# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Historical Commission Presents: The Montiers of Cheltenham
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 12 Feb, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Event Description**: For our first lecture of the year, the Historical Commission presents local author Donald Scott, Sr. who will speak about the Montiers.

Donald Scott Sr., the local historian, author, and journalist whose most recent book is The Montiers: From Enslavement to Paul Robeson and Beyond, will speak about the African American Montier family of Cheltenham and related family lines, starting from the 18th century and continuing to the 1900s’ iconic human rights’ activist, scholar, athlete and entertainer, Paul Robeson, and others. 

The evening will also discuss the interracial relationship between Richard Morrey, son of Philadelphia's first mayor, and Cremona, who had been enslaved by the Morrey family. Cremona received almost 200 Cheltenham-area acres from Richard, which led to the creation of a family cemetery and still-standing colonial home, as well as the early Black enclave, "Guineatown". 

Finally, the presentation will highlight rare portrait paintings of two family members, as well as focus on other historic personalities. These include Cyrus Bustill, an African American activist who baked bread for the Continental Army; Moses Highgate, the early Black miller; David Bustill Bowser, an artist who designed Civil War flags for African American regiments at Camp William Penn; Anna Bustill Smith, the trailblazing Black genealogist; and William Pickens Sr., a co-founder of the NAACP.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cheltenham/historical-commission-presents-the-montiers-of-cheltenham/200029624248456
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, fine-arts
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 34

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029624248456?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=cheltenham-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Cheltenham
- **state**: PA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Curtis Hall Arboretum
- **lat**: 40.085940502179
- **long**: -75.150026121857
- **full address**: Curtis Hall Arboretum, Cheltenham, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Cheltenham Township (https://allevents.in/org/cheltenham-township/10045272)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 12 Feb, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Curtis Hall Arboretum, Cheltenham, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Cheltenham Township
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, fine-arts
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Historical Commission Presents: The Montiers of Cheltenham ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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