With all natural materials, make a small, short handle broom, attractive and perfect to use with a dustpan. This craft requires moderate hand and arm strength, such as the strength to open a sealed jar. Materials included.

NEW Explore the impact of the eighteenth-century Enlightenment on Britain and her North American colonies. British thinkers contributed much of the intellectual foundations for the Enlightenment, and these ideas had a significant influence on Britain and her colonies. The results, however, could be dramatically different: in some instances leading to a rational style of living and in other cases political radicalism. Investigate these disparities in art and politics. Co taught by Jean French, Museum Educator (Ret.)

NEW Individual Quakers prospered in the New World. See how, led by William Penn and his Holy Experiment, Philadelphians developed the cultural foundations of America that led this country to unparalleled success in all aspects. Examine their contributions to American Exceptionalism.

NEW Honor the contributions, struggles and sacrifices made by Algonkian people during the War of American Independence. Explore the unique material culture and trade of Algonkian and Iroquoian people. Navigate the complex political paths of patriotism, Toryism and neutrality that these people trod as they worked to preserve their way of life in the face of overwhelming odds. Consider both the devastation of the Sullivan Campaign and the Algonkian contributions to the shape of history. Light refreshments available.

NEW The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing women the right to vote, has often been called the “Susan B. Anthony Amendment,” in honor of the woman who was the best-known face of the Women's Suffrage movement. Sadly, she did not live to see this eventual triumph. Meet Anthony, as portrayed by Goldman, and learn about her background, her setbacks and her hopes for the future.

NEW U.S. policymakers have coveted Cuba since the days of John Quincy Adams. Now, the island might finally fall into their lap. What has brought us here? Chart the long history of intimate yet bitter relations between the United States and Cuba, from the 19th to the 21st century. Emphasized is the mid-twentieth century, when U.S. fears clashed with Cuban yearnings for freedom and set up ideological and political dynamics still at play today.

NEW While less know than her husband the Marquis, who is beloved by Americans to this day, Adrienne de Noailles Lafayette was a brave and principled French noblewoman facing the tumult of the French Revolution. Hear her story through archival prints and manuscripts from Lafayette College’s Special Collections and other holdings.

NEW Walk the streets of Old City and learn about the often-overlooked legacies of its trailblazing Black and women citizens. You’ll hear stories about famous figures like Betsy Ross, wealthy sailmaker James Forten and the brilliant Forten women who shaped the early abolitionist movement. From early leaders like Hannah Callowhill Penn to legendary figures like Alice of Dunk’s Ferry, you’ll see the birthplace of America through new eyes (see Black Founders in Philadelphia lecture 10/06.) (3 Feet: Extensive Walking and Lengthy Periods of Standing.)