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Past Calendar Events - 2022

Saturday, December 4, 2022 3:00-5:00 PM
American Revolution Round Table of Northern Delaware
"Peter Jaquett, A Neglected Hero"
Speaker: Brig. Gen. Kennard R. Wiggins Jr. [ Bio ]
Well-behaved children always welcomed
$5 at the door includes coffee, tea & dessert

Saturday, December 3, 2022 7:30-9:30 PM
American Revolution Round Table of Northern Delaware
Speakers: Bryant & Pamela White,
      Historic Artists Tell Us About Their Work!
Well-behaved children always welcomed
$5 at the door includes coffee, tea & dessert

Saturday, December 3, 2022   Noon-5:00 pm
Holiday Open House

Sunday, November 13 , 2022   3:00PM - 5:00PM
Family Program!!!
Speaker: author William Manthorpe, Captain USN (Ret)
Speaking on his new book,
"Jacob Jones.A Boy's life in Lewes During the American Revolution"
Children and grandchildren welcome!
$5 at the door includes afternoon snacks!

Saturday, November 12, 2022   7:30-9:30 PM
American Revolution Round Table of Northern Delaware
"Forgotten Founding Fathers: Pennsylvania and Delaware"
Speaker Gene Pisasale, CFA
Well-behaved children always welcomed
$5 at the door includes coffee, tea & dessert

Sunday, October 16, 2022 3:00PM - 5:00PM
This Place Matters Series
Speaker: Jennifer Acord of Museum of Nature & Science
"Learn About the Exciting Renovations at the Delaware Museum of Natural History"
Well-behaved children always welcomed
$5 at the door includes coffee, tea & dessert

Saturday, October 15, 2022 7:30-9:30 PM
American Revolution Round Table of Northern Delaware
"Paoli Battlefield: Site of the 1777 Massacre"
Speaker: Jim Christ
Well-behaved children always welcomed
$5 at the door includes coffee, tea & dessert

Sunday, Sept 11, 2022   3:00PM - 5:00PM
Talks on the Terrace - Lafayette's Birthday
Speaker: author Bruce Mowday   [ Flyer ]
Speaking on his new book,
"Lafayette at Brandywine: The making of an American Hero."
Well-behaved children always welcomed
$5 at the door includes coffee, tea & dessert

Saturday, September 10, 2022 7:30-9:30 PM
American Revolution Round Table of Northern Delaware
"George Washington Remembers"   [ Flyer ]
Speaker: Sam Davis
Well-behaved children always welcomed
$5 at the door includes coffee, tea & dessert

Sunday, August 14   3:00 PM -5:00 PM
Talks on the Terrace. This Place Matters Series:
"What's New at Cooch's Bridge?"
Speakers: Kaitlyn Dykes, Historic and Cultural Affairs site supervisor and Vince Watchorn, President of the Friends of Cooch's Bridge Historic Site.
Well-behaved children always welcomed
$5 at the door includes coffee, tea, and dessert

Saturday, August 13, 2022   7:30-9:30 PM
American Revolution Round Table of Northern Delaware
"A Single Blow:The Battles of Lexington and Concord and the Beginning of the American Revolution. April 19, 1775"
Speaker: Author Phillip Greenwalt
Well-behaved children always welcomed
$5 at the door includes coffee, tea & dessert

Sunday, July 17 2022 3:00PM - 5:00PM
Talks on the Terrace
This Place Matters Series: " Ending Erasure: Recognizing African Americans in the Cultural Landscape." Talk will Focus on the discovery of the John Dickinson African Burial Ground and discussing the Plantation's Stories Project.
Speaker:Gloria Henry, Site Supervisor
John Dickinson Plantation
Well-behaved children always welcomed
$5 at the door includes coffee, tea & dessert

Saturday, July 16, 2022   7:30-9:30 PM
American Revolution Round Table of Northern Delaware
"When Patriots Clash:
    How John Dickinson Disrupted Ben Franklin's Royal Colony Scheme"
Speaker:John Sweeney
Well-behaved children always welcomed
$5 at the door includes coffee, tea & dessert

Sunday, July 10 2022 3:00PM - 5:00PM
Delaware Huguenot Society's Summer Meeting
Note: a Brief Business Meeting will be held.
Speaker: Award-Winning Author, Rev Stephen M. Davis
Topic: French Huguenots & Wars of Religion   [ Flyer ]
Well-behaved children always welcomed
Suggested donation $5 at the door includes coffee, tea & dessert
RSVP to Christine Crossan:
steen50@verizon.net, 302-897-9177

Saturday, June 18, 2022   7:30-9:30 PM
American Revolution Round Table.
"A Most Gallant Resistance: The Delaware River Campaign, September-November 1777"
Speaker: Jim McIntyre, author of new book by the same name to be published May 31
Well-behaved children always welcomed
$5 at the door includes coffee, tea & dessert.

Sunday, June 12, 2022 9:00 a.m. -11 a.m.
Birding at the Hale Byrnes House.   [ INFO ]
Speaker: Joe Sebastiani, Director of Adult Engagement, Ashland Nature Center
Be prepared to walk!
Well-behaved children always welcomed
$5 at the door includes coffee, tea & dessert

Sunday, May 15, 2022 3:00PM - 5:00PM
Talks on the Terrace [Flyer]
This Place Matters Series: "What About the Hale Byrnes House"
Speaker: Kim Burdick , Resident Manager at the Hale Byrnes House
Well-behaved children always welcomed
$5 at the door includes coffee, tea & dessert

Saturday, May 14, 2022 7:30-9:30 PM
American Revolution Round Table of Northern Delaware
"Washington's Route of March to the Battle of Brandywine"
Speaker: Bill Knightly [Flyer]
Well-behaved children always welcomed
$5 at the door includes coffee, tea & dessert

Sunday, April 24 , 2022 3:00PM - 5:00PM
Talks on the Terrace.
"The Underground Escape Routes in Delaware.     [ Flyer ]
Cake Curators caring about history"
Speakers: Catherine Lee and J. Michael Short
Well-behaved children always welcomed
IMPORTANT: RSVPs required. $30 per person.
Checks should be mailed to:
Hale Byrnes House
606 Stanton-Christiana Road
Newark, DE 19713
With your preferred time slot 3 pm or 6 pm.
Checks should be made out to : Lee Michael's Sculpture Cakes.
Program includes cake made from original recipe eaten by the escaping
Africans while on the UGRR trail; music by Michael Short who will lead
us off the plantation as we sing coded songs, including Solo Deep River and more UGRR history

Saturday, April 23, 2022   7:30-9:30 PM
American Revolution Round Table of Northern Delaware
Victory or Death: The Battles of Trenton/Princeton, Dec. 25, 1776 - Jan. 3, 1777
Author: Mark Maloy
Well-behaved children always welcomed
$5 at the door includes coffee & dessert

Wednesday, April 13, 2022   7:00 PM
Board Meeting

Saturday, April 2, 2022   9:00 A.M.-Noon
Christiana River Clean-Up: www.christinarivercleanup.org
For Hale Byrnes House Cleanup gather at the house at 9:00 a.m.
Contact: Shirley Posey at SPsap917@gmail.com
Well-behaved children always welcomed
Coffee will be available!