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March 2019
CLASSES ARE FULL- Lifelong Learning Series Spring 2019- “Four Star General Carl A. Spaatz: A Boyertown Hero”
Carl Andrew Spaatz is Boyertown's most famous son and on of America's real heroes. He was born in Boyertown, PA, graduated from Boyertown High School in 1906 at the age of 14 and from West Point Military Academy in 1914. During World War I and between the two world wars, Spaatz had a number of important accomplishments; but they pale by comparison to his significance in helping the Allies defeat the Nazis, as Commander in charge if the Allied Air…
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CLASSES ARE FULL- Lifelong Learning Series Spring 2019-“Mennonite, Brethren and Quakers in the Perkiomen Valley”
We will look at the early settlement, subsequent history and beliefs and practices of these historic peace churches in the Bucks and Montgomery County area, with a focus on the Mennonites and Brethren. CLASSES ARE FULL! There will be no additional registrations taken at this time.
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CLASSES ARE FULL- Lifelong Learning Series Spring 2019- ” How It All Began: The Founding of Frederick Living Through Rev. N.B Grubb’s Recall”
Bringing Rev. Grubb "back to life" through historical impersonation is Dr. Robert Gerhart, former pastor of the Hereford Mennonite Church ( now Butter Valley Community Church) in Bally, PA. Pastor Gerhart has had a lifetime of memories with Frederick Living. As a history buff, Bob Gerhart has found the life and times of N.B Grubb a fascinating and influential, but often overlooked, part of our regional history. Through a first person, historically accurate portrayal, Rev. Grubb will be "returning to…
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May 2019
CLASSES ARE FULL- Lifelong Learning Series Spring 2019- “Old Time Radio Mysteries and Westerns”
Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear...when everyone in America knew who the "masked man" was , that "crime did not pay" and that the tune of ""the Whistler" was know to all. Radio, "the theater of the mind", was when people still believed that mom, apple pie, chicken soup and the Republic could get them through anything from the common cold to two world wars. We will focus on several mysteries and westerns of the time.…
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CLASSES ARE FULL- Lifelong Learning Series Spring 2019- “Journals, Diaries and Songs of the Old West”-
The people who inhabited our Old West have been depicted romantically in movies and TV shows, but the reality of life from the 1850s to the 1880s was far different. Crop failure, dried up wells, disease and violence were sadly quite prevalent. We will visit the Old West through the diaries, journals and songs of the settlers, the cowboys, and their women and children. Going back in time to understand these people's experiences is worth our effort, for these people…
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