The Brandywine Battlefield Park is up and running again, though only on a part time basis.
The park has been closed to the general public since November, but opened its doors for Charter Day on Sunday, March 13. It will now be open on the weekends through April, according to Judy Thorpe of the Friends of the Brandywine Battlefield.
Brandywine will also host a Living History Day on April 16 with a mini encampment and 18th century cooking. Admission will be $5 for adults and $3 for children 6-14.
While it remains uncertain if and when the park will resume full time operation, the annual Summer History Camp remains scheduled for the summer of 2011. There will be eight one-week sessions for elementary school students, with 30 slots available for each week.
The Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission stopped funding the park’s operation in the summer of 2009. Local donations—from the Chadds Ford Civic Association, Delaware County, several townships and others—kept the park operating five days per week, Wednesday through Sunday until last November, when the friends group decided to close it to the general public for the remainder of the winter, the slowest time of the year for the park.
Thorpe could not say for certain when the park could be open full time. She does not see help coming from the state, since the budget submitted by Gov. Tom Corbett calls for the elimination of 16 more jobs from PHMC.
All state parks were open for Charter Day, a day commemorating the 16th century charter between William Penn and the King of England.
About Rich Schwartzman
Rich Schwartzman has been reporting on events in the greater Chadds Ford area since September 2001 when he became the founding editor of The Chadds Ford Post. In April 2009 he became managing editor of ChaddsFordLive. He is also an award-winning photographer.
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