MUSEUM SCHEDULED EVENTS
SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2023 - 1:00 PM
HISTORIAN ROBERT HANRAHAN WILL PRESENT
"MEET MAJOR GENERAL JOHN GIBBON"
Robert Hanrahan has a long and distinguished history supporting civic and historical activities in the Philadelphia area.
He is a member of the Board of Advisors of the G. A. R. Civil War Museum, and a generous financial supporter as well.
He is a founding member of the "Confederation of Union Generals" and an accomplished historian.
Robert Hanrahan is a member of many local and national historical organizations.
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2023 - 1:00 PM
HISTORIAN DR. THOMAS WIECKOWSKI WILL PRESENT
"HOW THREE GENERATIONS OF BARKERS HELPED BUILD AMERICA
Dr. Wieckowski is the Chair of the Cheltenham Township Historical Commission and Vice President of the Old York Road Historical Society.
He is retired from Drexel university where he was a professor and Associate Dean of the LeBow College of Business.
Hitherto Invincible, is the story of three generations of the Barker family, influential 19th century bankers, and their contributions to a growing 19th century America. Jacob of New York was the largest shipowner in the country, financier of the War of 1812, and banker before he was exiled to New Orleans. His daughter Anna, a friend of Ralph Waldo Emerson, was a notable figure in the Transcendentalist movement and engaged in an infamous love triangle that destroyed her best friend. Son Abraham moved to Philadelphia and revolutionized the stock exchange and co-founded the Union League and Camp William Penn. His son Wharton, a Union Army veteran who served at Camp William Penn with the 3rd United States Colored Troops; a Penn-trained economist, expanded Barker Brothers Bank to finance railroads, create successful presidential candidates, and engage in international exploits, leading eventually to the failure of the bank and the end of an era.
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