Grey Towers welcomes community for an ice cream social

MILFORD, PA — There will be a free open house and a recreation of Gov. Gifford Pinchot’s community ice cream socials at Grey Towers, his Milford home, to mark the anniversary of public ownership of the National Historic Site on Saturday, September 26.

The free open house for the 19th-century French chateauesque mansion, scheduled from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., also commemorates National Public Lands Day. And a special video presentation of President John F. Kennedy’s September 24, 1963, dedication of Grey Towers will be shown throughout the day.

The Ice Cream Social, sponsored by the Grey Towers Heritage Association, will be held from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

“The Ice Cream Social is just one of the many ways we are trying to re-create how the Pinchots welcomed the community to their private home at Grey Towers,” said Barbara Buchanan, president of the Grey Towers Heritage Association (GTHA). “Strengthening the community connection is key to our mission at Grey Towers, and it’s so appropriate to offer this on National Public Lands Day.”

In lieu of a fee, the GTHA is requesting the donation of a non-perishable food item to be donated to a local food pantry.

In addition to his two terms as a popular Pennsylvania Governor, Pinchot was an eminent conservationist, founding and serving as first chief of the U.S. Forest Service.

For more information visit greytowers.org or call 570/296-9630.