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Time to plan ... the 2019 DFA reunion is July 19th, 20th and 21st.
You won't want to miss it!
Home base will be the Best Western Lehigh Valley Hotel , 300 Gateway Drive, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 18017. lehighvalleyhotel.com The DFA has arranged a projected, special rate of $119.00 + tax, double/double or a king and includes full hot breakfast. Book your rooms by phone and mention the DFA reunion. Please arrive Thursday.
WELCOME TO BEST WESTERN LEHIGH VALLEY HOTEL & CONFERENCE CENTER
CONTACT US
300 Gateway Drive
Bethlehem, PA 18017
(610) 866-5800
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Reunion Schedule July 19th, 20th & 21st
TOUR 1: FRIDAY, July 19, 2019 9:00-10:30am
JOHN ADAMS BETHLEHEM WALKING TOURLeaves from the Historic Bethlehem Visitor Center505 Main Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018
See Bethlehem through John Adams' eyes on this tour led by a costumed guide & discover the role historic Bethlehem played during the American Revolutionary War. The Historical Society is going to customize this tour to our family’s interest.
Learn more about who the Moravians were, as well as the visits of John Adams and the Marquis de La Fayette to our city.
Dates: Friday, July 19, 2019 Time: 9:00-10:30amPrice: $15pp
These tours are being funded in whole or in part with funding received through the County of Northampton's Hotel Tax Program.Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites Visitor Center505 Main Street, Bethlehem, PA 180181.800.360.TOUR | [email protected]______________________________________________________________________________________
On your own for Lunch and to browse from 10:30-12:30 Historic Section Bethlehem Main Street area.
12:30pm embark on bus for Zion UCC Stone Church & Cemetery, 51 Church Rd, Kreidersville, Northhampton Co, PA 18067.
Take Schoenersville Road north which will become Weaversville Road. Continue North on Weaversville Road which becomes Howertown Road. Continue North on Howertown Road to Kreidersville Road.
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Turn right on Kreidersville Road and continue North to Zion Stone Church on your right. Turn right into church parking lot. (There is alternate parking lot as well. To reach that one turn right on Church Road and the parking lot is immediately on your left.)
TOUR 2: FRIDAY, July 19, 2019 12:30pm-7:30pm
Zion UCC Stone Church & CemeteryAlso known as Kreidersville Cemetery, Stone Church Cemetery, Zions Stone UCC Cemetery-Pastor Mike Landman
Our church, Zion's Stone UCC, has been a vital and active congregation in the Northampton and greater Lehigh Valley area for over 240 years. Nestled in a picturesque country setting in Kreidersville, Pennsylvania and just a hop, skip and jump from downtown Northampton. Zion's Stone UCC is devoted to spreading the Good News of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.51 Church RoadKreidersville, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 18067 USA
Meet at Zion Stone Church1:00-1:15pm - Pre-tour talk about what we will see1:15-1:45pm - Tour of the inside of the church1:45-2:30pm - Tour of the cemetery - 83 Dreisbachs are buried in this cemetery, visit tombstones of Simon Dreisbach Sr, Jost D (miller and oldest son of Simon Sr), Adam Dreisbach (2nd son of Simon), Simon Dreisbach Jr (3rd son of Simon Sr) and Johannes/John Dreisbach (5th son of Simon Sr) as well as other very early Dreisbachs from the 1700's.
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Leaving the church parking lot, the bus will head north on Walnut Drive. The bus will park at the intersection of Walnut Drive and Cedar Drive and people will get off the bus. We will see the site where Jost had his mill, as well as where the original Dreisbach Church was located (it was replaced by Zion Stone Church about 1780). We will get back on the bus and head EAST on Cedar Drive, making a stop beside an original Dreisbach log cabin (which is not open to the public). Bus will continue along Cedar Drive to Apricot Road. Turn right on Apricot Road. Continue to Murphy Road. Turn right on Murphy Road. Continue on Murphy Road back to Walnut Drive. Turn LEFT on Walnut Drive. Continue on Walnut Drive to Route 248. Pull into the parking lot of the Pennsville Tavern which is at the intersection of Walnut Drive and Route 248.
