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Kutztown Community Library s International Pen Pal Program with Altrip, Germany, is open to ages 12 and up. Participants can specify their preferences for a pen pal: age, gender, hobbies and how often they would like to write, as well as choose between English, German, and Pennsylvania Dutch. Then they will be matched with someone in Altrip. Drop off letters at the Library without postage, and the library will mail them, or arrange to write directly or correspond by email instead.
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By Marina Schnell
Kutztown Community Library Dec 30, 2020
Ever wonder why there are so many empty spaces in old cemeteries?
Michael Emery, who has spent two decades documenting historic cemeteries throughout southeastern and central Pennsylvania, has concluded that these seemingly empty spaces were once occupied by temporary wooden markers, most of which have rotted away long ago. While some of these were replaced by formal tombstones or markers of modest fieldstones, others were never replaced at all, leaving empty gaps among the oldest memorials in historic graveyards.
Until recently, only one such wooden grave marker was still known to exist in its original location in Southeastern Pennsylvania, at the Bern Historic Graveyard behind Bern Reformed United Church of Christ in Bern Township, Berks County. The wooden marker was situated at the uppermost edge of the cemetery among late-19th century gravestones. A metal G.A.R. military marker suggests that the grave is for a veteran of the American Civil War, but no other identifying features
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The sign at the 1892 building reads: The Public School Building from 1892 is one of the best examples of Victorian school architecture that is still remaining in the Northeast United States. It cost $17,600 to build, with money that was given by people from the region, and was used until 1977. On the 23rd of February in the year 1979, the Kutztown Area Historical Society purchased the school to establish a museum dedicated to the history of the East Penn Valley. In July of 1980, the school was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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