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Valley Forge National Historical Park

Valley Forge National Historical Park is the site of the third winter encampment of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, taking place from December 19, 1777 to June 19, 1778. The National Historical Park preserves the site and interprets the history of the Valley Forge encampment. Originally Valley Forge State Park, it became a national historical park in 1976. The Park contains historical buildings, recreated encampment structures, memorials, museums, and recreation facilities. The park encompasses 3,500 acres and is visited by over 1.2 million people each year. Visitors can see restored historic structures, reconstructed structures such as the iconic log huts, and monuments erected by the states from which the Continental soldiers came. Visitor facilities include a visitor center and museum featuring original artifacts, providing a concise introduction to the American Revolution and the Valley Forge encampment. Ranger programs, tours, and activities are available year round. The park also provides 26 miles of hiking and biking trails, which are connected to a robust regional trails system. Wildlife watching, fishing, and boating on the nearby Schuylkill River also are popular.

Sly Fox Brewery

Sly Fox Brewery is an award winning Pennsylvania brewery. The original Sly Fox Brewhouse Eatery was founded by the Giannopoulos family at its original Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, location on December 20, 1995. The name of the establishment came out of a family meeting from the tradition of fox hunting in the Chester County area, where the first Sly Fox location resides. Sly Fox opened a second location on November 8, 2004, in Royersford, Pennsylvania, right off Route 422, northwest of Philadelphia. The Phoenixville Brewhouse Eatery moved "across the street" from the original location in 2010 which provided more space, parking and room for the annual Bock Fest and Goat Race. Beer production capacity tripled in 2012 with the opening of the new brewery in Pottstown. The 30,000 sq. ft. brewery, situated on six acres at 331 Circle of Progress in the Pottstown Airport Business Center, is able to brew 50 hectoliters three times a day. A tasting room/pub has since been added.

Bryn Athyn Cathedral

Bryn Athyn Cathedral is the episcopal seat of The General Church of the New Jerusalem, a denomination of "The New Church." The main building is of the Early Gothic style, while the adjoining structures are of a transitional period reflective of a combination of both Gothic and Norman styles. The exterior appearance of the Cathedral itself is reminiscent of Gloucester Cathedral in England. The Cathedral is located in Bryn Athyn, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania just outside the city of Philadelphia. Bryn Athyn is also the site of the General Church affiliated Academy of the New Church, which publishes Swedenborgian literature, and is the parent organization of a high school, a four-year college (Bryn Athyn College of the New Church), a divinity school, and the Emanuel Swedenborg Library.

Mill Grove

Mill Grove is a historic stone house in Audubon, Pennsylvania on the National Register of Historic Places. It is the first home in America of painter John James Audubon for which the community is named. It is maintained as a museum and wildlife sanctuary by Montgomery County. Mill Grove was owned for 17 years by Audubons father, Jean, a French sea captain. In 1803, Captain Audubon sent his youthful son John James to Mill Grove to supervise the estate that included a working lead mine. The house serves as the educational center of the Pennsylvania chapter of the National Audubon Society, and is known as John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove. The estate comprises 175 acres with more than five miles of trails. The house features a museum displaying original Audubon prints, all of his major oil paintings and memorabilia.

Appleford/Parsons-Banks Arboretum

Appleford/Parsons-Banks Arboretum is a non-profit arboretum and country estate located at 770 Mount Moro Road, Villanova, Pennsylvania. Appelford began in 1682 with William Penns grant of 100 acres to James Moore. In 1728 Robert Jones erected a one-story stone farmhouse on the site, parts of which still stand. The house was enlarged and updated over the years, and the property grew to be as large as 800 acres before it was broken up circa 1900. Todays estate was created in the 1920s by landscape architect Thomas Sears and architect R. Brognard Okie, and contains the furniture and collections of its last owners, Lewis and Anabel Parsons. Mrs. Parsons donated the property in 1973 to Lower Merion Township. The arboretum contains streams and ponds, woods, rhododendron stands, a rose garden, copper beeches, stone walls, and a series of formal gardens.

