MLK Day of Service at the burial ground
Join us on the MLK Day of Service at the Fair Hill Burial Ground to tidy the grounds, reset headstones, tend the the trees, and reflect on the teachings of Dr Martin Luther King Jr.
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Winter bonfire in the garden
Roast marshmallows and work in the winter garden with us! Dress warmly and bring a friend. Meet at the picnic table!
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Women’s History Essay Contest and One Woman Play, “Letters to Aunt Hattie”
Universal Hagar Church 2050 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesFairhill Women’s History Essay contest Fairhill school students grades 4th-8th are working on their essays about Harriet Forten Purvis leader of abolition and early women’s rightist movement, buried at Fairhill Burial Ground. Come hear the winning essays and see a new production about Harriet Purvis by Beacon Theater productions. Saturday, March 9, 1pm at […]
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Garden Opening Day
Historic Fair Hill 2901 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesHelp us welcome Spring by working in the Fair Hill garden.
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25th Anniversary Celebration
PA, United StatesCelebrate Historic Fair Hill’s 25th Anniversary on Sunday, May 5 at Arch St. Meetinghouse with our speaker Signe Wilkinson an early Fairhill volunteer. Click below to order tickets with Eventbrite Tickets: $50, Young Friends $30 Get your tickets here! Proceeds to go to HFH school libraries and gardens in Fairhill.
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Second Saturdays at HFH
Historic Fair Hill 2901 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesCome 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.
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June Berry Festival
Historic Fair Hill 2901 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesCome pick berries with us!
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Second Saturdays at HFH
Historic Fair Hill 2901 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesCome 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 you are welcome to stay to visit with neighbors and help in the gardens!
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Summer Festival 2019
Historic Fair Hill 2901 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesMark your calendar for 15th annual Summer Festival with pony rides, snake man, music, dancing, farm stand, cookout for Friends of Historic Fair Hill!
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Reading & Library Volunteers Begin Shifts
Historic Fair Hill 2901 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesIts the start of the new school year, and our library and reading volunteers are back to work! Lets bring joy in reading to every kid!
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Second Saturdays at HFH
Historic Fair Hill 2901 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesCome 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 you are welcome to stay to visit with neighbors and help in the gardens!
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Revolutionary Germantown Field Hospital
Cliveden 6401 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, PAIn honor of The Battle of Germantown, our partner Historic Germantown stages a yearly reenactment on the battle’s anniversary. The grounds of Cliveden are transformed by over a hundred Revolutionary War re-enaction actors in full uniform. Historic Fair Hill participates with a “field hospital” for wounded soldiers, with our neighborhood friends. We will splint arms, bandage up head injuries, and send […]
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Second Saturdays at HFH
Historic Fair Hill 2901 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesCome 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 you are welcome to stay to visit with neighbors and help in the gardens! Jasmine Thompson, garden mgr with Philly Orchard Project team
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Harvest Festival
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Fall Street Tree Planting with PHS
Historic Fair Hill 2901 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesIn 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 […]
