I really enjoyed it.
I solicited bids from web developers to create CCHS's very first "web site". I also made a lot of phone calls, updated press contact info and I like to say I "got my hand in" the pamphlet (right). You can see my 21 year old hand pointing to one of the exhibits in the picture in the middle.
The Chester County Historical Society is located on North High Street in West Chester, Pennsylvania. There are two main buildings. One of them used ot be an Opera House built by Thomas U. Walter, the architect of the United States Capitol Dome. He built six other structures in West Chester in the 19th Century. They are all very impressive.
Here are some other facts about the history of Chester County:
- Bayard Rustin was born in West Chester. He was the man who introduced Martin Luther King, Jr. to Gandhi's ideas. They recently named the High School after him. Parents complained because he was gay and he was a communist. He was a great author (I recommend Down the Line) and organizer of the civil rights march in 1963.
- Frederick Douglass spoke publicly for the last time at West Chester University, where I was a sociology student while I worked at the museum.
- The Battle of the Brandywine, which was called the "bloodiest battle of the Revolution", was fought not far from West Chester.
- Chester County was known as the "Mushroom Capital of the World." There was a whole exhibit about the mushroom industry when I was there.
They have a library with a vast genealogical archive. They have a children's playroom and a vast auditorium where speakers often come to talk.
If you can go visit, I think it would be worthwhile.
Warm Regards,
Erik B. Anderson
The King of Funny Faces
Independence Township, New Jersey
Established 1782
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