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PHMC Highlights

PHMC Highlights is patterned from the same feature that appears in each edition of Pennsylvania Heritage. Highlights of recent events are showcased through activities of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, its employees and volunteers, historic sites on the Trails of History™, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, or the Pennsylvania State Archives. These highlights provide a showcase of the many ways PHMC is working to protect and preserve the Commonwealth’s historic treasures and educate the public about Pennsylvania’s rich heritage. Submissions are provided by staff from each highlighted locale or event.

Historical organizations participating in charter Day

The State Archives at Charter Day

Pennsylvania Military Museum bookstore

Charter Day at Pennsylvania Military Musem

Governor Dick Thornburgh

Governor Dick Thornburgh

PA Bookstore Presentation about Yellow Hill

"Yellowhill" Bookstore Presentation

Curator Janet Johnson speaks with attendant at 2010 Farmshow

Farmshow 2010

Then & Now Military costumes

2009 Then & NOW Time Line of Military Uniforms and Equipment

Railroad museum staff with Gov. Edward Rendell

Railroad Museum at Governor's Mansion

U.S.S. PENNSYLVANIA on the grounds of the Pennsylvania Military Museum in Boalsburg

First ever Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day 2009 ceremony

Mercersburg marker reveal

54th Mass. Infantry Regiment, US Colored Troops Marker in Mercersburg

CRGIS staff at GIS day

GIS Day

State Museum archaeologist, Jim Herbstritt, speaks to a 4th grade class on the value of archaeology.

Archaeology Day at the Capitol

An imaginative event held this past September, the third annual Graeme Park Dog Show, attracted more than 400 people with their furry companions, including an adorable Yorkshire Terrier (above).

Graeme Park Dog Show

Inside the historic granary, Michael Falcone (above) of Leesdale, Allegheny County, portrayed a young Harmonist broom maker.

Erntefest at Old Economy Village

The museum building (above), with its colorful display of military service and campaign award ribbons painted on the façade, beckons festival visitors to visit the museum.

People’s Choice Festival at the Pennsylvania Military Museum

Elizabeth Hobbes (above) of Jeannette, Westmoreland County, took time out from assisting in the interpretation of the center’s 1770s farmstead to feed her daughter Eirene.

Mountain Craft Days at Somerset Historical Center

This year’s winner is John Godzieba (left), of Langhorne, Bucks County, photographed with the outgoing Washington reenactor, Ronald P. Rinaldi, of Branchburg, New Jersey.

General George Washington

Former Governor Leader photograph

Pennsylvania Governors Speakers Series

Museum volunteer Sue Tafel (left, in doorway), portrayed Lady Anne Keith, eighteenth-century mistress of the Keith House

Living History Sunday at Graeme Park

Connie Unangst (top, right), a frequent demonstrator at the park, tempted appetites with a presentation of colonial spring cooking.

Colonial Spring at Washington Crossing Historic Park

The Ephrata Cloister Chorus celebrated its fiftieth anniversary

Ephrata Cloister Chorus celebrated its fiftieth anniversary

Jay Smar (left) and Van Wagner performed folk songs

Folk Songs at the Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum

An Associated Press multi-media photographer snaps an action photo of a 1st CAV reenactor.

Vietnam Revisited 2009

The National, State, and Division Color Guards stand at attention during the annual memorial service for the Pennsylvania National Guard at their Divisional Shrine adjacent to the Pennsylvania Militray Museum in Boalsburg, Centre County this past May.

28th Infantry Division Memorial Service and Reunion at PA Military Museum

Kent W. Steinbrunner in front of the Energy: Innovation and Impact poster

Pennsylvania Annual Energy Expo

Barbara Franco with Mickey Rowley

Civil War Trails experience

Custodial Guide Thomas J. Curney stand at home front door

Patch Town Days at Eckley Miners’ Village

Ted R. Walke introduces speaker to the audience.

Harrisburg’s Old Eighth Ward

Curator and collection specialist inspect Gatling gun.

Gatling gun at Anthracite Heritage Museum

Douglas A. Miller, site administrator of Pennsbury Manor, speaks to a full audience.

State Bookstore Lecture Series

Volunteers at Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum and Iron Furnaces

Volunteers at Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum and Iron Furnaces

workshop participants

Spring Garden Workshop at Old Economy Village

Visitors at Landis Valley Museum

Charter Day 2009