The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, PA, a city full of historic sites along with attractions devoted to U.S. history
Set your WABAC Machine to explore imag- inary meetings held long, long ago. (For those of you born after 1970, this device was a fictional feature of The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show used to transport car- toon characters Sherman and Mr. Peabody back in time to explore important events in human history.)
If your time travel adventure takes you to an early Indian village, you may see Lenni Lenape tribes huddled together planning crop rotation or which seasonal settle- ment to choose for ample fishing and hunting. Perhaps at a stop in Valley Forge in the late 1700s you could encounter General George Washington assembling with troops, catch him later at Mt. Vernon, or perhaps in Philadelphia where he and Martha hosted countless events. So many, in fact, Washington once lamented that he and his wife had not had dinner alone for some 20 years. As official hosts of a budding nation, their calendars were often quite full.
Fast-forward to 1857 and the James Buchanan era. Once a week, the 15th
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President held lavish state dinners for up to 40 guests, including members of Congress, Supreme Court justices and var- ious diplomats. In Pennsylvania at his Bedford Springs hotel summer White House, he conducted business meetings and received the first trans-Atlantic cable message in his guestroom - a wire from Queen Victoria.
From the dawn of America to our present day country of vast scientific and techno- logical breakthroughs, a few things have remained constant - with meetings and events listed among them. It is nearly impossible to contemplate business and industry without the need to gather and stimulate energy, look to the future or sim- ply have a good time in reward for out- standing work.
Planners often select sites steeped in rich history to invigorate imaginations while at the same time producing results.
Christine Figueroa witnesses these results with relish. She and her husband Noel own the Inn at Barley Sheaf Farm, a Bucks
County historical landmark property. Its name is derived from Lenni Lenape leg- end. It was believed that if a tribesman dropped a barley sheaf into a pool known as the Konkey Spring, that same leaf would mysteriously reappear three miles away in waters near Aquetong. William Penn had granted this land to a man who, neglecting to develop it, subsequently passed it on to physician who then sold it to a yeoman named Rinsey.
Built in 1740 as Rinsey’s gentlemen’s estate, it is set amid 100 acres of lush meadowland and spectacular views. Nearly 200 years later, it became the coun- try home of playwright George S. Kaufman, who called it “Cherchez La Farm.” It was there he collaborated with Moss Hart to compose The Man Who Came to Dinner and helped John Steinbeck perfect a stage version of the author’s famed work, Of Mice and Men.
Kaufman is renowned as a founding member of the Algonquin Hotel Round Table along with Robert Benchley, Dorothy Parker, Robert E. Sherwood,
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