{"id":112616,"date":"2022-06-14T20:06:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T00:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=112616"},"modified":"2022-06-14T20:06:42","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T00:06:42","slug":"passport-to-history-month-returns-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=112616","title":{"rendered":"PASSPORT TO HISTORY MONTH RETURNS NEXT MONTH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LEHIGH VALLEY (June 14, 2022) &#8211; Lehigh Valley Passport to History\u2019s flagship event\u00a0<em>Passport to History Month<\/em>\u00a0will return next month, featuring five weekends of fun.<\/p>\n<p>Thirty-two historic sites have signed on to open their doors for free tours, activities and programs for visitors of all ages.<\/p>\n<p>Passport to History Month is a celebration of local history, stories, and the community that brings Lehigh Valley history to life.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The greater Lehigh Valley area has an incredibly rich and diverse history,&#8221;\u00a0said Susan Ellis, the Marketing Chair for Lehigh Valley Passport to History and Executive Director of Moravian Historical Society.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Lehigh Valley Passport to History is proud that our partners are making historic sites and museums accessible to everyone by providing free admission during their featured weekend. This is a terrific opportunity to learn about the cultural resources in this area and we hope people will spend a weekend or two\u2014or five! exploring the history of our region,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Participating locations include:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001R7z7lUNL5Ke7y3wJTHo3K5uKNOBVsbsc5luvbAypmAtzjLx-A34IRiuvPexy8uU471WuSEOYKt5rxmt_d3BtlZrCATgtorSmjdQdZvgxI3gyAlZ-zS1LoIxSe2w-CWaqXchUXbyc2n98p5BaTdAS1dT1d5eFmvSz5uzVLAoBXnNqah3KKnFS9F2L2y2Fd3irGwzC6-aYCEG3H-oudkVrOg==&amp;c=waKoodl0Fz8fycg_z6_p40GoVvAUSWb2X5k3u3bJhty-jKZLBDsvwQ==&amp;ch=ojhf2OBMpDEKxL_NFYJKxZ-maEhRBZE1Zkn8K01D_t8CX8ddawC6Ew==\">Weekend 1: July 2 &amp; 3<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Friends of Washington Park<\/li>\n<li>George Taylor House<\/li>\n<li>Historic Bethlehem Museums &amp; Sites<\/li>\n<li>Horner Cemetery \u2013 Saturday Only. By appointment.<\/li>\n<li>Longswamp Township Historical Society<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001R7z7lUNL5Ke7y3wJTHo3K5uKNOBVsbsc5luvbAypmAtzjLx-A34IRjzWiM7iqI4NzZykB2fxzjM_RYsB2hebIdhBT9kWFfGJ6V7QTqBJJcm0z3mX0pffKN3TDur-oyK4rRJhAaHG2s7Awk9CdDb5aZxm_QRVLbsdUUA7MsuXe0XAXNyu_Ot3En0nmAf7h2LUWTNw78MOmvhp_Tev_RE0mw==&amp;c=waKoodl0Fz8fycg_z6_p40GoVvAUSWb2X5k3u3bJhty-jKZLBDsvwQ==&amp;ch=ojhf2OBMpDEKxL_NFYJKxZ-maEhRBZE1Zkn8K01D_t8CX8ddawC6Ew==\">Weekend 2: July 9 &amp; 10<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Easton Cemetery<\/li>\n<li>Horner Cemetery \u2013 Saturday Only. By appointment.<\/li>\n<li>Lower Saucon Township Historical Society at the Lutz-Franklin Schoolhouse<\/li>\n<li>National Canal Museum \u2013 Saturday, July 9 only.<\/li>\n<li>Sigal Museum<\/li>\n<li>Parsons-Taylor House<\/li>\n<li>Whitehall Township Historical Society Helfrich Springs Grist Mill, Saturday Only, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001R7z7lUNL5Ke7y3wJTHo3K5uKNOBVsbsc5luvbAypmAtzjLx-A34IRltMmwSG29n__nvxzQ8RY0VHdHxRcDlj7jpTPtL4yBkf_tKCdL-pLVRnVEYXcOaHD25nvAJJso6sNJ_mHXV3zMvZH8P8e2qlIZ4diFQrwyPfauaeZadHRwqfxZUxM83ACk0fJxh_srIj5zhYi8A-c8Aeu7WsdLXO2Q==&amp;c=waKoodl0Fz8fycg_z6_p40GoVvAUSWb2X5k3u3bJhty-jKZLBDsvwQ==&amp;ch=ojhf2OBMpDEKxL_NFYJKxZ-maEhRBZE1Zkn8K01D_t8CX8ddawC6Ew==\">Weekend 3: July 16 &amp; 17<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>George Taylor House \u2013 Sunday, July 17 only.<\/li>\n<li>Governor Wolf Historical Society \u2013 Saturday, July 16 only.<\/li>\n<li>Horner Cemetery \u2013 Saturday Only. By appointment.<\/li>\n<li>Jacobsburg Historical Society<\/li>\n<li>Monroe County Historical Association, presenting at Quiet Valley \u2013 Saturday, July 16 only.<\/li>\n<li>Moravian Historical Society<\/li>\n<li>Northampton Area Historical Society<\/li>\n<li>Quiet Valley Living &amp; Historical Farm \u2013 Saturday, July 16 only.