Event Date: July 6, 2008

Lecture On The
Restoration of the State Capitol

Celebrate Pennsylvania’s History this July 4th Weekend!

On Sunday July 6 at 3 pm, Capitol Preservation Committee Historian Jason Wilson will present a lecture and presentation highlighting the campaign of ongoing restoration at the Pennsylvania State Capitol at Historic Peace Church.

The Pennsylvania State Capitol Building is often referred to as a “palace of art” and many visitors believe it is the most beautiful Capitol in the United States. For the last twenty-five years the state capitol has undergone a massive campaign of restoration aimed at returning it to its original 1906 grandeur. In 1982, the Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee was formed to preserve the building’s architecture, art and history for future generations. Committee projects have included restoring all the artwork in the building, preserving Pennsylvania’s Civil War battle flags, removing and restoring the statue Commonwealth on top of the Capitol’s dome and well over one hundred other individual projects aimed to ensure that the state capitol building will always remain a “palace of art.”

CEMETERY TOUR

Immediately following the restoration presentation, a tour of the St. John’s Cemetery will be conducted by Bill Goetz, Peace Church Historian.
 
Peace Church is a 210 year old limestone sanctuary located on the corner of St. John’s Church and Trindle Roads near Camp Hill. It is maintained as a museum by the Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission and is open on Sunday Afternoons from June through September for free tours and cultural events. Parking is available in the office lot directly across St. John’s Church Road; handicapped parking is available behind the Resource Center (formerly the Gift Shop). For more information contact 717-422-5486