5:00 – 8:00 PM

Visit the Macungie Institute for photos with the Easter Bunny, a flower sale, flower pot coloring for kids, bake sales and food trucks! Event sponsored by Macungie Town Beautification.

Germansville Fire Company is sponsoring a soup and BBQ sale fundraiser on Saturday, March 11, 2023. Pick-up times will be between 9:00 and 11:00 AM at the Fire Company (rear entrance). Orders are due by Saturday, March 4, 2023. (Take Out Only—Cash Only)

• Lasagna Soup – An old Italian recipe that blends sausage crumbles, garlic, ricotta cheese and lasagna noodles in a creamy tomato sauce broth. Price – $7.50 per quart
• Homemade Chicken BBQ – Slow roasted, seasoned chicken, hand pulled in a PA Dutch style broth. ​Price – $6.50 per one pound container.
• Homemade Pork BBQ – Tender & juicy pork hand pulled and mixed into a homemade smoky BBQ sauce. Price – $7.50 per one pound container. ​

To order soup or BBQ, please call Chad Miller at 484-201-8814 or email Chad at unlv1988@aol.com.

7:00 – 9:00 PM

George Hamm’s son, Walter, has graciously donated a collection of his father’s tools to the society. He will speak on the use of the tools and his personal experience working on the farm with his father and other family members. The tools will be displayed that evening for the first time.

A reception will follow the program.

7:00 PM

From long before President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday in November as a National Day of Thanksgiving in 1863, PA Germans throughout Southeastern Pennsylvania had expressed their gratitude to God for another year of harvests to sustain their families and communities. The Day of Harvest Home Service was a highlight of the fall season in PA Dutch communities. Bob Gerhart will discuss the original PA German Thanksgiving.

7:00 PM

The Allentown Works of Western Electric opened 75 years ago. Hear about its history and the important role it played in the manufacturing of the transistor from Doug Peters, who was an employee at the plant for many years.

7:00 PM

From tapping the trees to the finished product, learn how a homeowner can make their own maple syrup from Russ Lagler.

7:00 PM

The Kindess Project's 3rd Annual Egg My Yard Fundraiser is underway!

Once again, their awesome volunteer 'eggers' will happily come to your yard on Easter Eve to very stealthily hide treat-filled eggs for your family to wake up to on Easter morning.

Use the Google Form (https://proxy.link.app/198886819888/forms.gle/n2Zx81EKE86z2R8L9) to enter your orders. They are limited to 150 homes so don’t delay! This year will be better than EVER! 🙂 Spread the word!

7:30 – 8:30 PM

In August 1874, the Reading Eagle reported that hunters in Albany Township had killed the region's last Mountain Lion. In the weeks that followed, dozens of additional newspapers, from across the country, shared this story, with each providing new sensational details of the hunters' ordeal. Interest in the tale was rekindled decades later, after the taxidermied remains of the Albany Township mountain lion appeared at an estate sale. Join Bradley Smith, Archivist at the Berks History Center of Reading, PA, as he discusses the facts—and the mythology—surrounding this intriguing local legend.

7:30 – 8:30 PM

Along With the Other Berks County women who played in the All American Girls Professional Baseball League—Alice Hoover, Ruth Kramer Hartman and Amy Dunkelberger Jurasinski.

Fern will be remembered and will be the subject of a presentation by baseball historian and Berks History Center Ambassador Brian Engelhardt.