Beyond the Sesqui-Centennial: A History of FDR Park Walk & Talk with Thomas Keels

Posted to Packer Park on October 28, 2026

When

Sat, Nov 7 at 10am – 12:30pm

Where

American Swedish Museum

1900 Pattison Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19145

Historian Thomas Keels gives a 45-minute lecture at the American Swedish Historical Museum, followed by a roughly 1.5-mile walk through the north end of FDR Park. The program covers the park's origins as League Island Park and its role in the 1926 Sesquicentennial International Exposition. $10 general admission, or $40 with a copy of Keels' book Sesqui!; registration required and space is limited. Via Fairmount Park Conservancy.

Beyond the Sesqui-Centennial: A History of FDR Park Walk & Talk with Thomas Keels - Saturday, November 7 at 10:00 AM at American Swedish Museum in Packer Park, Philadelphia