Historic Fair Hill

"Under the Bonnet" Performance
2020-08-29 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
SECOND SHOWING

“Under the Bonnet” a new play with Frederick Douglas, Lucretia and James Mott
about Abolition, Women’s Rights, Seneca Falls for the Centenary of the 19th Amendment and women’s vote.

Free but reservation required.
Get your tickets here: https://cutt.ly/bonnet-aug-29
Free parking in lot behind the meetinghouse.

Description:
Quaker, wife, mother, teacher, orator, friend, activist and symbol of strength and determination. A tenacious woman who spent her life fighting for the rights of women and African Americans, Lucretia Mott abided by the Quaker tenet that all people are equal. She helped found the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society, and co-wrote the Declaration of Sentiments for the first Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York, igniting the fight for women’s suffrage.
She also helped found Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania and continued her resolve for creating equality until her final days. Through conversations with her husband, James Mott, and with insights from fellow women’s rights advocate, Frederick Douglass, Under the Bonnet reveals the strength and tenacity of her character as well as the tender and compassionate woman under the bonnet. ​

"Under the Bonnet" Performance
2020-08-29 15:00 - 16:00
FIRST SHOWING

“Under the Bonnet” a new play with Frederick Douglas, Lucretia and James Mott
about Abolition, Women’s Rights, Seneca Falls for the Centenary of the 19th Amendment and women’s vote.

Free but reservation required.
Get your tickets here: https://cutt.ly/bonnet-aug-29
Free parking in lot behind the meetinghouse.

Description:
Quaker, wife, mother, teacher, orator, friend, activist and symbol of strength and determination. A tenacious woman who spent her life fighting for the rights of women and African Americans, Lucretia Mott abided by the Quaker tenet that all people are equal. She helped found the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society, and co-wrote the Declaration of Sentiments for the first Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York, igniting the fight for women’s suffrage.
She also helped found Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania and continued her resolve for creating equality until her final days. Through conversations with her husband, James Mott, and with insights from fellow women’s rights advocate, Frederick Douglass, Under the Bonnet reveals the strength and tenacity of her character as well as the tender and compassionate woman under the bonnet. ​

Summer Saturdays at HFH
2020-08-29 10:00 - 15:00, 2020-08-22 10:00 - 15:00, 2020-08-08 10:00 - 15:00, 2020-08-01 10:00 - 15:00, 2020-07-25 10:00 - 15:00, 2020-07-18 10:00 - 15:00, 2020-07-11 10:00 - 15:00 | Historic Fair Hill, 2901 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19133, United States
Gardening and Open Zone of Peace – help out in the community garden, take home fresh produce. Come sit under the trees and enjoy the birds and flowers.
Free children’s books for summer reading available!

Masks and social distancing required.

Free farm stand
2020-08-27 09:00 - 12:00, 2020-08-20 09:00 - 12:00, 2020-08-13 09:00 - 12:00, 2020-08-06 09:00 - 12:00, 2020-07-30 09:00 - 12:00 | 4th & Somerset, 4th St & Somerset St., Philadelphia, 19133, United States
Every Thursday morning, HFH gardeners are giving away fresh produce with good conversation and cooking tips in English and Spanish.
Ms. Guzman, HFH librarian, gives out summer reading books to JDB families.
Stop by the free farm stand to get your fresh produce!

"Under the Bonnet" Performance
2020-08-22 16:00 - 17:00 | Historic Fair Hill, 2901 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19133, United States
SECOND SHOWING

“Under the Bonnet” a new play with Frederick Douglas, Lucretia and James Mott
about Abolition, Women’s Rights, Seneca Falls for the Centenary of the 19th Amendment and women’s vote.

Free but reservation required.
Get your tickets here: https://cutt.ly/bonnet-aug-22
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List of performances:
August 22, 3pm and 4pm, Mott’s grave side, Historic Fairhill Burial Ground
August 29, 3pm and 4pm, Arch St. Meetinghouse

Description:
Quaker, wife, mother, teacher, orator, friend, activist and symbol of strength and determination. A tenacious woman who spent her life fighting for the rights of women and African Americans, Lucretia Mott abided by the Quaker tenet that all people are equal. She helped found the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society, and co-wrote the Declaration of Sentiments for the first Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York, igniting the fight for women’s suffrage.
She also helped found Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania and continued her resolve for creating equality until her final days. Through conversations with her husband, James Mott, and with insights from fellow women’s rights advocate, Frederick Douglass, Under the Bonnet reveals the strength and tenacity of her character as well as the tender and compassionate woman under the bonnet. ​

“Under the Bonnet” Performance
2020-08-22 15:00 - 16:00 | Historic Fair Hill, 2901 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19133, United States
FIRST SHOWING

“Under the Bonnet” a new play with Frederick Douglas, Lucretia and James Mott
about Abolition, Women’s Rights, Seneca Falls for the Centenary of the 19th Amendment and women’s vote.

