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SUMMARY:Tour of the Johnson House in Historic Germantown
DESCRIPTION:REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT HAS CLOSED. CONTACT ED MITINGER DIRECTLY WITH ANY QUESTIONS 215-779-7805\, mitchor@verizon.net.  \nThe Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides (APT) has arranged an outing to the Johnson House in Historic Germantown on Thursday\, June 4 at 12 pm.  This will be a one-hour docent-guided tour for $5.  \nThe Johnson House Historic Site\, an Underground Railroad Station and Center for Social Advocacy\, was home to three generations of the Johnsons\, a Quaker family who\, with others — free and enslaved — worked to abolish slavery\, to secure safe passage to freedom along the Underground Railroad\, and to improve living conditions for freed African Americans. \nThe house was owned by the Johnson family from its construction in 1768 until its sale in 1908. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1997. The Johnson House is one of Philadelphia’s few intact historic sites and way stations on the Underground Railroad that is open for tours. \nPayment can be made in the APT Store (‘field trip: tour or site visit’). Contact APT Director-at-Large vpmccafferty@msn.com with any questions. This site is a must visit! Join us for an informative tour. \n  \nPhoto by Jessica Burghaus from the Johnson House website
URL:https://phillyguides.org/event/tour-of-the-johnson-house-in-historic-germantown/
LOCATION:Johnson House\, 6306 Germantown Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19144\, United States
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SUMMARY:Philadelphia’s Quakers in Exile\, 1777-78
DESCRIPTION:The next monthly meeting of the Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides (APT) will be held on Wednesday\, June 10 at 7 pm. APT has invited scholar and historian Ned Donoghue to speak on his book\, Prisoners of Congress: Philadelphia’s Quakers in Exile\, 1777-1778\, which uncovers a Revolutionary War story that is mostly forgotten today. \nDid you know that in 1777\, the Continental Congress condemned Quakers as an internal threat to the new republic? Neighbors quickly became suspects. The book follows four Philadelphia-area families as they are swept into political crisis. Drawing on letters\, diaries\, and official records\, this is the story of 17 Quakers who were forcibly removed from Pennsylvania and imprisoned in Virginia. Stripped of habeas corpus protections\, they became the nation’s first political prisoners. \nNorman E. “Ned” Donoghue II grew up in West Chester and graduated from Williams College and Duke Law School. For 34 years\, he practiced law as a partner at Dechert\, and served five years as a founding fundraiser for both the Princess Grace Foundation-USA in New York City and on staff for The Philadelphia Orchestra Association. Ned writes as an independent scholar/historian. His prime focus has been pacifists during the American Revolution\, but he has recently widened his scope to write a manuscript about Woodrow Wilson. Ned lives in Philadelphia and on the eastern shore of Maryland. You can learn more about Ned here. \nCome early for dinner and drinks! The meeting will be in-person at Philly’s Gourmet Steaks\, 114 Market Street\, upstairs\, and livestreamed on Zoom. The Zoom link will be available in the APT Tour Talk newsletter the week of the meeting; non-members should contact Marianne Ruane president@phillyguides.org no later than 5 pm the day of the meeting to receive the link. A recording will be available on the APT YouTube page for a month following the talk. \nAPT meetings are open to aspiring and working tour guides as well as anyone with an interest in Philadelphia-focused history. Attend one meeting for free and then it is $60 to join the association for the year or $10 per monthly meeting in-person event. Zoom meetings are free. Please join us for convivial company\, good food\, fascinating presentations\, and lively discussions! \n 
URL:https://phillyguides.org/event/philadelphias-quakers-in-exile-1777-78/
LOCATION:Philly’s Gourmet Steaks\, 114 Market Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260613T090000
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SUMMARY:APT Certification Exam in June
DESCRIPTION:The Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides (APT) written Certification Exam\, based mainly on information in the APT HANDBOOK\, covers the history\, people\, and places of importance in Philadelphia. It tests knowledge of the basic facts about the city that any guide giving solid\, professional tours of both the Historic District and Center City would know. \nThe next exam will be held on Saturday\, June 13\, 9-11 am at Philly’s Gourmet Steaks\, 114 Market Street\, upstairs. \nDeadline to register is Thursday\, June 11. Please pay in the APT Store and email the APT President at president@phillyguides.org if you are interested in taking the exam on June 13. We want to make sure we have enough copies! \nThose who paid for the exam previously and didn’t sit for it or did sit for it and didn’t pass do not have to pay the fee again. They do\, however\, need to register with the APT President.  \nClick here for more information.
