Schedule
This OcTrolleyFest will be somewhat different because of ongoing renovations to Darby Library and we will also commemorate our oldest form of transportation heritage which is walking.
The Great Minquas Path crossed over Land that belonged to the Bartram family (now Eden Cemetery and the Woodburne Plateau) 80 miles, connecting the Susquehannock to the Dutch, Swedish, and later English fur trading posts. (see picture above)
We will also celebrate the Washington Rochambeau Revolutionary Route (W3R) which passed through Darby on the way from Newport Rhode Island 800 miles to the final victory at Yorktown and American Independence.
We also celebrate the freedom seekers on the Underground Railroad and the people,
black and white who risked everting to be free.
the day will begin at 11 AM at the gate to Eden Cemetery on Springfield Road with a guided walking tour of Eden focusing on the struggle for fairness and human dignity on streetcars called Riding the Rails; Taking it to the Courts and to the People featuring people involved in the struggle for human dignity and fairness on streetcars including Caroline LeCount and William Stilll as well as other heroes of including William Still, Octavius Catto, John Mott Drew, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, and many other Citizens of Eden.
Schedule
10 AM...Meet up group leaves Darby Transportation Center to walk up to Eden
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10:30 AM TrolleyBus comes to Darby Library 1001 Main Street to carry people up the hill to Eden Cemetery
11:00 AM Eden Cemetery- guided walking tour- gather at Front Gate -Springfield Road
The Right to Ride - Taking it to the Courts and to the People
12:00 PM Walk or ride across Springfield Road to Woodburne Mansion for refreshments and information about 400 years of history on the Woodburne Plateau and a reading of "A Streetcar Named Freedom"
1:30 PM TrolleyBus to Bartrams Garden passing the Blue Bell and other historic points of interest
3:00 PM TrolleyBus returns to Darby Library
Questions? 610-809-4856 or OcTrolleyFest.quest