Ancestors & Genealogy, Artifact Collections, News, Public |
Bright and early on the morning of 10 June, members of the Pennsylvania Society joined a production team from network affiliate 6abc/Philadelphia to participate in a production of a local interest segment about keeping history interesting and alive in 2026. President C. Michael Whelan, Peter F. Stokes and Executive Director Schuyler C. Wickes joined … Read more
As many of you have read over the last year or so, we have recently completed the relocation of the Gulph Mills Encampment Monument back to its historically accurate location at the actual site of General George Washington’s December 1777 Encampment on his way to winter quarters at Valley Forge. This has been an enormous … Read more
On July 29th, The Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution, represented by Troy Keener, participated in the New Citizens Naturalization Ceremony held in Reading, Pennsylvania at the Berks County Courthouse. This was the first time the Society has taken part in a Berks County ceremony. During the event, 38 new citizens from 10 … Read more
Active Revolutionary Flags, Color Guard, Events, News, Public |
A Semiquincentennial Celebration of our Declaration of Independence July 4th, 2026, marked a generational celebration of our nation’s 250th anniversary of the 1776 Declaration of Independence. In anticipation of the massive crowds and heightened security, and the limitations on event and parade permits in Center City Philadelphia, the decision was made early and definitively … Read more
Active Revolutionary Flags, Color Guard, Monuments, News, Public |
On June 26th, the Society was honored to serve as the Presenting Sponsor of Chester County’s New Citizens Naturalization Ceremony, hosted by Founding Forward and The Union League, in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Founding Forward, formerly the Freedoms Foundation, informs and engages citizens through transformational experiences grounded in American history. These experiences enable students, teachers, … Read more
Ancestors & Genealogy, News, Public, Sons Speaker Series |
Dr. Emily Sneff is an early American historian and leading expert on the Declaration of Independence. She earned her Ph.D. in History from William & Mary. She was a consulting curator for exhibitions marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration at the Museum of the American Revolution and Historic Trappe. She is the author … Read more
Artifact Collections, Color Guard, Events, Flag Collection, News, Public |
Saturday April 11 was the Grand Opening of the newly restored Muhlenberg Speaker’s House at Historic Trappe in Trappe, Pennsylvania. For this important event, the Society’s Color Guard provided a complete Static Display of all our Color Guard standards and flags as part of the official ribbon-cutting ceremony. This is the new location of our … Read more
University of Pennsylvania scholar Dr. Emma Hart, an authority on trade and commerce in early America, was the Society’s guest lecturer on March 31 at Historic Waynesborough. Dr. Hart, Chair of the History Department and Director of the McNeil Center for Early American Studies, talked about 18th Century differences between America and Britain in terms … Read more
President Whelan’s Member Outreach Initiative continues to organize popular membership receptions. Following on from our social last year at Taylor House Brewing in Catasauqua, PA, this year we chose The Sun Inn and Tavern in Historic Bethlehem, to host our Lehigh Valley membership for a convivial gathering on March 19th. The events of that day … Read more
News, Public, Sons Speaker Series |
The Society hosted popular historian Jim Segrave-Day at Historic Waynesborough on January 27, 2026, for a lecture on how the 1777-1778 Valley Forge encampment molded a loosely organized Continental Army into a disciplined and effective fighting force capable of winning the Revolutionary War. Segrave-Daly, who is from Havertown and speaks widely on historical topics, … Read more