Fighting to preserve Brandywine battle’s legacy

Exhibit offers glimpse of soldiers’ movements throughout area By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com A sheet used by the late historian Chris Sanderson to illustrate troop movement during the Battle of the Brandywine is part of the exhibit at the Chadds Ford Historical Society. CHADDS FORD  — From a “traveling bedsheet” to an interactive computer program: That circuitous...

Historic scavenger hunts for kids start June 3

CHADDS FORD — The Kennett Square and Chadds Ford region has been blessed with a rich heritage- from the Battle of the Brandywine on September 11th, 1777 to the local “village historian” Chris Sanderson and the Wyeth family of artists who’ve depicted both the history and beauty of the region in their paintings over the last 100 years. This heritage is on display at several local venues, including...