Past Events

PAST EVENTS

The LTHS has held over 90 programs and events over its 10-year history. Below are some recent ones the society has held.

2022:

October 2: Lehigh Valley Regional Train Show & Expo
September 21: Fireside Chat with Paul Oswald
August 17: Mertztown Train Station Fundraiser at BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse
July 11: LTHS Members & Friends Historic Lockridge Furnace Walk
July 2-3: Lehigh Valley Passport to History Month/LTHS Open House
June 11: Bake Sale, Longswamp Township Swampfest
May 28-30: Memorial Day Weekend Self-Guided Tours of Township Cemeteries/ Schubert Haus Open House
May 7: Sausage Sandwich Sale
April 20: The 1908 Boyertown Opera House Fire
March 24: Longswamp Township Historical Society Night at the Bowers Hotel fundraiser
February 15: Lehigh Valley Passport to History Virtual Presentation
February 6: Scout Sunday

2021:

December 5: Germans in Pennsylvania: 400 Years in 40 Minutes/Bake Sale
November 17: My Life as an Intel Field Operator
October 30: Participated in Renninger's Antiques & Farmer's Market in Kutztown
October 9: Open House & Book Launch of The Village of Farmington book
September 26: PA Dutch Buffet
September 18: Community Flea Market/Yard Sale
August 28: LTHS Members' Summer Picnic
June 12: Swampfest
May 29-31: Memorial Day Weekend Self-guided cemetery tours of St. Paul's and Longswamp UCC cemeteries
May 1: Sausage Sandwich Sale
April 18: Group Hike to Rittenhouse Gap

2020:

November 18: Ret. Col. Willard (Bill) Dellicker (Tailhooker: From Pre-flight to Vietnam)
October 10: Great Pumpkin Hunt
September 26: Sausage Sandwich Sale
September 13: Historic Scavenger Hunt, Swamp Fest
August 2: Mertztown Train Station Open House
June 27: Sausage Sandwich Sale
February: Heritage Keepers of the Greater LV presentation on Longswamp's history
February 5: National Museum of Industrial History members-only tour (Bethlehem, Pa.)

2019: