October 1, 2020 — November 30, 2020. You can experience John Woolman’s 1763, 200 mi. peacemaking walk to Wyalusing, Pa. by participating in our virtual Walk to Wyalusing, a fundraiser for us and the John Woolman Memorial. In June 1763, John Woolman journeyed 200 miles from Mt. Holly in (then) West (New) Jersey on a… Continue reading (Virtual) Walk to Wyalusing
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Woolman’s hopes for and reflections on the Walk to Wyalusing
Thursday, November 19th at 7 p.m. — Carol and her husband Jack Walz served as co-directors of the John Woolman Memorial from 1993 to 2016. She recently retired as Director of Grant Making for Philadelphia Yearly Meeting after 24 years where she says she was “blessed to work every day with individuals whose lives, projects… Continue reading Woolman’s hopes for and reflections on the Walk to Wyalusing
Seeds of Great Calamity: English Colonization in Lenape Country
Thursday, October 29th at 7:30 p.m. – Dr. Jean R. Soderlund is a professor of history emeritus at Lehigh University whose most recent book Lenape Country: Delaware Valley Society before William Penn (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015) won the Philip S. Klein Book Prize from the Pennsylvania Historical Association. She has published numerous articles and… Continue reading Seeds of Great Calamity: English Colonization in Lenape Country
Native Culture as it existed prior to and early on during the Quaker migration to South Jersey
Thursday, October 8th at 7:30 p.m. – Jack Thomas Johnson, an enrolled member of the Delaware Nation, will give an overview of Native Culture as it existed prior to and early on during the Quaker migration to South Jersey. His presentation and two others are part of the (Virtual) Walk to Wyalusing. https://burlmhcc.org/walk-to-wyalusing/ Jack’s presentation will… Continue reading Native Culture as it existed prior to and early on during the Quaker migration to South Jersey