PAST EVENTS
The LTHS has held over 100 programs and events over its 10-year history. Below are some recent ones the society has held.
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2021:
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2019:
- May 13: Basket Raffle and Live Auction Fundraiser at Hunsicker's Grove
- May 7: Reimert Memorial Bird Haven to Sheeprock Nature Walk
- January 22: LTHS Open House
- January 22: New Year's Wish Program
- January 21: Kickoff Fundraising Meeting
- December 20: Lehigh Valley Passport to History Holiday Traditions Virtual Program
- December 18: Pennsylvania Dutch Christmas
- December 5: Inn at Maple Grove Gathering
- November 12-13: LTHS Open House
- November 4: Guided Field Trip to Jasper Park
- October 23: History and Nature Hike at Brenner-Penfield Macungie Mountain Preserve
- October 6: LTHS Night at Bowers Hotel
- 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:
- December 18: Annual Members Meeting and Holiday Party
- Thursdays in December: LTHS Pop-Up Shop
- November 20: James Weaver: "Mennonites: Among Us but Apart"
- November 3: Group Hike to Flat Rock & Big Rock
- October 5: Community Yard Sale
- September 28: Sausage Sandwich Sale
- June 29: Swamp Fest
- June 22: Sausage Sandwich Sale
- May 15: Keith Schaffer: Dowsing Clinic
- May 11: Sausage Sandwich Sale
- April 17: Uhma Ruth Py: Native American Storyteller
- April 7: Pennsylvania Dutch All-You-Can-Eat Buffet
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