Events

Learn about some of the Quakers in our burial ground who were active in the Underground Railroad. Talk times 4:00-4:30, 4:30-5:00, 5:00-5:30, 5:30-6:00, Adult tickets $10.00, Ages 10-13 $5.00. Purchase online at christianahistoricalsociety.com or on the day.

Begin your Christmas Eve at Sadsbury Friends Meeting House at 4 p.m. This hour-long program of readings, music, candle-lighting, and brief periods of silence will ground you in the true meaning of the season. Further information 484-985-0454

William Chester Ruth 1882-1971 was an African American inventor from Gap, PA. His granddaughter Gwendolyn Dickinson will present his story at Sadsbury Friends Meeting House on Saturday, January 4, 2025, at 10:30 a.m.

Barry Lee, lead singer of the Native American Band Spirit Wing, and emcee at numerous powwows in the Middle Atlantic States, will present replica wampum belts and traditional songs of the colonial period.

All-Day Sacred Harp/Shape-Note singing from the Cooper Sacred Harp song book.

Fort Mifflin is historically important because its valiant 1777 defense during the Revolutionary War delayed the British from resupplying in Philadelphia. This action gave the Continental Army, under General George Washington, precious time to retreat to Valley Forge for the winter, regroup, and become a effective fighting force. This critical delay is seen by many […]

Music, readings, silence, candle lighting.

Sadsbury Meeting House will be open for silent worship from Noon to 3 p.m. on Good Friday, April 3, 2026. Drop in, drop out as Spirit leads.

Folksinger-songwriter Phil Kirk will give a concert at Sadsbury Friends Meeting in Christiana on Saturday, April 4.Kirk, originally from Christiana, lives in Hyde Park, Vermont and writes wryly humorous, humble and spare songs in the style of John Prine and Blaze Foley. Kirk will perform many of the original songs from his CD "Spare Change."Holtwood […]

Adam Zurn will speak about the stone pictographs along the Susquehanna River. Location: Sadsbury Friends Meeting House, 1089 Simmontown Rd., Gap,PA, 17527 Time: 10 a.m. Day: June 6, 2026 Info: 484-985-0454

Hear the story of the Gilbert Family Captivity from a descendant. Benjamin Gilbert and his extended family were taken captive by a troop of native people in the spring of 1780 from their frontier home near what is now Lehighton, PA. Their intent was to adopt the youth into native families that had fled Sullivan's […]