Have a fantastic day at Fort Mifflin
from 12noon to 4pm with GRIPP&NPPI.
Bring the kids for a fantastic time
of Karaoke and face painting.
Raffle tickets are being sold for only $1.00
each for your chance to win amazing prizes.

EVENING EVENT:

Continue your night with GRIPP & NPPI 8pm at The Field House.
AGES 21 AND OVER ONLY!!!
NO EXCEPTIONS!!!
Listen to the AMISH play until 1AM!!
THIS IS AN ADULTS EVENT SO NO
KIDS KARAOKE OR FACE PAINTING!!

Come visit GRIPP & NPPI at their raffle ticket table.
Raffle tickets are being sold for only $1.00
each for your chance to win amazing prizes.
We will set up our table & continue
selling children's artwork, raffle tickets
(for baskets), fort items, Amish bumper stickers
and of course we will continue bidding
on the vacation condo, all while the Amish play.
We will do this until about 1am, then announce the winners!

SOLD OUT FOR JUNE 26TH
ADDITIONAL DATE ADDED JUNE 27TH

TAPS INFORMATION

This information comes from IDEAL EVENT MANAGEMENT website.

They are the management company for TAPS!!

Go here to get any additional information needed.: http://www.idealeventmanage.com/mifflin2.html

Friday, June 26th
5:00pm- 6:30pm Meet and Greet with Jason Hawes, Grant Wilson, Steve Gonsalves, Dave Tango, and Kris Williams from the Sci-Fi Channels hit television series Ghost Hunters, as well as,Demonologist, Author and Investigator, John Zaffis and International Psycic Gavin Cromwell. We will be serving a Pasta Dinner and viewing the Ghost Hunters Episode during this time as well.

6:30pm- 7:00pm Lecture and Q&A Session
with Gavin

7:00pm- 7:45pm Demonology and new Paranormal
Museum lecture by John Zaffis

7:45pm- 8:30pm Lecture/Slideshow by Jason and Grant
8:30pm- 9:00pm Travel time to the Fort

9:00pm- 2:00am Break up into groups and investigate (Meet & Greets, Dinner and Lectures will be held at the Hilton Philadelphia Airport both days and discounted rates will be available for those booking rooms)

Saturday, June 27th
12:00pm -1:00pm Wrap up from previous nights investigation and photo opportunity.
Tickets: $265Limited number available.
Tickets are mailed out two weeks prior to the event. Tickets include everything listed above for the investigation.

Tickets do not include travel, meals or accomodations. Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable.

UPCOMING REENACTMENT EVENTS:

The Olde Fort Mifflin Historical Society

SATURDAY, JULY 18TH , "VIETNAM VETS APPRECIATION DAY".

SATURDAY, AUGUST 8TH , a second "VIETNAM VETS APPRECIATION DAY".

SATURDAY, AUGUST 22ND , "PIRATE DAY."

SATURDAY 7 SUNDAY AUGUST 29TH-30TH , 16th/17th CENTURY GARRISON.

SATURDAY & SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 26TH -27TH, "HISTORIC SOLDIERS TIMELINE".

SATURDAY & SUNDAY NOVEMBER 14TH-15TH , "SIEGE OF FORT MIFFLIN".

Please let me know if you can give a few hours of your time. It is appreciated.

Please Call Lorraine Irby @ 215-685-4167
for more information irby.lorraine@gmail.com
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Reenactors Craft and Flea Mkt August 29th-30th

Geetings everyone,
The Fort is holding a Reenactors Craft and Flea Mkt the weekend of August 29th-30th. Yes, it is happening this time. Rain or shine! We have the Kingdom of Lucerne group in for the weekend with a garrison that includes many historic crafts, such as weaving,spinning, candle making and finger-loop braiding. We have 2 participants for the flea mkt and 1 for the craft mkt so far. There will soon be a form available for those interested in coming. The fees are $15 a day, or $20 for both Saturday & Sunday. Sleeping space is available for vendors. Bring a table, or a blanket and get rid of some stuff, and enjoy the event while you are here. If you have any questions, please post them.

MORE INFORMATION TO COME!

   Tri-County Paranormal Research
OVERNIGHT PARANORMAL INVESTIGATION

Tri-State HOG Members are invited to join forces with Tri-County Paranormal Research in an overnight paranormal investigation at Fort Mifflin beginning Friday night, July 17th thru Saturday morning July 18th, 2009.

SPACE IS LIMITED.

Make your reservations quickly.

