Living History: Celebrating Chadds Ford Days
Local residents and visitors to the Brandywine Valley know it as the home of the famous Wyeth family of artists and picturesque countryside, but few know the history behind Chadds Ford Days, which has been celebrated here since Dwight Eisenhower was in the White House. The area around the village of Chadds Ford was inhabited by the Lenni-Lenape Indians for centuries before European explorers arrived.…