URL:https://phillyguides.org/event/apt-certification-exam-in-june-2/
LOCATION:Philly’s Gourmet Steaks\, 114 Market Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
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SUMMARY:Tour of Historic Rittenhouse Town
DESCRIPTION:ONLINE REGISTRATIONS FOR THIS VISIT ARE CLOSED. Please text APT member Judy Smith with any questions or problems day of 609-670-4783.  \nThe Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides (APT) has arranged a visit to Historic Rittenhouse Town on Monday\, June 15 at 11 am. This will be a two-hour outing with a guided tour for $6. \nHistoric Rittenhouse Town\, located in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park\, is an historic village featuring seven original buildings dating from the 18th and 19th centuries\, including the 1707 Rittenhouse Homestead and the 1753 Bake House. \nIn 1687\, papermaker William Rittenhouse purchased a plot of land by a tributary of the Wissahickon Creek and with his son\, Nicholas\, built the first paper mill in British North America. For 40 years the Rittenhouse family were the only papermakers in America! Eight generations of the Rittenhouse family lived and worked there for almost 200 years. At its peak in the mid-19th century\, Historic Rittenhouse Town was a self-contained industrial community comprised of about forty buildings which produced paper\, textiles\, and grain. \nToday Historic Rittenhouse Town is a designated National Historic Landmark District that is a museum and education center offering historic tours\, papermaking workshops\, hearth cooking\, demonstrations\, and more. \nScroll down to pay the $6 discounted registration fee. Deadline to sign up is Sunday\, June 14 at midnight. Contact APT Director-at-Large vpmccafferty@msn.com with any questions. Join us for an enlightening and fun day! \n  \nPhoto by Al Cassidy\, courtesy of Historic Rittenhouse Town.
URL:https://phillyguides.org/event/apt-june-outing-to-historic-rittenhouse-town/
LOCATION:Rittenhouse Town\, 6034 Wissahickon Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19144\, United States
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SUMMARY:Tour Guide Coffee Break
DESCRIPTION:The Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides (APT) is organizing a tour guide coffee break on Tuesday\, June 16 at 10 am at the back of the Independence Visitor Center (IVC) at 6th and Market Streets. No set topics\, just good guide talk in a casual setting. Everyone is welcome. Wear your APT lanyard and you should get 10% off your coffee\, beverage\, and more at the Independence Café. Everyone is responsible for their own drinks or snacks. \nNo need to reply – just show up!
URL:https://phillyguides.org/event/tour-guide-coffee-break-22/
LOCATION:Independence Visitor Center\, 599 Market St.\, 1 N. Independence Mall W.\, Philadelphia\, 19106
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SUMMARY:HISTORY MATTERS: Free Talks by Tour Guides
DESCRIPTION:Members of the Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides (APT) will present a teach-in\, HISTORY MATTERS: Free Talks with Tour Guides\, at various sites within Independence National Historic Park (INHP) on Saturday\, June 20 from 1-4 pm. These free\, short significant snippets of history will include the history of Blacks and other marginalized groups. Participants can follow a route that starts at the Visitor Center\, continues past the President’s House\, Liberty Bell Center\, and goes along Chestnut Street to Congress Hall\, Independence Hall\, and Old City Hall. They can visit all five stops or take in as many as time and interest allow. The stories at each site are not sequential. \nThose who would like a little extra explanation and some camaraderie can join free tours that will leave the Independence Visitor Center at 1:15\, 2:15\, and 3:15 pm to escort guests around to all five sites. Look for the APT table and ‘Ask Me’ name tags! \nThis public education program is APT’s response to the March 27\, 2025 executive order “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” This order directed the secretary of the Department of the Interior to make sure that displays at national parks do not “inappropriately disparage Americans past or living (including persons living in colonial times).” Instead\, he said\, they are to “focus on the greatness of the achievements and progress of the American people.” \nTo make sure the full American history is not lost or forgotten\, guides will discuss true stories about colonial slavery\, Black resistance and self-determination\, and other underrepresented narratives in early American life. The public is encouraged to attend the HISTORY MATTERS: Free Talks with Tour Guides to learn a more complete account of our country’s history. \nThe event is free\, nonpartisan\, and family-friendly. No registration is required. All are welcome!
URL:https://phillyguides.org/event/history-matters-free-talks-by-tour-guides-7/
LOCATION:Independence National Historic Park\, 599 Market Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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