{"id":119857,"date":"2023-06-20T22:13:10","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T02:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=119857"},"modified":"2023-06-20T22:13:10","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T02:13:10","slug":"free-family-friendly-events-at-the-moravian-historical-society-for-passport-to-history-month-saturday-and-sunday-july-22-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=119857","title":{"rendered":"Free, family-friendly events at the Moravian Historical Society for Passport to History Month\u2014Saturday and Sunday, July 22 &#038; 23."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nazareth, PA \u2013 The Moravian Historical Society is pleased to announce its participation in the Lehigh Valley Passport to History Month\u2014a month-long celebration of the sites, stories, and community that bring Lehigh Valley history to life. Throughout July 2023, local historic and cultural sites open their doors with free admission, tours, and activities for explorers of all ages.<\/p>\n<p>The Moravian Historical Society will participate in Passport to History on Saturday, July 22, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, and Sunday, July 23, from 12:00 to 4:00 pm. Offerings will include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Free admission, including to our special exhibition on early American music<\/li>\n<li>Free Museum Tours<\/li>\n<li>An antique book sale<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Visitors can learn about the significant contributions Moravians made to American music, art, education, and culture on a guided Museum Tour. Guests can also view the special exhibition, \u201cHeartstrings: John Antes, America\u2019s First Luthier,\u201d to learn about the early American practice of making string instruments and about the legacy of this trade in the Lehigh Valley. The exhibition features the earliest surviving family of American stringed instruments on display.<\/p>\n<p>We invite you to visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lvhistory.org\/\">www.lvhistory.org<\/a> to browse all the Passport to History Month events.<\/p>\n<p>The Moravian Historical Society is open daily from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. and is located at 214 East Center Street, Nazareth, Pennsylvania. The historic site includes two 18th century buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places.<\/p>\n<p>One of the oldest historical societies in Pennsylvania, the Moravian Historical Society is a not-for-profit organization that shares over 500 years of fascinating Moravian contributions to worldwide culture through educational programs for students, guided tours, museum exhibits, and public activities.<\/p>\n<p>For more information visit us at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moravianhistory.org\/\">www.moravianhistory.org,<\/a> call 610-759-5070, or email <a href=\"mailto:info@moravianhistory.org\">info@moravianhistory.org.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow us on social media:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Facebook: moravianhistoricalsociety<br \/>\nInstagram: moravianhistory<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nMoravian Historical Society<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.moravianhistory.org\/\/\">https:\/\/www.moravianhistory.org\/ <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nazareth, PA \u2013 The Moravian Historical Society is pleased to announce its participation in the Lehigh Valley Passport to History Month\u2014a month-long celebration of the sites, stories, and community that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=119857\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Free, family-friendly events at the Moravian Historical Society for Passport to History Month\u2014Saturday and Sunday, July 22 &#038; 23.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106792,"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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119857","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\/2021\/05\/LV-passport.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119857"}],"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=119857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/106792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=119857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=119857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}