Mike Dehaut, aka “Mr. D,” the camp director at Brandywine Battlefield Park History Camp, dishes out some homemade ice cream during the weekly 18th century camp meal on Thursday. Lunch is cooked on an open fire using colonial recipes. (Photo: Rich Schwartzman)

Workmen put some of the finishing touches, in this case landscaping, in place before the grand opening of the new Texas Roadhouse restaurant scheduled for Aug. 2 (Photo: Rich Schwartzman)

Dakin Bond, second from the left, a member of Boy Scout Troop 31, is leading a group of scouts in a community service project. They are replacing 250 feet of split rail fence and leveling out the adjacent walking path along Creek Road at the Chadds Ford Historical Society. From left to right are Tom Caswell, Bond, Brent Ellis and Connor McShane. (Photo: Courtesy image)

Folks from Wilderness Canoe Trips get canoes ready for renters who want to paddle down the Brandywine during the July 4 weekend…. (Photo: Rich Schwartzman)