Sponsor: East Goshen Historical Commission
Tour Information: Historic Goshenville and parking are located at the corners of Rt 352 and East Boot Road in East Goshen. (1600 East Boot Road, West Chester PA 19380)
TOWN TOURS & VILLAGE WALKS COMES TO EAST GOSHEN
Mark your calendars for July 25 and take advantage of a unique experience. Today, East Goshen’s Historical Commission will be presenting their program on the Civil War in East Goshen. Temperatures will remain comfortable with help from the cloudy conditions. Goshenville is located at the corners of Route 352 and East Boot Road in East Goshen Township, address to search directions is 1600 East Boot Road, West Chester.
Since this is the 150th Anniversary of the third year of the American Civil War, the theme is A TIME OF CHANGE -- CIVIL WAR 1863.
Tours begin at 5:30 p.m. and generally last about 50 – 60 minutes. The last tour leaves at 7:00 p.m. unless daylight allows for additional tours. There is no need to pre-register this year. Be sure to wear comfortable shoes. Please remember that there can be a wait of up to 15 minutes. Light refreshments follow your tour.
As you walk around this rural village you hear the clanging of the hammer in the Blacksmith Shop. Over at the General Green Tavern you join a group of villagers talking about the battle of Gettysburg. You can also look at a display of military weaponry and see the Post Office that has been sent up. Near the tavern, soldiers are talking about their experiences at war.
Outside the Plank House a few nurses are telling the story of medicines being sent to the troops. Nearby, a group of Quaker women and girls rolling bandages and shipping goods to the recently opened Chester Military Hospital at Upland where freed Union prisoners received medical care.
In another room in the farm house the local telegraph operator is busy sending messages up and down the East Coast. The garden outside the house supplies food for the families that live nearby. The herbs planted provide ingredients for many of the medicines that will be needed.
During your visit, you will learn that women, children, and old men planted, cultivated, and harvested the crops, kept the family businesses going, as well as made bandages, organized fundraisers, and shipped food and clothing to their soldiers and to hospitals.
We look forward to seeing you!
See this link for more about Goshenville Historic District.
Restaurants:
Pepper Mill - Pizza and pasta.
At the Goshen Villages shopping center down Paoli Pike there's Athena Pizza and Oriental Pearl restaurnats
Otherwise, you're not far from the restaurants on West Chester Pike.
Weather should be nice, Hi of 75 with a very slight chance of rain. (Kind of like Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs!?]
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