Sun, Sep 28
|Philadelphia
Papermaking and Rag Collection
Time & Location
Sep 28, 2025, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Philadelphia, Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA, USA
About the event
Sunday, 9/28 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Sunday Open Streets at Rittenhouse Square
with Friends of Rittenhouse Square, Historic Rittenhouse Town and Common Press
Step into history on the last Sunday in September with Friends of Rittenhouse Square, Historic Rittenhouse Town, and Common Press. Join us during Open Streets in September for a demonstration of traditional paper-making, and an opportunity to meet and learn traditional surveying from the namesake behind the Square, David Rittenhouse.
During the event, we will be collecting cotton and linen rags as part of Common Press' Typography of Independence project, celebrating the paper-making and printing techniques that created the first edition of the Declaration of Independence.
We hope to see you there!