Stories of Vitality

Wendy Kane 4/8/24 Wendy Kane 4/8/24

Buried “Treasure” Found at Fallsington Friends Meeting

Recently, Friends at Fallsington Meeting were approached by someone who wanted to sweep their historic property with a metal detector, to see if he could unearth any interesting artifacts.

Wendy Kane 3/4/24 Wendy Kane 3/4/24

Newtown Friends Dig into the Past

Newtown Meeting burial ground liaisons Wendy Kane and Sharon Hulihan presented a program at Adult First Day School entitled Digging Into the Graveyard, giving the history and stories of some of the Friends buried in their graveyard.

Carol Ann Gray, Plumstead Meeting 2/26/24 Carol Ann Gray, Plumstead Meeting 2/26/24

Plumstead Friends Acquire 19th Century Memoir

Plumstead Friends Meeting recently received a generous donation from the Hilltown Historical Society. It is a book of letters, published in 1844, written by a Plumstead minister, Martha Brown Smith

Carol Ann Gray, Plumstead Meeting 7/17/23 Carol Ann Gray, Plumstead Meeting 7/17/23

Local Expert Assesses Historic Plumstead Meetinghouse

This past spring, Jeff Marshall, historic preservationist, and past president of the Heritage Conservancy visited the Plumstead Meetinghouse to assess its construction and to answer questions from those on hand.

Sharon Hulihan, Newtown Meeting 5/31/23 Sharon Hulihan, Newtown Meeting 5/31/23

Newtown Meeting and the American Legion Morell Smith Post 440

Newtown Meeting members Anna and Charles Smith’s only son, Morell, enlisted in World War I and was soon listed as Missing in Action.

Marty Campanelli, Quakertown Meeting 10/28/21 Marty Campanelli, Quakertown Meeting 10/28/21

Historical Marker Unveiled at Nixon Cemetery

On Saturday, October 2nd Quakertown Friends Meeting held a dedication ceremony for an historic marker that honors the Nixon Cemetery, a burial site for non-Quakers that the Meeting offered to the community starting in 1764.

Carol Ann Gray, Plumstead Meeting 6/23/21 Carol Ann Gray, Plumstead Meeting 6/23/21

Uncovering Treasures at the Mercer Museum

As a member of Plumstead Friends Meeting and a history enthusiast, I’ve often pondered about the history and origins of our meetinghouse.

Wendy Kane 3/9/21 Wendy Kane 3/9/21

Quarterly Meeting Memories

In a memoir written for her nieces and nephews, Elizabeth Atkinson Woodman [1880–1984], a member of Wrightstown Meeting, shared what Bucks Quarterly Meeting was like at the beginning of the 20th century.