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Public Servants Tour at Historic Doylestown Cemetery

Doylestown history

Doylestown has been the county seat since 1812, and this Sunday afternoon walk visits the judges, ambassadors, congressmen and legislators who ended up here. Reserve by phone; the season ends October 31.

When: Sun, Oct 25 · 1:00 PM Where: Historic Doylestown Cemetery, 215 East Court Street, Doylestown, PA 18901

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Civil War Tour at Historic Doylestown Cemetery

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Sat, Oct 3 · 10:00 AM · Historic Doylestown Cemetery

Costumed guides walk you past the graves of more than two hundred Civil War veterans, among them five generals and the Union Army's surgeon general. Reserve by phone. The season closes October 31.

Women In History Tour at Historic Doylestown Cemetery

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Sat, Oct 17 · 10:00 AM · Historic Doylestown Cemetery

Third Saturday mornings through October, a walk among Bucks County women worth knowing: the school nurse who opened the first polio clinic in the country, the first director of the Whitney Museum.

VIP Tour at Historic Doylestown Cemetery

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Sat, Oct 24 · 10:00 AM · Historic Doylestown Cemetery

Ninety minutes among the inventors, adventurers, writers and industrialists buried in a Victorian garden cemetery founded in 1849. Reservations by phone, and the money goes back into restoration work.

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Jen Howard

Ardmore live music

Wed, Oct 21 · Rusty Nail Nightclub

Jen Howard on a Wednesday night at the Nail. The Nail sits at 2580 Haverford Road and has been booking original music for seventy odd years.

Behind the Scenes Tours: Fonthill Castle From Tower to Crypt

Doylestown history

Wed, Oct 21 · 9:30 AM–2:30 PM · Fonthill Castle

Ninety minutes off the normal route through Henry Mercer's concrete castle: tower stairs, hidden passageways, the rooms the standard tour skips. Steep and dark in places, age fourteen and up.

Solar Viewing Drop-In

Downingtown community

Wed, Oct 21 · 10:00 AM–12:00 PM · Downingtown Library

A weekday run of the library's solar telescope setup, ten to noon. All ages, no registration, and the observers walk you through what you are looking at. Cancelled if it is cloudy or raining.