Learn What Colonists Carried In Their Pockets In Wayne

WAYNE, PA — We carry things such as cell phones, lip balm, wallets, keys, and other common items in our pockets daily in modern life. But what did colonists carry on them?

Black Powder Tavern in Wayne is hosting another installment of its Colonial Era Historic Dinner Series on Tuesday, March 17.

The event will be held at 5:30 p.m. starting with dinner. Black Powder Tavern will be serving Yards Brewing Company’s Thomas Jefferson Golden Ale and George Washington Porter.

After the meal, attendees will head upstairs in the restaurant for the lecture titled "The Things They Carried," led by history speaker Chris Reardon.

A question and answer session will take place after the lecture.

Coffee and desserts will also be served.

Reardon — a historian who lives on what was part of the Battle of the Clouds battlefield — will talk about the personal weapons and equipment carried by hunters, travelers, militia, Continental soldiers, and native Americans in the focus area from 1690 to 1790.

Reardon will also bring some of his extensive collection for your examination.

The focus will be on the items you would likely encounter in the Delaware and Hudson Valleys.

He is the former president of the East Goshen Township Historical Commission, past treasurer of the Paoli Battlefield Preservation Fund, and volunteers at both Newlin Grist Mill and the PA Colonial Plantation.

Entry costs $45 — tax and gratuity included — and seating is limited and reservations are required.

Call 610-293-9333 to book a spot.

Black Powder Tavern is located at 1164 Valley Forge Road in Wayne.