9 AM – 2 PM

Join the New Tripoli Fire Company for free training in CPR, AED (automated external defibrillator), and basic first aid. This class will teach you what to do until emergency services arrive. This training will help you:

• Create an emergency action plan
• Learn how to use CPR or AED for adults/children and even pets
• Thinking inside the box (your first aid kit) for first aid training

After class, you are invited to check out the Fire Station, talk to some of the members, see the fire apparatus, and meet Rescue Randy!

Featuring Longaberger Basket Sets and Pottery.

Doors and Kitchen open @12pm.
Games start @1pm.

20 Regular Games $20, 5 specials $5. Only 200 Tickets will be sold for Chinese Auction, Door Prizes, Refreshment.

For more information or to buy advance tickets, call Linda at (484) 294-5661.

The residents of Sleepy Hollow believed the Headless Horseman was the ghost of a Hessian soldier sent to the Colonies to help put down the rebellion. What is the true story behind this macabre tale from early American literature? Join us for a program on one of America's oldest short stories, based on real events that took place in New York's Hudson Valley during the American Revolution.

Tracing the Stahl family from Johann Jacob who emigrated from Lambsheim Germany in 1738, also active in the Revolutionary war as well as in the early history of Upper Milford Township.

Hear the history of the Yoder family who helped shape our township as we know it today, as told by Paul and Nate Yoder.

Bruce Stocking will transport us back to the early days of the American Republic as we experience life in and around a Publik House (tavern). Learn how these establishments played an important role in their local community and in the development of the United States.

7:00 – 9:00 PM

Peter Smith joins the historical society to talk about memories and life growing up in Shimerville, Upper Milford Township, during the 50's and 60's

7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Learn about the history of Vera Cruz through our members and community residents. Share memories, photos, and fascinating, fun stories of times past and present. Hear interesting stories and facts you will not find in the history books or on the internet. Be prepared to have fun and a good laugh.

Doors open at 6 PM for anyone who wants to visit the exhibits or archives.

Steve and Bonne Mallon will present the early days of the Perkiomen Railroad from its founding to its merging into the Reading Railroad, to its current state, along with the rise and fall of the passenger and freight that once ran the 38.5 mile Perkiomen Railroad.

7:00 p.m.

Tickets are $5 per person and must be purchased in advance. Ticket includes sundae bar, kids craft and card making.

Tickets can be purchased Tuesday and Thursday, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at the Macungie Institute.