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Tuesday, September 10, 2024

NorCo's Historical Society Getting $100k to Support Nation's 250th Birthday Bash

By a 9-0 vote, Northampton County Council voted on Thursday night to award $100,000 in gaming funds to the Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Society to support the nation's 250th birthday bash in 2026. 

At a presentation earlier that day, the Historical Society's Megan VanRavenswaay explained that the funds will be used to support exhibitions at four different locations within the county. Nine exhibits are already being prepared. 

These exhibitions will take place at the Delaware and Lehigh National Corridor, Historic Bethlehem, NorCo Historical and Genealogical Society and Lafayette College's Williams Center for the Arts. They will include new research with previously untold stories that include more than the usual tales about founding fathers who visited the county. They will also include the narratives of "real and everyday people," including the indigenous and enslaved. 

As an example, the county's original slave roster, dated in 1780, has been discovered by a Lehigh professor. 

At the Delaware and Lehigh National Corridor, visitors will learn about "America's Second Revolution," as the Delaware and Lehigh Canals both served as catalysts for transportation as well as the catalyst for iron, coal, steel and cement pioneers. 

Historic Bethlehem will be the venue for "patriotic pacifism" involving the early Moravians and their efforts during the Revolutionary War. 

The Historical Society will host exhibits at the Sigal Museum on the history of media in Northampton County, from its early days with numerous papers in different languages to today's social medial. At the Bachmannn Publick House, site of the original courthouse, 18th century justice will be explored, including questions about how Mennonites were treated by the courts during the fight for independence. 

The Williams Center for the Arts will be the locus for five separate exhibits, including "the spy who brought surrender" and "soldiers and spies."  

Philly will be hosting celebrations as well. It will also be hosting world cup, but its 29,000 hotel rooms will not be able to handle the visitors. VanRavenswaay believes that NorCo's exhibits will give Philly visitors a reason to spend a night or two in the Lehigh Valley. 

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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2024 at 7:39 AM

    Should just about cover the cost of putting tampon dispensers in their facilities.

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  2. hooftySeptember 11, 2024 at 7:40 PM

    That just shows how sick some of you Bastards are

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 16, 2024 at 12:22 PM

    I love seeing projects like this funded. Hopefully one day norco can find the funding to pay their employees a living wage. The no tax increase over the years has been accomplished over their backs.

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