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The Society’s meetings/programs are held at Clifton House at 7:30pm on the third Tuesday of every month September through November and January through May.

The Society’s 8 p.m. meetings (with programs) are held at the headquarters at Clifton House, 473 Bethlehem Pike, Fort Washington, PA the third Tuesday of every month, September thru November and January thru May, weather permitting The phone number to call for information, 215-646-6065

05/20/2026

What a fantastic meeting last night with Dr. Emily Sneff discussing her new book, “When the Declaration of Independence was News”! Thank you Emily and special thanks to for making their wonderful space available! 🎉🎉🇺🇸🇺🇸 And thanks to everyone who came out - hope to see you around the Clifton House this summer!!

05/15/2026

🚨🚨NEXT TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2026 - Vote early 🇺🇸 then join us for at the in Blue Bell! Program begins at 6:15pm!! 🚨🚨

05/03/2026

Thanks to everyone who helped with our annual Spring Cleaning! 👍👍🌱🌱The Clifton House is ready for the warmer weather!🌞🌞

05/02/2026

🚨🚨Program ALERT 🚨 🚨. We are very excited to announce our program to be held on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, 6:15pm!! To celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, we welcome Dr. Emily Sneff, the !! Emily will share stories with us from her new book “When the Declaration of Independence was News”! Please note: because this is a fantastic and timely program, we are holding it at the Wissahickon Valley Library in Blue Bell AND we will start at 6:15pm! As always, light refreshments to follow. Special thanks to the Wissahickon Valley Library and the Upper Dublin Library for helping to make this happen!! See you on May 19 (NOT at The Clifton House!)

04/28/2026

🚨🚨It’s our annual Spring Cleaning at The Clifton House! This Saturday, May 2, 2026 from 10am - 12pm, all Society members and friends are invited to help spruce up the flowerbeds and the yard to get ready for a fun sesquicentennial summer! 🌱🌞🇺🇸. Bring gloves and some basic gardening tools! (We can’t let our friends the deer do all the work! 🦌See you Saturday!!! 🌱🌱🌞

04/22/2026

Wow! 🤩 We had a packed Clifton House for the program “This Old Home” last night! Thank you to Susanne Johnston who did an amazing job of bringing to life for us! 👍👍🎉

03/29/2026

We are excited to be participating in “History Unleashed” on April 12, 2026 from 2-4pm with the 🎉🎉‼️‼️ This event kicks off the celebration of the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding and starts the passport program…stop by and check it out!! 🎉🎉

03/25/2026

🚨🚨‼️‼️PROGRAM ALERT🚨 🚨‼️‼️ “This Old Home” is the title for the Tuesday, April 21, 2026, 7:30pm program of the Historical Society of Fort Washington. Susanne Johnston will describe where Revolutionary War soldiers camped in our area, what battles they fought nearby and on what routes they traveled. Discover what local homes, churches and buildings, which are still in use today, were used in the Revolution and the functions they served.

Susanne is a retired Germantown Academy teacher, Regent of the Towamencin DAR and frequent lecturer on historical topics and genealogy.

The program is open to the public, and, after the presentation, light refreshments will be served in the E. Hamilton Parke Memorial Research Library, which houses over 3,500 reference sources on local history, genealogy and American history and a good number of family histories.

03/18/2026

What a fantastic night of History Share & Tell at the Clifton House! Thanks to everyone who came out and told some amazing stories about their artifacts! 👍👍🙌🎉. See you next month on April 21!

01/29/2026

We hope everyone is staying warm! ❄️❄️ No regular meeting in February - we’ll see you on March 17 for “History Share & Tell”! We can’t wait to see what historical items or stories you bring to the Clifton House!

Address

473 S Bethlehem Pike
Fort Washington, PA
19034

Telephone

(215) 646-6065

Website

http://www.fortwashingtonhistory.org/

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