The Berks County Liberty Bell was first rung 249 years ago. Its ringing on July 8, 1776, announced the birth of the United States of America, calling for local residents to gather for a reading of the ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

It's been more than a century since one of the worst disasters in Pennsylvania history. A fire at the Rhoads Opera House in Berks County not only killed 170 people, but it also had a nationwide ...

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 ...

As many people know, the Underground Railroad of the mid-1800s was neither subterranean nor powered by a locomotive. “It was symbolically underground as the network’s clandestine activi… ...