Arboretum of the Barnes Foundation

The Arboretum of the Barnes Foundation is an arboretum and site of the Barnes Foundation art gallery, located at 300 North Latchs Lane, Merion, Pennsylvania. The arboretum and gallery are open to visitors several days a week. A reservation is required, and an admission fee is charged. The arboretum was begun in the 1880s by Captain Joseph Lapsley Wilson. The site was purchased by the Barnes Foundation in 1922, whereupon Wilson became the arboretums director and a foundation trustee until his death in 1928. Over time, the arboretum has expanded its collection to over 3,000 species/varieties of woody plants, a herbarium housing 10,000 specimens, and a library of some 2,500 volumes. The arboretum school was established in 1940. The arboretum contains good collections of Abies, Acer, Aesculus, Berberis, Cotoneaster, Cornus, crab apples, Euonymus, ornamental ferns, Ilex, lilac, Lonicera, Magnolia, peony, Picea, Pinus, Quercus, Rhododendron, Stewartia, Taxus, and Viburnum, as well as notable specimens of Ginkgo biloba, Cedrus libani, Calocedrus decurrens, Cunninghamia lanceolata, Sequoia sempervirens, and Metasequoia glyptostroboides. Other plants of interest include Araucaria araucana, Aucuba japonica, Davidia involucrata, Equisetum sp., Lagerstroemia indica, Magnolia grandiflora, Nandina domestica, and Poncirus trifoliata. It also contains a formal rose and perennial garden, woodland, lawns, pond, stream, and a greenhouse containing about 250 varieties of plants.

Elmwood Park Zoo

HISTORY The Elmwood Park Zoo is located in Norristown, Pennsylvania. The zoo first opened in 1924, when a private landowner donated a small piece of property and a handful of White Tailed Deer to the Borough of Norristown. As time progressed, upgrades became imperative to the living conditions of the animals. The first change was the design of the cages which went from wire, the norm for the early 20th century, to realistic habitats. The first animals that were exhibited came from North and South America. The zoo’s funds were mostly given to them by the Norristown Zoological Society. The NZS declared itself as a non-profit organization in 1985 as it took ownership over the Norristown Borough. Although the NZS had control over the zoo, they still have to consult with the Norristown Borough Council before being able to execute large-scale decisions. The first huge operation that went into action was the expansion of the park that was completed in 2002, and the park size doubled from its original 8-acre size. From 1999-2002, the Elmwood Park Zoo added more offices and shops to help regulate the business flow. The most popular spot at the EPZ is their interactive playground that was made in 2001. A year later, they included more common canines and rare weasels, specifically the endangered species known as the black-footed ferrets. That same year, this zoo finished their Oberkircher Discovery Center, an educational facility. Ever since the major renovations to the park over the years, this park now receives almost half a million guests per year. The EPZ continues to make entertaining tourists a top priority as well as providing them safe, sanitary, family-oriented, fun-filled activities. Despite advancing old constructions, the zoo still has historical landmarks up for display, including their oldest office built in 1924. To this day, business is booming and the community remains at the heart of EPZ’s operations. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ZOO KEEPERS (AAZK) The Elmwood Park Zoo American Association of Zoo Keepers is a non-profit organization made up of zoo professionals dedicated to quality animal care and conservation. The AAZK mission statement is "to advance excellence in the animal keeping profession, foster effective communication beneficial to animal care, support deserving conservation projects, and promote the preservation of our natural resources and animal life." TYPES OF ANIMALS In Elmwood Park zoo, there is a variety of animals that are living in the zoo. They have two separate groups of animals, and those are the animals on exhibit and the animals that are shown for educational purposes. The animals that are on exhibit are the amphibians, birds, fish, mammals, and reptiles. The animals the zoo uses for educational purposes for the public are birds, mammals, reptiles, and invertebrates. The zoo also obtains animals for the different seasons of the year. They range from animals such as parakeets, giraffes, ponies, reindeer, and sun conures. But that is not the most interesting animal that the zoo obtains. The zoo has a North American bald eagle named Noah. Noah was born in July 2001. He is a 3 ft. bird with a wing span of 7 ft. and the weight of 7 lbs. At 8 weeks old, Noah took an 80 ft. fall and suffered head injuries. He had to recover the first year of his life in an animal hospital. After recovering from his injuries but deemed unfit to reenter into the wild, Noah was used for educational programs to help humans with outreach programs in a rehabilitation center. In 2008, Elmwood Park Zoo adopted Noah and gained all of his rights. He has been labeled as one of the zoo’s ambassadors and helps teach people of all ages about outreach programs on wildlife conservation ANIMAL MANAGEMENT The Elmwood Park Zoo promotes wildlife and resource conservation and is currently undertaking animal management programs as a part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). The Species Survival Plan is the official program of the Association that the Elmwood Park Zoo has adopted to help protect threatened animals. Animals that are managed by the Species Survival Plan include the Capybara, Cougar, Black-Footed Ferret, Chilean Flamingo, Panamanian Golden Frog, Giraffe, Jaguar, Howler Monkey, White-Faced Saki Monkey, Squirrel Monkey, North American River Otter, Burrowing Owl, Chacoan Peccary, North American Porcupine, Prehensile-Tailed Porcupine, Prehensile-Tailed Skink, Golden Lion Tamarin, and the Puerto Rican Crested Toad. Aside from Elmwood Park Zoo’s active role in animal management conservation, the zoo is also highly active in conservation projects fixated on conserving essential natural environments. Some of the conservation projects the Zoo has contributed towards through donations includes the Titi Conservation Alliance, Habitat reforestation, Naranjo River Biological Corridor, Environmental Education, The Red Panda Network, American Bird Conservancy, CCCI, and the Monterey Bay Aquarium “Seafood Watch”. In the Newbery Medal-winning fiction book Maniac Magee, the titular character lives briefly in the bison pen of the Elmwood Park Zoo.

