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Showing posts with label moravians. Show all posts
Showing posts with label moravians. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Gnadenhütten, Lehighton, Carbon County

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As promised, after last week's unusual post, it's back to business as usual. I had hoped to finish my Carbon County book last Octobe...
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Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Friedenshuetten, Wyalusing, Bradford County

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The fall colors are glorious throughout the commonwealth, though as I write this the weather is on the dreary side. I'm baffled to reali...
Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Lititz, Lancaster County

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I can't say for sure that creating an Instagram for the blog has definitely impacted the traffic. However, according to Blogger's st...
Thursday, May 16, 2024

Gemeinhaus, Bethlehem, Northampton County

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I'm once again starting to run out of my stock of markers! I haven't had the opportunity to do a great deal of marker hunting this s...
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Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Nazareth, Northampton County

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Well, the verdict is in - I've been battling an upper respiratory infection since the new year started. I'm doing much better now th...
Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Daniel Brodhead and Dansbury Mission, Monroe County

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Well, it's Wednesday, and you know what that means - besides the fact that my vacation is over, that is. (It was a very hot trip. But we...
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Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Moravian Gemeinhaus and Linden Hall, Lititz, Lancaster County

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As I mentioned a while back, my little adventuring party spent a day this past February in scenic and historic Lititz. We had quite a pleasa...
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Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Moravian Community, Bethlehem, Northampton County

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Before we dive into this week's quest, I'd just like to draw your attention to something new. As of a few days ago, the blog now has...
Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Oley Moravians, Oley, Berks County

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Before we get into this week's quest, I want to give an update on a situation I had mentioned to my readers six months ago. Back in Marc...
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Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Old Chapel, Bethlehem, Northampton County

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As of this writing, Moravian Bethlehem is still on the U.S. Tentative List to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site. If you're not familia...
Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Whitefield House, Nazareth, Northampton County

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It's an unexpectedly balmy day in April, which is sort of amusing. The temperatures lately have been quite up and down, but today they...
Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Heckewelder House and John Frederick Wolle, Bethlehem, Northampton County

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November, which Louisa May Alcott once called "the most disagreeable month," is a little more than halfway done. It was actually s...
Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Emmaus, Lehigh County

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October is here, which means that this utterly bizarre year is slowly drawing to a close. I've been trying to get out and enjoy the autu...
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Wednesday, September 9, 2020

Hilda Doolittle (H.D.), Bethlehem, Northampton County

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I'm celebrating two birthdays this week, after a fashion. One is my own; we spent the day at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, wh...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Lafayette, Bethlehem, Northampton County

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May is here, and it's actually starting to look like it where I live! Several of my neighbors have planted fields of canola, and it...
Wednesday, September 11, 2019

The Unknown Soldier, Bethlehem, Northampton County

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It's been a while since MarkerQuest went to Bethlehem, and I find myself missing it a little bit, so I thought that we'd welcome Se...
Wednesday, May 1, 2019

David Tannenberg, Bethlehem, Northampton County

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Once again I polled my Facebook followers to see which of two subjects they wanted me to cover this week. By a two-thirds margin, they vote...
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Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Moravian Archives, Bethlehem, Northampton County

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A special shout-out hello to Karen Galle, the director of the PHMC’s historical marker program, who recently emailed to say how much she...
Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Pilger Ruh, Bethel Township, Berks County

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I've mentioned in previous posts that my good friend Rachel used to work for Historic Bethlehem before she moved out of state. One thin...
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Wednesday, December 19, 2018

The First House, Bethlehem, Northampton County

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Because of the shifted update schedule, this will be the final MarkerQuest adventure for 2018; and because it's the week leading up to ...