We are please to announce that the King of Prussia Historical Society is participating in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania’s Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories (HCI-PSAR). The goal of HCI-PSAR is to make better known and more accessible the largely hidden archival collections of the many small, primarily volunteer-run repositories in the Philadelphia area. On May 20,
The Society’s book to commemorate Upper Merion’s Tricentennial is now available! Upper Merion Township The First 300 Years sold out during the Tricentennial. Fresh copies are now available. If you want a copy of this popular book authored by our Society historians, email us at info@kophistory.org. Or you can purchase the book at our June 14th Picnic where the authors will
This Sunday, May 18th, a book signing is planned at Easttown Library and Information Center in Berwyn. The signing follows the Treddyfrin Easttown Historical Society’s 2:00 pm meeting where Society members and authors, J. Michael Morrison, Marianne Hooper, and Francis X. Luther, will present excerpts from their book Upper Merion Township: The First 300 Years. For more details, visit the
The Society’s April 12th meeting will be our annual field trip to Peter Wentz Farmstead for Sheep Shearing Day. Watch the farmers shear the sheep, then stay to learn more about typical spring activities on a colonial farm. For the children there will be colonial toys and games, scarecrow building, puppet shows, and a craft area. Highlights also include open-hearth