Zern's Farmer's Market

Zerns Farmers Market is a year-round farmers market located in Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania. It sits along Philadelphia Avenue near Bartman Avenue, close to Pennsylvania Route 100. Two buildings are located on the property: a lowercase "t" shaped main building and an "L" shaped enclosed flea market building. When weather permits, outdoor vending areas are set up in the space between both edifices in an area known affectionately as "the Midway". The "main" building is heated during winter, and utilizes a fan-circulation and heat extraction system during the warmer months of the year. The market sells a variety of items, including toys, collectibles, pets, clothing, electronics, produce, and prepared food - much of which includes noticeable Pennsylvania Dutch influences. The facility also houses two full-service butcher shops, a delicatessen, a barber shop, two bakeries, a specialty spice shop, and a fresh poultry vendor. It is a common gathering location for residents in the area. To date, Auntie Annes Pretzels is the markets sole chain vendor. Weekly live auctions are held in the main building, and an ongoing "silent auction" can be found in the flea market building. Other specialty events that occur include automobile shows and local wrestling federation matches. The market is normally open on Fridays and Saturdays only, although holiday hours vary.

The Highlands

The Highlands is a historic building and property located at 7001 Sheaff Lane near Fort Washington, Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The Highlands was built in 1794-1796 by Philadelphia merchant and politician Anthony Morris, and was designed by Philadelphia architect Timothy Matlack . It is a large 2 1/2-story, dressed fieldstone structure in the late Georgian style. The front facade features two, two-story, Ionic order pilasters. Morris was the speaker of the Pennsylvania senate, and had signed the bill authorizing troops to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion. He was also a director of the Bank of North America and a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania . From 1810 to 1814, he was President James Madisons unofficial envoy to Spain. Morris sold the property to Daniel Hittner in 1808. In the five years that Hittner owned the estate, he accumulated 300+ additional acres. In 1813, it was sold to wine merchant George Sheaff . After Sheaffs death, the heirs sold off the majority of the estate, leaving a mere 59 acres remaining with Sheaffs grandson, John. In 1917, after the death of the last remaining Sheaff heir, it was sold to Miss Caroline Sinkler, and then subsequently sold to her niece Emily Sinkler Roosevelt in 1941. Roosevelt and her husband donated the property to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1957. Today, the Highlands is a 44-acre site with a late 18th-century Georgian mansion and formal gardens. It is operated as a museum and historic site by the Highlands Historical Society, a non-profit educational organization. It is available to rent for weddings and parties. The Highlands Historical Society also runs a number of social and fund-raising events throughout the year. One of these events is the annual Highlands Craft Show which began in 1982 as a means to raise funds to support the restoration of the 2-acre formal garden. The craft show has become an excellent venue where unique artisans throughout the United States can gather to display their crafts within the mansion. Some of the crafts that are offered for sale include fabric, fabric arts, pottery, hand-bags, and hand-crafted jewelry. Other popular events include a pumpkin and jack-o-lantern display which takes place around Halloween, and the Highlands Hunt Breakfast which takes place in early November. The Hunt Breakfast consists of a mock fox hunt equipped with a pack of hounds and approximately 20 local horseback riders who ride through surrounding properties, eventually returning to the mansion to rest and eat breakfast with friends and family.

Knapp Farm

The Knapp Farm, is a historic farmhouse located at the corner of Dekalb Pike and Knapp Road in Montgomery Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. This neighborhood is believed to be haunted due to a double murder suicide case in the late 1850s. Many occupants of this area have claimed to have heard ominous moaning from the Knapp Barn. It is also the only township property on the National Register of Historic Places. The farm, which occupies property originally settled just after 1700 by Welsh immigrants, now sits adjacent to busy Montgomery Mall. The earliest section of the farmhouse was erected around 1760. It is a 2 1/2-story, four bay, stuccoed stone Germanic house. A brick kitchen wing was added in the mid-19th century. The property was continuously occupied and farmed until the late 1990s. In 2005, the farmhouse became the property of the Montgomery Township Historical Society . The house along with seven acres of open space was donated to the society as part of a development agreement that allowed residential development on the remaining acreage. MTHS is working to restore the property and plans to use it as the society’s headquarters as well as an education center to interpret the rural history of the North Penn area. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
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