Tri-County Paranormal Research will be on hand to guide smaller groups through the fort to assist in where and how to look for recordable paranormal evidence. Whether you are an experienced paranormal investigator or just someone who is curious, this is the opportunity of a lifetime! Come join some of the areas’ finest paranormal investigators for a night of learning and investigating at one of the worlds’ most haunted locations! Experience for yourself the history of Fort Mifflin and know that you are helping to keep the doors of Fort Mifflin open to the public!

When: July 17th 2009 - 5 PM until Saturday morning after Breakfast is served.

Where: Fort Mifflin, Fort Mifflin & Hog Island Roads, Philadelphia, PA 19153

Why: A rare opportunity to enjoy and help preserve one of America’s most valuable historic sites!

YOU MUST PRE REGISTER!!! We are asking that all who are planning to attend this event pre-register for the event. The cost for this event is $100 per person and I will need half ($50.00) up front, the balance will be collected upon arrival at the fort. Act fast and guarantee your reservation! Proceeds benefit Fort Mifflin on the Delaware.

This event will be lead by Tri-County Paranormal Research. You can bring your own camera and sound recorder. If you happen to own an infrared video recorder, EMF meter, K-2 meter, Night vision equipment, etc., you’re welcome to bring those as well. Most of all- bring an open mind and plan to enjoy yourself!

Cost will be $100 dollars per person, half upfront deposit, and balance on arrival at the fort. Hot & Cold beverages and snacks will be on hand all night. (Sorry: Alcoholic beverages are strictly prohibited).

Schedule:
5:00 pm – Arrival to set up sleeping arrangements anywhere in the fort except Casemate #5 and Casemate 11, due to high levels of activity and the frequency of investigating team traffic.

7:00 pm - Tour given by Fort Mifflin Staff, explaining his (or her) experiences.

8:00 pm - Q & A session with Tri-County Paranormal Research. The group will reveal evidence they have obtained at the fort. After dark, there will be a creation of investigation teams of 5 each.

9:00 pm – 8:00 am – Free time to either sleep, or ghost hunt with your team.

8:00 am – Staggered, leisurely full breakfast served in Hospital building (next to parking lot).

For more details on all events and to make a reservation contact Steve Shockley at: 484-557-1939 email steve.shockley@ymail.com
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July 25th

MASS PARANORMAL AND MYSPACE.COM/SAVEFORTMIFFLIN (Nance Ratliff & Jane M.)
PRESENT AN INCREDIBLE DAY/NIGHT ABOARD THE USS SALEM!

YOU WILL NOT WANT MISS THIS ONE...TONS IN STORE FOR YOU.
INVESTIGATIONS!
RAFFLES!!
PARANORMAL INVESTIGATORS...

50/50 Profit for the USS SALEM AND FORT MIFFLIN.

MORE INFORMATION COMING SOON.

Moebanshee Paranormal and Asylumcam.com present...

The weekend is July 31st- Aug 2nd This is open to all. You don't have to be a member or Asylumcam or jasonsghost.
The cost is $165.00 per person.

Friday night meet and greet from 5 pm to 10 pm with live music and refreshments (no one will be allowed to investigate the fort at this time).
LIVE MUSIC BY SIRE GREY

Saturday 10 am- Sunday 10 am; 24 hours rotating investigation of Fort Mifflin

We will have a buffet Dinner in the evening for people staying over night.
There will be speakers if we get enough people involved.
The only one making money is Fort Mifflin.
The more people who come the more we can do.
I need names of people planning on coming so email me.
AsylmMngr@aol.com
Put FORT MIFFLIN MEET in the subject line
I need names of people, their user names on the site, and ages.
Deposits will be needed by JUNE 1st.
$65.00 BUT I would really like it all at once.
Balance Payment will be needed by JULY 1st.

If you can not come in for Friday night deduct $50.00
Saturday over night will be $115.00 this is for over night and buffet dinner

This is the nearest Hotel to the Fort.
People who are coming in for Friday night have a hotel close by:
VISIT HILTON PHILADELPHIA AIRPORT

Hilton Philadelphia Airport
4509 Island Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States 19153
Tel: 1-215-365-4150
Fax: 1-215-937-6382

PLEASE CHECK ONLINE FOR OTHER HOTELS IN THE AREA!

The next PARA event at Fort Mifflin will be Saturday September 5, 2009 in association with PARA-X radio. Click HERE to go to their website for more information.

