldier's wife who bravely stepped
in to "man" his cannon position after he was wounded in battle.
Dolley Madison: A Quaker from Philadelphia who became the country's third First Lady. |
