Bucks County History Alliance December 2 Meeting. 1:00-3:00

10 Doyle Street,Doylestown PA 18901

02 December, 2022

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Hello Members of the Bucks County History Alliance, Our next bi-annual gathering will be held on December 2, from 1:00-3:00 Doylestown Borough Hall, 10 Doyle St, Doylestown, PA 18901. Parking available. Please RSVP by November 25 to Donna Carcaci Rhodes [email protected]. Please feel free to invite your team, or friends that are interested. We will have plenty of seating at the beautiful, new, Doylestown Borough Hall A $5 suggested donation Lunch suggestions will be sent closer to the date. Agenda-Two Speakers: Speaker Clint Flack, Exhibit Specialist, will discuss Conservation and Preservation Through Recent Projects Clint Flack joined the Mercer Museum as Exhibit Specialist in 2020 after several years as an independent contractor. A lifelong collector and lover of history, he also has over twenty years of experience in construction, restoration and fabrication. As a fabricator in the sign industry, Clint helped to design, build, and install several interactive children’s exhibits for various institutions including the Bucks County Children’s Museum and the Crayola Factory. In recent years, Clint has created custom display mounts for several temporary exhibitions at the Mercer Museum, with topics ranging from racing to measurement tools. He has worked with several museums to conserve and restore a diverse array of artifacts, including antique bicycles, antique hay tools and other farming implements, a mid-century centrifuge model, clocks, furniture, and signs. For the past two years, he has managed a long-term project to conserve and re-install original tiles on the walls and ceilings of Henry Mercer’s historic home, Fonthill Castle. In addition to his hands-on experience, Clint is also a nationally-known expert on hay tools, farming implements, patent research, and local history, and is currently involved in a project to produce a documentary on Revolutionary War outlaws in Bucks County. Speaker Pat Witek, Historical Researcher at the Doylestown Historical Society will share her research and photos on Mount Moriah Church and Cemetery, New Hope, Pennsylvania Mount Moriah Cemetery is located in what was once an Antebellum African American Neighborhood. Pat relocated from New Jersey in 1994 and has lived in Doylestown, Pennsylvania ever since. She worked at Doylestown Hospital as the Director of Quality Initiatives for twenty-three years and was the Patient Safety Officer for most of that time. During those years she served on the Board of Peace Valley Nature Center and volunteered in many community projects. Recognizing the rich historical heritage at the hospital and in the community, she resolved to make amateur historical research her main activity during retirement. Since retiring in 2019, she volunteers at the Doylestown Historical Society and focuses on the history of Doylestown Borough. Pat has many interests that she shares with her husband, including travel, classic movies, and following the adventures of Sherlock Holmes ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- BCHA Announcements *Seeking Curatorial Care Mount Moriah Cemetery is in critical need of an organization or group that is willing to support care through weeding of this historic cemetery. Perhaps an interest group, or someone that will organize rotating care of the site two or three times a year. Please contact [email protected] for more information. *Recommending- Alice Paul Reenactor Chris Flynn A wonderful experience worth sharing as a strong recommendation: Through the Eyes of Alice Paul, Architect of the 19th Amendment Chris Flynn, a member of the League of Women Voters Bucks County gives a historical interpretation of Alice Paul. Suffragist and activist for women’s rights throughout her entire life, she retells the struggles women have had to endure throughout history. *Seeking Project Work Community Engagement Volunteers at The Next Step https://www.nextstepscs.org/ Next Steps Community Services provides therapeutic residential services to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, mental health conditions, and other behavioral health needs. Contact Tina Dibiaso 215-816-1322 [email protected]