THE EAST COAST PARANORMAL INVESTIGATORS CONFERENCE THE SAVE FORT MIFFLIN OCTOBER FUNDRAISER FORT MIFFLIN ON THE DELAWARE FRIDAY OCTOBER 9TH – SUNDAY OCTOBER 11TH 2009

The East Coast Paranormal Investigators Conference will be held at Fort Mifflin on the Delaware from 5 PM Friday October 9th till 5 PM Sunday October 11th 2009 with all proceeds of this event to benefit the preservation, restoration, interpretation and education programs at Fort Mifflin a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Fort Mifflin on the Delaware has consistently opened it gates to support the paranormal community, and this event is our communities chance to pay back that support.

The event will be a showcase to the public of paranormal investigators, using real science in the study of their fields and the results they obtain The event halls and fort, $ 12 a day $ 20 the weekend, will be open to the general public from 10 AM till 4 PM on Saturday and Sunday. Your organization will have 12 hours of exposure to explain your mission to and services provided for the public. This is in addition to fort tours given by interpretive guides in Revolutionary or Civil War Uniforms at 11 AM and 2 PM.

The programming halls, $ 42 day $80 weekend (this includes fort/event admission), will be open only to registered conference participants Programming about, ADC, Haunts, NDE Cryptozology, Angels, OBE, Sensitive Abilities, Demonology, UFO's, and many others will be presented by field and laboratory investigators. There will be 12 hours of programming open to registered conference participants.

Your tax deductible contribution of $250 gets your organization the following an 8 foot event hall space, two weekend admissions to the fort, and the 12 hours of registered participant programming. Additional members of your organization will be able to register for a discounted amount ($ 32/$60).

There will be a fund raising banquet on Saturday night open only to contributors and registered participants in the casements for an additional tax deductible contribution of $ 25.00.

There will be overnight paranormal investigations on Friday and Saturday nights open only to contributors and registered participants for a tax deductible contribution of $70 and will be limited to 30 persons.

There will be a 24 hour paranormal investigation (the only one for the 2009 Season) 5 PM Sunday to 5 PM Monday open only to contributors and registered participants for an additional tax deductible contribution of $ 90, limited to 30 persons.

This will be the only Paranormal Investigators Conference in the 2009 Season to be held at fort that is home to 14 haunted restored historic structures constructed from 1778 to 1875, is a National Monument, and a Historic Landmark.

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

Mark Davis
Mark is the co-founder/director of the Paranormal Association of Research & Assistance – PARA. For the past 25 years he has worked in the consulting engineering field where he has had the opportunity to study complete building systems for electrical, HVAC, plumbing and structural. This knowledge has help him in paranormal investigations by being able to understand where and what may have caused some of the creeks and groans we all have heard during these investigations. He has been studying the paranormal for over ten years in various capacities. He became a member of a local investigation group to further his understanding and 2 years ago he formed PARA.

J.Joseph Edgette, Ph.D.
Dr. Edgette is a native of Delaware County, holds the academic rank of full Professor at Widener University where he is on the faculty of The School of Human Service Professions in its Center for Education. Dr. Edgette is the University’s resident folklorist and serves in various capacities. His responsibilities and duties presently encompass teaching and administration. His teaching assignments include a wide variety of courses at the undergraduate, masters, and doctoral levels. He is Director of the Teacher Intern Program, Coordinator of Graduate Education Admissions and Advising, and formerly Director of the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Program, and major Advisor for University College, the University’s adult education program. Dr. Edgette holds a bachelor’s degree in English from West Chester State College, and three degrees from the University of Pennsylvania: Master of Education in Instructional Media, Master of Arts in Folklore and Folk life Studies, and a Ph.D. in Folklore.

Dave Juliano
Dave is a co-chair of the conference and Director of South Jersey Ghost Research. He is the author of Positive Energy for Haunted Homes, Ghost Research 101: Investigating Haunted Homes, Armor of God and Ghost Hunting 101. He has been researching ghosts for over 20 years and is a sensitive. He has consulted on thousands of cases. He lived in a haunted house for over 29 years and his current residence is also haunted. Dave has a special interest in client counseling. His background is in law enforcement and private investigations. He is a graduate of the Cape May County Police Academy and he has also majored in History and World Religions at Camden County College. He has also taught Ghost Hunting 101 classes.

Bro. Tomas-Martin Bell, OPD: Prior of the Order of Penance Community of St. Martin de Porres
Bro. Tomas-Martin Bell, OPD is the Prior of the Order of Penance community of St. Martin de Porres located in Southern New Jersey. Born, George Bell, He has been a Dominican Tertiary since 1998 and made perpetual promises in 2003. He has served as the sub-moderator and formation director of the Holy Rosary Lay Dominican Chapter in Camden, NJ. He also was elected and served as the Moderator for the Lay Dominican Region Four(covering the entire state of PA and Southern NJ) and has been a representative on the Lay Dominican Provincial Council for the Eastern Dominican Province of Saint Joseph, USA.

