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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.
2023:
  • January 22: Open House
  • January 22: New Year's Wish Program
  • January 21: Kickoff Fundraising Meeting
​2022:
  • 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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      • Farmington
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      • Shamrock
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    • Past Events
  • Save Our Station
    • About the Mertztown Train Station
    • Capital Campaign
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    • Project Updates
  • Store
  • Contact
  • Press Kit