3:00-4:00pm – Walnut Drive & Cedar Drive LeighTwp, Northhampton Co, PA 18067
4:00pm - Drive-by Pennsville Hotel-site of early Dreisbach Tavern-present building from early 1800s.
From the Pennsville Tavern stop.... turn onto Kreidersville Road going South. Turn left onto Howertown Road. Turn left onto Mud Lane. There is an old Mennonite cemetery immediately on the right and a small parking lot for the cemetery. The bus can pull into the parking lot or park along the side of the road.
After the cemetery stop, the bus will continue East on Mud Lane and turn right on Seemsville Road. It will continue south to route 329 (Nor-Bath Blvd) and turn left on 329. It will go about one mile and then turn into the parking lot for the old Presbyterian Church that Simon Jr also attended. Disembark the bus if there is time and visit the old church and the old cemetery.
Exit church parking lot and continue East on Route 329 (Nor-Bath Boulevard). Turn right onto Airport Road South. Continue south to Colony Drive. Turn Left onto Colony Drive. Continue along this road to Jaindl Boulevard. Turn Right onto Jaindl Blvd. Turn Right at Township Line Road. Turn Right onto Hanoverville Road. The Hanoverville Inn is at the corner, parking lot is on the left.
4:30-5:30pm - Drive to Simon Dreisbach Jr's land
5:30-7:00pm - Dinner at Hanoverville Inn7:30pm - Dropped off at Hotel
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FRIDAY, JULY 19, 2019 5:30-7:00 DINNER: Hanoverville Inn-5001 Hanoverville Rd, Bethlehem, PA 18017 (610) 837-1122 Order from the menu. Hanoverville Inn - built by son of Simon Jr. Beginning its life as a stagecoach stop in the 1800s, the Hanoverville Road House has found the perfect equation for casual grace.___________________________________________________________________________
SATURDAY, JULY 20, 2019: The BIG day! Best Western Lehigh Valley Hotel at our hotel.
9:00am Registration-nametags
9:30am Kick-off and opening remarks
9:45-10:45am Simeon Dreisbach - Marcia Falconer, Dreisbach genealogist, DFA Newsletter author/editor.
BREAK 15 MIN
11:00-12:30 Dreisbach Patriots during the Revolutionary War-Sharon Driscoll, Registrar, Amelia Island Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Steven Patrick, President, Arthur St. Clair Chapter, Ohio Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Steve & I will be dressed to authenticate the era they lived before, during and after the Revolutionary War. 12:30 - 2:00pm Lunch on your own
2:00–3:00pm Bethlehem, PA during the Revolutionary War Speaker:TBD
3:00-4:00pm German Heritage & Language I don’t know about the rest of you, but I don’t know anything about Germany other than what I’ve learned in the history books when I went to school. I don’t want to hear the negative about my country any more than I want to hear the negative
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about Germany. This is why I’ve made German Culture, Heritage and Language a part of our Program. Our speaker is:TBD
BREAK - I’d love to have a snack at this point maybe German pretzels
4:30pm DFA business meeting, planning for the future of DFA, planning 2022 reunion, sharing stories and memorabilia. Browse silent auction tables.
6:00–7:30pm Buffet dinner at the hotel Dinner Buffet $34.95 + tax pp.
8:00pm Silent Auction winners announced ***Finally, Please bring items for a Silent Auction ***Silly things, good things, expensive things, cheap things. Certificates for services are great too.__________________________________________________________________
SUNDAY, JULY 21, 2019: You’re on your own to explore this history rich area or join me to attend the worship service at 10:15am Zion United Church of Christ Stone Church and then to clean some headstones. We’ll show you how. I’ve taken certified classes with Gravestone Guardians & CRYPT.
FIRST TIME GUESTS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THE SATURDAY EVENTS FOR FREE. All others are politely asked to make sure their DFA dues of $45 for three years includes family members living in the same household. (hey, that's quite reasonable!) are paid up so you can attend the reunion. Your dues maintain the DFA website, and fund publications including the newsletter and the DERR.
