Credit: State of PA
One of the state’s most important documents will be on display at Pennsbury Manor in Falls Township starting this weekend.
The 1681 charter between King Charles II of England and William Penn will be on display at Pennsbury Manor Sunday through March 16. The four-page document is often called Pennsylvania’s “birth certificate” and granted the land that now makes up Pennsylvania to Penn.
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Tabitha Dardes, Pennsbury Manor’s marketing director, said admission to the historic site along the Delaware River will be free on Sunday from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. Gov. Tom Corbett and his wife are expected to visit the event.
Charter Day will be celebrated statewide on Sunday. At Pennsbury Manor, the day will feature colonial crafts people dressed in period clothing, 17th-century open-hearth cooking demonstrations, blacksmithing, period reenactors, exhibits and tours of the Manor House.
The temporary move of the charter is the first time the document has left Harrisburg since the 1960s, Dardes told LevittownNow.com.
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Pennsbury Manor officials hope the predicted warm weather draws a large crowd for this weekend’s eventt.
For additional information, visit www.pennsburymanor.org or call 215-946-0400.
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