Hours:
September 14: 10am -
5pm
September 15: 10am -
5pm
Location:
Barn Visitors Center
1736 Creek
Road, Chadds Ford, PA 19317
Admission:
Admission is available at the gate on each day of the event: $10 for adults 18 and older; $5 for children 6 - 17; Free for children under 6 and CFHS members with
membership card.
Dogs are welcome, but must be on a leash. Please clean up after your pet.
Volunteer:
Interested in
volunteering? Click here to learn more and sign up.
Parking:
Parking is located in
a field adjacent to the festival on N. Creek Road. Police and attendants will be onsite to guide you. Please park only in lots designated for event
parking. Please DO NOT PARK along Route 1 (Baltimore Pike), Creek Road (Route 100), in nearby business parking lots or neighborhoods.
Crafters and Artisans:
Crafters and artisans interested in setting up a booth at the event should click here to access information and application forms. We are still accepting applications until August 28 or when all spaces are filled!
General businesses cannot set up a booth
unless they are a sponsor. Click to review sponsorship levels and benefits: Sponsorship Opportunities
2nd Pennsylvania Regiment Schedule (same both days)
11:30 am Infantry & Artillery (cannon fire)
1:30 pm Infantry & Artillery (cannon fire)
2:30 pm Artillery (cannon fire)
3:30 pm Infantry & Artillery (cannon fire)
Saturday September 14
11 am Wesley Sessa: a visual presentation on the region’s colonial vernacular architecture
12 pm Noah Lewis: Ned Hector, an African-American soldier with Proctor’s 3rd Pa. artillery regiment
1 pm Adrian Martinez: the artistic process in creating historical paintings of colonial figures
2 pm Chuck Feld: the history of horticulture in colonial America
3 pm Jim Christ: “Remember Paoli!,” the story about the ninth bloodiest battle of the Rev War
4 pm Catherine Quillman: “Hannah Freeman” aka “Indian Hannah” and her Chadds Ford roots.
Sunday September 15
11 am Phil Duffy: “The Battle of the Brandywine : A Tragedy of Errors”
12 pm Michael Harris: his latest research on the Philadelphia campaign of 1777
1 pm Adrian Martinez: the artistic process in creating historical paintings of colonial figures
2 pm Chuck Feld: the history of horticulture in colonial America
3 pm Jim Christ: “Remember Paoli!,” the story about the ninth bloodiest battle of the Rev War
4 pm Noah Lewis: Ned Hector, an African-American soldier with Proctor’s 3rd Pa. artillery regiment
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