Carl Feindt
Carl was first a cadet in the Civil Air Patrol; he went on to study aircraft engineering at the Academy of Aeronautics in New York City (off La Guardia Airport's runway). Following two years of service in the Air Force, till he joined a major airline where he worked in customer service for over three decades. He became active in ufology (the study of UFOs.) then started working with Jan Aldrich, a UFO researcher. Over the course of eight years, He studied microfilm rolls at the University of Delaware, exhaustively covering the years between 1923 and 1967. To his amazement, he found approximately 750 UFO-related articles in Delaware, the second-smallest state in the United States! Intrigued by the fact that aircraft, as we know them, cannot emerge from water or submerge into water, He started assembling water-related UFO cases. His research endeavor into this aspect of the UFO mystery has grown into an increasingly large data base and website. He is now one of the world’s best known researchers of water-related UFOs.

Thomas H. Keels
Tom is an author of four books and numerous articles on Philadelphia history. Tom has been informing and entertaining local groups with his illustrated presentations and historic tours for over a decade. Areas of expertise include lost Philadelphia architecture, Philadelphia burial grounds, and Rittenhouse Square.

Tom has spoken to such groups as the American Institute of Architects (Philadelphia chapter), American Revolution Roundtable, Chestnut Hill Historical Society, Cosmopolitan Club, Curtis Institute of Music, Franklin Inn Club, Free Library of Philadelphia (central branch authors’ series), Harvard Club of Philadelphia, Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia, Springfield Township Historical Society, Union League of Philadelphia, and Walk Philadelphia Guides.

Robyn McKinney
Robyn is the co-founder/director of the Paranormal Association of Research & Assistance – PARA. She is the owner and site administrator for myghostnetwork.com a paranormal social networking website dedicated to bringing others in the field together. Her interest in the paranormal spans over 10 years when her first paranormal experience led her to researching, reading and urban exploration. This eventually led her to join a local paranormal investigation group, and finally to join forces with Mark Davis to form PARA.

Moebanshee
Moe is founder, lead investigator, and advisor for both Asylumcam Paranormal Investigations and Moebanshee Paranormal Investigations and has been helping people deal with paranormal activity for over 30 years. Together with her better half they have helped people take charge of severe haunting. She is site manager of www.asylumcam.com a paranormal community owned by “Doc” in Missouri. Asylumcam hosts web cams in homes and places reputed to have paranormal activity. They provide none hostile environments for people to discuss and exchange ideas concerning all things paranormal. Moe assists with site maintenance and helps the members have an enjoyable experience. She helps people learn and explore unusual normal activity safely. Many people new to investigating have benefited from her years in the paranormal trenches. Moe is host of Moebanshee's Lair Para_Radio on www.nowlive.com and www.gameconradio.com

John Sabol
John is a cultural anthropologist, historical archaeologist, actor, and ghost excavator. He has been participating in, and supervising, field investigations since high school. He has conducted archaeological research in England, Germany, Mexico, and the United States. He has done ethnographic fieldwork in Chiapas State, and in the Yucatan, Mexico. He has appeared in more than 25 films, including “Dune”, “Conan the Destroyer”, “Rambo II”, “Falcon and the Snowman”, and the James Bond classic, “License to kill”. He has also appeared in numerous TV series, documentaries, and educational TV. He has taught cultural anthropology in the Graduate School of the University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico, and in various colleges in Mexico City. He has conducted ghost excavations in Winchester, England, and in the United States at Gettysburg, Eastern State in Philadelphia, Rolling Hills in New York, throughout Pennsylvania, and at various locations in the cities of Knoxville (TN), New Orleans, San Antonio, Santa Fe, and in the Black Hills of South Dakota. He is the author of six books: “Ghost Excavator”, “Ghost Culture”, “Gettysburg Unearthed”, “Battlefield Haunts cape”, the “Anthracite Coal Region: An Archaeology of its Haunting Presence”, and “The Politics of Presence: Cultural Performances on the Gettysburg Battlefield”. His approach to haunting is participant-observation, based on the application of peripatetic video surveys and overlays, supplemented by positional archaeological surveys, ethnographic research, and soundscape analysis.

