Public Events
Thank you for supporting us!
Thanks to everyone who attended our events in spring 2024. We’ll be back this fall with more events supporting local history in Bucks County.
Women History Makers of Bucks County & Beyond, Sunday, March 3, 2024
Local author spotlight: Becky Libourel Diamond, Gilded Age Cookbook, Sunday, April 15, 2024
Local author spotlight on Becky Libourel Diamond: The Gilded Age Cookbook
Join us for a delicious and decadent journey to the past when local food writer, librarian, and research historian Becky Libourel Diamond discusses her latest book, The Gilded Age Cookbook.
This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments, including sample cookies from the cookbook, will be served!
The style and excessiveness of this era (1868 to 1900) has ties to modern popular culture through books, films, and television shows, the Julian Fellowes television series The Gilded Age, on HBO. Ms. Diamond’s work transports the reader back in time to lavish banquet tables with rich soups, juicy roasts, and luscious desserts, all coming to life through historic images and artistic photography. Entertaining stories of the Vanderbilts, Astors, and Rockefellers are melded with historic menus and recipes updated for modern kitchens. Learn more at beckyldiamond.com.
How to register
No registration is required. Seating is general admission. Please join us!
Location
This event will be held at the Lower Makefield Township Community Center.
Women History Makers of Bucks County & Beyond
Thank you to all who attended our inaugural event! See photos from our gathering here.
Who are the women who made history in and around Bucks County?
Celebrate women’s history in Bucks County with a special presentation hosted by the Gather Place Museum and the Lower Makefield Historical Society.
Shirley Lee Corsey, a gifted storyteller and Conservator/Executive Director of The Gather Place Museum, will share stories about Women History Makers of Bucks County & Beyond.
This event is free and open to the public. There is limited street parking.
Location
This presentation will be held at Gather Place Museum, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization headquartered at the Historic African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church located in the Historic District of Yardley, Pa. With the mission of "Bringing History To Life," the organization is dedicated to preserving history, celebrating culture, and fostering community engagement. Learn more at gatherplace.org.
