Friday, March 13, 2020 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Grab dinner in town and/or a beer two doors down from us and then come drum! Open to the community – Held in the 1783 Meetingroom. Instruments – BYO drum, tambourine, shakers, and any spare instruments to lend. We have a few things to lend. Parking –… Continue reading Friday Night Drum Circle
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Halloween Double Feature
Sunday, November 27, 2019 at 6 p.m. The Burlington Quaker Meeting House and Center for Conference and Lo Fi Books, Records & Coffee bring you a Halloween Double Feature and more. Fist up, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein,* 1948, followed by 10 minutes of short films, followed by (STAY TUNED)! SAVE THE DATE & TIME.… Continue reading Halloween Double Feature
Headstone for Peter Hill
Saturday, September 7 at 11:30 a.m. during the Colonial Burlington Foundation’s popular Wood Street Fair in Burlington City, the Burlington Quaker Meeting House along with the Burlington County Historical Society will unveil a headstone engraved and installed for Peter Hill (1767-1820), known as the first African-American clock maker. His grave had been unmarked previously. Hill’s… Continue reading Headstone for Peter Hill
Penn Paddle: Delaware – 1 or 2 days
Saturday, August 24 and/or Sunday, August 25, 2019. An Historic Paddle on the Delaware River. This year timed to coincide with Burlington City’s popular “Festival of Lights” — a lighted boat parade followed by fireworks. In 1677, the Quakers bought from the Lenape the land between Assunpink Creek (Trenton) and Rancocas Creek on the tidal… Continue reading Penn Paddle: Delaware – 1 or 2 days
Pennsauken Creek
**If you know someone who wants to tour both houses but drive rather than kayak between them, they are welcome. Tickets still needed.** Saturday, August 10, 2019. Paddle 4 mi. on Pennsauken Creek from the Griffith Morgan House near the mouth of the Delaware River, upstream with the incoming tide to the Burrough Dover House,… Continue reading Pennsauken Creek
Spring Cleanup
Saturday, May 11, 2019. Cleanup from 9:30 – 11:20 a.m. Group Photo 10:20 a.m. Lunch at 11:30 a.m. Part of this is in preparation for placing a head stone for Peter Hill, known as “The First African-American Clock Maker.” We need to Relocate a pile of dirt Collect and stack bricks from fallen wall Prune… Continue reading Spring Cleanup
March Community Drum Circle – on a Friday
FRIDAY, March 8 at 7 p.m. Open to the community – Held in the 1783 Meetingroom. Instruments – BYO drum, tambourine, shakers, and any spare instruments to lend. We have a few things to lend. Parking – Free, public parking for 230 across the street. See https://burlmhcc.org/parking/ for details. The main entrance is on the left-hand,… Continue reading March Community Drum Circle – on a Friday
One event, three speakers
Sunday, February 10, 2019 starting at 1 p.m. followed by a Q&A session and deserts. Admission $10. Tickets available online here or at the door. Proceeds from ticket sales will be added to donations for a headstone to be engraved and installed for Peter Hill. Quantity of tickets 1 Ticket $10.00 USD2 Tickets $20.00 USD3… Continue reading One event, three speakers
FRIDAY February Community Drum Circle
FRIDAY, February 8 at 7 p.m. Open to the community – Held in the 1783 Meetingroom. Instruments – BYO drum, tambourine, shakers, and any spare instruments to lend. We have a few things to lend. Parking – Free, public parking for 230 across the street. See https://burlmhcc.org/parking/ for details. Entrance is half-way down the driveway.… Continue reading FRIDAY February Community Drum Circle
Discuss Alice Paul and the American Suffrage Movement
Tuesday, February 5, 2019 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. By Katherine H. Adams and Michael L. Keene. Past biographies, histories, and government documents have ignored Alice Paul’s contribution to the women’s suffrage movement, but this groundbreaking study scrupulously fills the gap in the historical record. Masterfully framed by an analysis of Paul’s nonviolent and visual… Continue reading Discuss Alice Paul and the American Suffrage Movement