Free but reservation required.
Get your tickets here: https://cutt.ly/bonnet-aug-22
——–
List of performances:
August 22, 3pm and 4pm, Mott’s grave side, Historic Fairhill Burial Ground
August 29, 3pm and 4pm, Arch St. Meetinghouse

Description:
Quaker, wife, mother, teacher, orator, friend, activist and symbol of strength and determination. A tenacious woman who spent her life fighting for the rights of women and African Americans, Lucretia Mott abided by the Quaker tenet that all people are equal. She helped found the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society, and co-wrote the Declaration of Sentiments for the first Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York, igniting the fight for women’s suffrage.
She also helped found Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania and continued her resolve for creating equality until her final days. Through conversations with her husband, James Mott, and with insights from fellow women’s rights advocate, Frederick Douglass, Under the Bonnet reveals the strength and tenacity of her character as well as the tender and compassionate woman under the bonnet. ​

BOOK DRIVE: bring books!
2020-07-28 09:00 - 12:00
Help collect books for Fairhill children’s summer reading.

With schools and libraries closed, Fairhill kids need books.

We are passing out new and used books at food distributions at deBurgos School and Lighthouse Headstart. Join us and bring books.

Directions to deBurgos
Directions to Lighthouse Headstart

Can’t make it on Tuesday, July 28? Donate books by clicking the link below for the deBurgos Amazon Wishlist.
DONATE BOOKS HERE

Free farm stand
2020-07-23 09:00 - 12:00, 2020-07-16 09:00 - 12:00 | 4th & Somerset, 4th St & Somerset St., Philadelphia, 19133, United States
Every Thursday morning, as Julia deBurgos School distributes hundreds of boxed meals, HFH gardeners give away fresh produce with good conversation and cooking tips in English and Spanish.
The four big gardens are producing kale, collards, bok choy, lettuce, scallions, cilantro, mint and flowers.
Ms. Guzman, HFH librarian, gives out summer reading books to JDB families.
Stop by to get your fresh produce!

POSTPONED - Youth Farm stand begins
2020-07-02 | Historic Fair Hill, 2901 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19133, United States
POSTPONED UNTIL STAY AT HOME ORDER IS LIFTED.

Purchase the harvested crops from the youth farm program at HFH Burial Ground.

POSTPONED - 100th Anniversary Performance of "Under the Bonnet”
2020-06-13 | Historic Fair Hill, 2901 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19133, United States
POSTPONED UNTIL STAY AT HOME ORDER IS LIFTED.

100th Anniversary performance of “Under the Bonnet”, a world premiere play about Lucretia and James Mott, Frederick Douglas.
From abolition to the women’s rights movement in Philadelphia.
Outdoor performance. Rain location St. John Memorial Church

In partnership with Beacon Theatre Productions.

POSTPONED - Second Saturday - Gardening and History tours
2020-05-09 10:00 - 13:00 | Historic Fair Hill, 2901 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19133, United States
POSTPONED UNTIL STAY AT HOME ORDER IS LIFTED.

Come to Historic Fair Hill for a tour of six great wall murals telling 300 years of stories of the struggle for justice in Philadelphia.
After your tour, help out in the gardens, where we will prune trees, plant and tend to our vegetable and flower beds, and clean debris.

Fairhill Tree Tenders Planting Day
2020-04-25 10:00 - 13:00 | Historic Fair Hill, 2901 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19133, United States
Help plant trees around the neighborhood. Meet at the burial ground, bring gloves if you have them.

Star Party of the Franklin Institute Science Festival
2020-04-17 19:30 - 22:00 | Historic Fair Hill, 2901 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19133, United States
See the Moons of Jupiter and Rings of Saturn through 8” telescopes.

In partnership with the Franklin Institute.
https://www.fi.edu/psf

Garden Opening Day
2020-04-11 10:00 - 13:00 | Historic Fair Hill, 2901 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19133, United States
Join us for the first day in the gardens! Dress appropriately for the weather, bring gloves if you have them – we’ll see you there!

Women’s History Essay Contest Event
2020-03-22 15:00 - 17:00 | St John Memorial Church
Women’s History Essay contest event. Hear wining essays from Fairhill schoolchildren and see performance of new play about Lucretia and James Mott, Frederick Douglas by the Beacon Theater productions.

Free and open to the public

Black History Month Tour
2020-02-08 13:00 - 15:00 | Historic Fair Hill, 2901 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19133, United States
Black history month tour of Underground Railroad Mural and Female Anti Slavery Mural. Also visit the graves of great abolitionists Robert and Harriet Purvis, Lucretia and James Mott.

MLK Day of Service
2020-01-20 10:00 - 13:00 | Historic Fair Hill, 2901 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19133, United States
MLK Day of Service is a way to celebrate the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King.
We’ll be cleaning up the burial ground, roasting marshmallows, reading Dr. King’s sermons & letters, and singing freedom songs.

We hope you’ll consider spending this holiday with us.

**CANCELLED** Christmas Star Lighting
2019-12-14 15:00 - 17:00 | Historic Fair Hill, 2901 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19133, United States
UPDATE SATURDAY 12/14 – STAR LIGHTING IS CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN

Join us for this FREE family event!

We’ll have a bonfire with marshmallow roast, hot chocolate, carol singing and an arts & crafts table.
Dress warmly – see you there!

Fall Street Tree Planting with PHS
2019-11-16 10:00 - 14:00 | Historic Fair Hill, 2901 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19133, United States
In partnership with Tree Tenders of PA Horticultural Society, HFH organizes shade tree planting in the Fairhill neighborhood. Tenants or homeowners sign up to care for a tree on the street in front of their home, with a commitment to water through two summers. PHS provides the trees free of charge, and our volunteers help plant them.