Anthony L Selletti, SFO, BS
Anthony is a co-chair of the conference and a brother of the Secular Franciscan Order. He and his wife's family roots go back to the 1600's in the Philadelphia region, and he has studied its people and places for over 40 years. Anthony and his wife Barbara are War Between the States living historians, and are involved in historic site preservation. He is the author of "Fort Mifflin: A Paranormal History." He has spent hundreds of hours studying Fort Mifflin in its historical context, and many more hundreds of hours of paranormal investigation at the fort. He is leading a volunteer grass roots effort of hundreds of people for the preservation of Fort Mifflin on the Delaware.

Robert Simcox
Rob was the founder of Black Horse Paranormal Research in 1993. Rob has researched paranormal activity and psychic phenomenon for over 20 years, and was the first in the area to research historic locations for ghost activity. He and Black Horse have done over 200 investigations. Host and creator of the Paranormal Café, Rob has been broadcasting live from Chester County, PA since September 2005. The Paranormal Cafe has been Podcasting from iTunes and from the podcast page at http://theparanormalcafe.podomatic.com since July 2006.

Barbara J White-Frank- Selletti, SFO, MS
Barbara has a Master’s of Science degree in Spiritual Direction and Pastoral Counseling from Neumann College. She has an active bereavement ministry and is involved in historic site preservation. She has an ongoing research project into after death communication.

Joe Wisniewski
Joe, UFO Researcher, retired after 34 yours in the Baltimore City Fire Department, where he was a fire fighter, paramedic, rescue technician and Hazardous Materials Specialist. He was 19 years old when a close encounter with a UFO and its navigator changed his life forever. That experience has driven him to ask, “Is this technology from the stars, extra-dimensional, or ours? Or could it be all or a combination of these?” He promises to take you through the twisted path of earth’s development of saucer technology either through genius or back engineering of extraterrestrial craft.
Accommodations for the Fort Mifflin Conference at:
COMFORT INN PHILADELPHIA AIRPT
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ESSINGTON, PA 19029 USA

Sales Manager: SHERI CAJA
Phone: 6105219800
Fax: 6105214847
Email: gm.pa094@choicehotels.com
Group Name EAST COAST PARANORMAL CONF.
Group Number: 6329

$85.00 rate plus 8% tax. Rate includes Continental Breakfast. Individual Call In and Pay on Own. Events taking place at Fort Mifflin.

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John Sabol will be leading the 24 hour Panormal Investigation of Fort Mifflin 5 PM Sunday October 11th 2009 until 5 PM Monday October 12th 2009.

This investigation is open only to contributors and registered participants of the East Coast Paranormal Investigators Conference for a tax deductible contribution of $ 90, and it is limited to 30 persons.

John is a cultural anthropologist, historical archaeologist, and ghost excavator. He has been participating in, and supervising, field investigations since high school.

He has conducted archaeological research in England, Germany, Mexico, and the United States. He has done ethnographic fieldwork in Chiapas State, and in the Yucatan, Mexico.

John has taught cultural anthropology in the Graduate School of the University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico, and in various colleges in Mexico City. He has conducted ghost excavations in Winchester, England, and in the United States at Gettysburg, Eastern State in Philadelphia, Rolling Hills in New York, throughout Pennsylvania, and at various locations in the cities of Knoxville (TN), New Orleans, San Antonio, Santa Fe, and in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

He is the author of six books: “Ghost Excavator”, “Ghost Culture”,“Gettysburg Unearthed”, “Battlefield Hauntscape”, the “Anthracite Coal Region: An Archaeology of its Haunting Presence”, and “The Politics of Presence: Cultural Performances on the Gettysburg Battlefield” .

John’s approach to hauntings is participant-observation, based on the application of peripatetic video surveys and overlays, supplemented by positional archaeological surveys, ethnographic research, and soundscape analysis

This is a list of the current field investigation research published by John Sabol on the web.

Ritual, Resonance, and Ghost Research: The Play in the Fields. By: John Sabol

Natural Selection and the Involution of the Gettysburg Ghosts. By: John Sabol

Theatre, Séance, and the Ghost Script: Performances at Haunted Locations. By: John Sabol

Ethnoarchaeoghostology: A Humanistic-Scientific Approach to the Study of Haunt Phenomena. By: John Sabol

Perceptual Stratigraphy: Making Sense of Ghostly Manifestations. By: John Sabol

Engagement and Data Analysis in Symmetrical Field Investigations: The Emics and Etics of Ghost Research. By: John Sabol

Meaning Of Halloween. From GhostVillage

Homan House, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: A Preliminary Report. By: John Sabol

Haunted Mahanoy Area

Homan House, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: Development of "Jeremy Ghost Script" and Framing Activities By: John Sabol