June 7, 2008
10AM - 4 PM
(Rain Date June 8th)

Colonial Day is a one-day celebration (rain date Sunday, June 8th) that is filled with a number of events including tours of historic sites and private properties plus colonial artisans and crafters.    You will see signs of Colonial Life all over Newtown Square, but the historic tavern on Rt. 252 & Goshen Road will be a major center of activity.   Join us for lunch: hotdogs, fruit, cookies, and lemonade, all with a colonial twist - featuring the First Continental Regt. of Foot re-enactors demonstrating life in a colonial military encampment.   Children will be fascinated with the Revolutionary War living history encampment just outside the Tavern.  The Lederach Cooper will be nearby demonstrating the colonial era technique of making barrels and other containers.  Carol Schaeffer's spectacular exhibit of her paintings featuring local historic buildings, including many of the Newtown Square historic sites, will be nearby.   Inside, Clarissa Dillon is cooking up a living history experience with colonial food.   Also featured will be children's activities and crafts.  Again, for the children, face painting!

For the adults and children, public buildings, private homes and sites that will be open, include:

• The Paper Mill House Museum (1770)
• The Friends Meeting House (c. 1711 and 1791)
• The Hood Octagonal School House (1842)
• The Square Tavern (1742)
• Bartram's Covered Bridge (1860)
• PRR Freight Station/ Railroad Museum @ Drexel Lodge (1895)
• Samuel Caley House (1768)
• The Thomas Massey House (1696) in Broomall http://www.thomasmasseyhouse.org
• Waterloo Mills in Berwyn (partially in Newtown)
• Waterloo House (1761) in Berwyn

Raffle tickets, $5, will be sold, the prize a dinner for 8 - 10 at the historic Massey House.
If you haven't visited the Paper Mill House Museum lately, don't miss seeing the many changes including new local history and mill displays. 

You can purchase tickets for Colonial Day at the Newtown Square Hardware store or Bunny Hare's Gift Shop prior to the event for $5.00. Tickets will be for sale the day of the event for $6.

If you would like to place an Ad in the Colonial Day Booklet please contact Kathe Kisela at kkisela@comcast.net.

What is Colonial Day?

Newtown Square's Annual Colonial Day Celebration is held annually the 1st Saturday in June. Colonial Day is a one day celebration filled with a number of events including: tours of historic sites and private properties, colonial artisans and crafters, displays, lunch and concert activities.

Outside the Paper Mill House Museum

Outside the Octagonal School

Inside the General Store at the Paper Mill House Museum