<\/li>\n<li>Williams Township Historical Society<\/li>\n<li>Whitehall Township Historical Society Helfrich Springs Grist Mill, Saturday Only, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001R7z7lUNL5Ke7y3wJTHo3K5uKNOBVsbsc5luvbAypmAtzjLx-A34IRt7UOM3lYNMpHHM8-BvgYVGZUYvFH_37IxG6WXiEsBsZBH_V-rr-trvoQNxMFK7OTvVLqH-qmG_wZFVLQ2JiAuo4TEy9oaibTOJD9PKtE5QbkSEPJMt69oTrCxntghbL1AaXfoQTKv-N08GsXaBUT2W_3HooMi51IA==&amp;c=waKoodl0Fz8fycg_z6_p40GoVvAUSWb2X5k3u3bJhty-jKZLBDsvwQ==&amp;ch=ojhf2OBMpDEKxL_NFYJKxZ-maEhRBZE1Zkn8K01D_t8CX8ddawC6Ew==\">Weekend 4: July 23 &amp; 24<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1803 House<\/li>\n<li>Atlas Cement Company Memorial Museum<\/li>\n<li>Emmaus Historical Society<\/li>\n<li>Hellertown Historical Society Grist Mill \u2013 Saturday, July 23 only.<\/li>\n<li>Horner Cemetery \u2013 Saturday Only. By appointment.<\/li>\n<li>Knauss Homestead<\/li>\n<li>Lower Macungie Township Historical Society<\/li>\n<li>Schwenkfelder Library &amp; Heritage Center<\/li>\n<li>Shelter House in Emmaus<\/li>\n<li>Slate Belt Heritage Center<\/li>\n<li>Whitehall Township Historical Society Helfrich Springs Grist Mill, Saturday Only, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001R7z7lUNL5Ke7y3wJTHo3K5uKNOBVsbsc5luvbAypmAtzjLx-A34IRmE9L-OHjW0Cr-M4eorm96CSJsVEdolTHVCyx81Gn-AyBkNIxTxiwyJOb-JVxhcyfPLCq1BS-iEuOqgKOIVNH2MZ2dq1rLaHPpJ0Eo3E25rMug-9QaJIgRq7c4S8_4lQC2EgbadMLK0rdgosMbcwklvx6kj0VkPpPo2CwBQV06AXTo6beLpk0nTn0BtJhwPgnw==&amp;c=waKoodl0Fz8fycg_z6_p40GoVvAUSWb2X5k3u3bJhty-jKZLBDsvwQ==&amp;ch=ojhf2OBMpDEKxL_NFYJKxZ-maEhRBZE1Zkn8K01D_t8CX8ddawC6Ew==\">Weekend 5: July 30 &amp; 31<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coopersburg Historical Society \u2013 Saturday, July 30 only.<\/li>\n<li>Forks Township Historical Society<\/li>\n<li>Horner Cemetery \u2013 Saturday Only. By appointment.<\/li>\n<li>National Museum Industrial History<\/li>\n<li>Whitehall Historical Preservation Society with The 153rd Civil War Reinactors, 10-4 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Unless noted, sites will be open Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sundays 12 to 4p.m.<\/p>\n<p>A full itinerary is available at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001R7z7lUNL5Ke7y3wJTHo3K5uKNOBVsbsc5luvbAypmAtzjLx-A34IRozJ7ciZfhYX1j0RSrMX4_Ad13vA2ghqbc2Fdm-WxOeuPlCmv_xe77ilnsSG8eWJXH_9Z_aJQQNX5YH_xV0q199HN-G_P3ibFpIemYzJKHFvEWeEW8zBfVu2VzeOoMIrPA==&amp;c=waKoodl0Fz8fycg_z6_p40GoVvAUSWb2X5k3u3bJhty-jKZLBDsvwQ==&amp;ch=ojhf2OBMpDEKxL_NFYJKxZ-maEhRBZE1Zkn8K01D_t8CX8ddawC6Ew==\"><strong><em>lvhistory.org\/passport-to-history-month<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Passport to History Month is proudly sponsored by Working Dog Press, Embassy Bank, Kutztown Folk Festival, Webfoot Digital, and EBC Printing.<\/p>\n<p>Passport to History is supported in part with funding provided from the Northampton County Hotel Tax Grant, the Lehigh County Hotel Tax Program, and from the Institute of Museum &amp; Library Services.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nAmanda Ruth<br \/>\nRuthless Media &amp; Marketing LLC<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LEHIGH VALLEY (June 14, 2022) &#8211; Lehigh Valley Passport to History\u2019s flagship event\u00a0Passport to History Month\u00a0will return next month, featuring five weekends of fun. Thirty-two historic sites have signed on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=112616\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">PASSPORT TO HISTORY MONTH RETURNS NEXT MONTH<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112617,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/passport-to-history-july.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112616"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=112616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/112617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=112616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=112616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=112616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}