A Bough to History
Driven by the need to escape the brutal cold of December 1777, the Continental Army arrived at…
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Tag: Patriot Trails: History Buffs
The Passing of Patriots
When the Revolutionary War finally drew to a close, the American men and women comprising our…
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In the Category “Best Weekend Destination”…
Welcome to Oscar weekend, when Hollywood celebrates its own. Here on the east coast, however, among…
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Hail to the Weekend
It’s Presidents’ Day weekend, a three-day break from normal routines. Montgomery County’s slate of…
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Novel Approach to History
Author Ken Yoder Reed’s February 19 presentation at the Mennonite Heritage Center in Harleysville…
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A Weekend to Crow About
Happy Chinese New Year! January 28 brings in 2017 as the Year of the Rooster. Chinese New Year is…
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Horsing Around
I first learned of a project to bring a carousel to Pottstown back in 1991 or so. An errand…
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Pulpit Preservation
Over the 100 years since Washington Memorial Chapel was completed, thousands of hymns, songs and…
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Sunsetting Summer ‘16
This past June to August in Montgomery County highlighted one of the most active summers in recent memory. We welcomed delegates from across the nation to a historical political gathering; we celebrated the centennial of the National Park Service; and we filled our Pokédex with plenty of weird and…
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Derailing Stereotypes
Bonny Mallon grew up three houses away from the tracks of the Perkiomen Railroad. As a child, she remembers waving to the engineers as they made their way between Oaks and Emmaus. The tracks that paralleled the Perkiomen Creek as it meanders northwest to southeast through Montgomery County have all…
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