Stevens & Smith Historical Site

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He fathered three amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

She bravely stepped outside the confines of her society.

He was white. She was black. Together they changed America.

Thaddeus Stevens and Lydia Hamilton Smith demonstrated the power individuals have to shape society. We intend to tell their story to inspire current and future generations. How we plan to do this.

Latest from our blog:

• From Civil War Through Civil Rights

  Wednesday, August 13, 2008

  This Friday and Saturday, August 15th and 16th, the fourth in a series of Quest for Freedom Live & Learn Weekends (http://www.questforfreedom.org/events), sponsored by the PA Office of Tourism and local convention and visitors’ bureaus, will offer participants the chance to connect with history, meet the past and understand the present.
  
  Campaigning at the President’s House on Friday evening at 6:00pm, provides guests an opportunity to discuss Presidential politics during a reception at Wheatland (http://www.wheatland.org), home of President James Buchanan in Lancaster Pennsylvania. What makes this reception different, however, is the presence of guests from the past courtesy of Pennsylvania’s Past Players. These ‘visitors’ from mid-19th century Pennsylvania will shed some light on elections…read more

• Pennsylvania Weighs In

  Friday, August 08, 2008

  Today Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell visited Lancaster County on his whistle-stop tour to announce funding support for key economic development projects throughout the Commonwealth. Among those announced is the Trust's Stevens and Smith Historic Site, which is to receive $3 million in matching funds to assist with facade restorations of the historic structures tied to these two American patriots of the 19th century. Once open to the public, this new attraction is estimated to generate more than 100 jobs and host between 75,000 and 80,000 visitors per year.
  
  Initially listed as a possible recipient of state funds as far back as 2002, the historic site remained for inclusion in the current state budget passed July 4th.…read more

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