In honor of Charter Day, many historic sites in Pennsylvania were open to the public free of charge. Originally Published: March 12, 2018 at 1:00 AM EDT Share this: ...

The Heidelberg Heritage Society is holding an open house Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the historic Lerch Tavern, 182 W. Penn Ave., Wernersville. The tavern is a local history museum featuring three ...

Parents sometimes scramble about like field mice finding ways to entertain their children in the waning days of summer that don’t involve phones, tablets, apps, televisions, social media, bal… ...

EXETER TWP., Pa. - Homeward bound, to the historical homesteads that bookend Berks County, as the state reopens its historical sites and museums for the first time since the pandemic began. The ...

The council also hosts Sites and Sounds of Historic Berks County, airing every fourth Monday at 7:30 p.m. on BCTV. “Berks County is filled with rich history, vibrant culture, and thrilling ...

Two Lehigh Valley area properties were recently nominated to the National Register of Historic Places by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission’s Historic Preservation Review Board.

On a rise in a rolling Berks County farm field nearly a mile from the nearest road, a scattering of forlorn gravestones stands inside a crumbling brick wall beneath the shade of two trees. For near… ...

According to an article by Wayne E. Homan in the fall 1958 edition of the Historical Review of Berks ... For more information about Underground Railroad sites throughout Pennsylvania, check ...

The last wooden grave marker in Berks County, left, believed to be more than 125 years old, will be replaced on Nov. 1, 2023, by a new, handcrafted version at Bern Cemetery and Historic Graveyard.

Pennsylvania is expanding its database of historic sites, and it wants the Lehigh Valley’s help to find places of local significance that have previously been overlooked or under-represented ...