PROJECTED BUDGET-SEE MEETING COUPON
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THURSDAY$119+tax for room per night. Check-in Thursday, July 18th, Check-out Sunday, July 21st. PLEASE CALL THE HOTEL NOW TO HOLD YOUR ROOM! 3 nights =$357 plus tax.
FRIDAY$15.00pp Historical Society TOUR 1 Bethlehem FRIDAY MORNING 9:00-10:30am Browse & Eat lunch in area 10:30-12:30pm
$30.00pp Bus FRIDAY TOUR 2 12:30pm pick-up Historical Society after lunch, drop-off at Hotel 7:30pm
$ ? pp Pay at Restaurant - Hanoverville Inn 5:30-7:00pm Dinner FRIDAY NIGHT
SATURDAY$45.65pp = $35.95+tax+tip 6:00-8:00pm Dinner Buffet at hotel SATURDAY $100 conference room set-up, tear-down, clean-up, linen, centerpieces and staffI’m hoping we’ll have a good turn out and everyone will be involved in everything that has been planned!
What’s NOT included:Lunches for Friday, Saturday and SundayDinner at Hanoverville Inn Friday Night you pay at the restaurant. Those who don’t go on the tours can meet us at the Inn for dinner.
Please mail the coupon and a check made out to Sharon Driscoll to pay for everything listed in the projected budget above OR pay for Tour 1 or Tour 2 + Bus or Buffet separately. Please fill out coupon specifying what you want to do and when you want to do it, BUT I must have the money by March 1st, 2019 and NOT the day of the reunion. Since I’m signing a contract and turning in a head count this money is non-refundable. Thank you for your understanding. .
This will register your spot!Please keep this flyer with you and contact me by text,
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phone or email day of events.
Sharon Driscoll45144 Musslewhite Rd.
Callahan, FL [email protected]
904-553-3218
Looking forward to seeing you at the 2019 DFA Reunion!
Bob Kendrick DFA President Sharon Driscoll DFA Reunion Coordinator.
Other things to do:
Historic BethlehemThis district encompasses a Top 10 USA Today Main Street adjacent to the residential historic
homes from the 18th and 19th century as well as Historic Moravian Bethlehem, a National Historic Landmark District.
IN 2016 HISTORIC MORAVIAN BETHLEHEM WAS NAMED TO THE US TENTATIVE LIST FOR UNESCO
WORLD HERITAGE SITE DESIGNATION.All this iconic history is right outside our front doors and surrounds the hotel. We have self-guided tour information at our front desk and can arrange for tour guided walking tours of the Historic District as well as the Former Bethlehem Steel Plant with its
SteelStacks campus. For more information on Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites, visit HISTORICBETHLEHEM.ORG
Historic Bethlehem Museums & SitesHistoric Bethlehem Museums & Sites maintains 20 historic buildings and sites in Bethlehem.
1810 Goundie House and Visitor Center which is housed in the 1830s Schropp Shop are both located within steps of the hotel on Main Street
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The Moravian Museum of Bethlehem includes the 1741 Gemeinhaus, a National Historic Landmark, the 1752 Apothecary and herb garden, the 1744/1752 Single Sisters’ House, and the 1758/1765 Nain-Schober House are all within 1 block of the hotel.
The Colonial Industrial Quarter, America’s earliest industrial park situated on a 10 acre site, includes the 1762 Waterworks, a National Historic Landmark, the 1761 Tannery, 1750 Smithy (reconstructed), 1780/1830 Miller’s House, 1869 Luckenbach Mill, 1750s Springhouse (reconstructed), and the archeological remains of the 1740s Pottery, 1770s Dye House, 1750s Butchery, and 1700s Oil Mill all located directly beside and behind the hotel.
1748/1848 Burnside Plantation, a 6.5 acre farm in the city, includes the 1748/1818 farmhouse, 1820s summer kitchen and corncrib, 1840s wagon shed and two 1840s bank barns, one with the only operating high horse-powered wheel in the U.S., a kitchen garden, an apple orchard, and two meadows are all 1 mile from the hotel accessible by the moncacy trail along the moncacy creek behind the hotel.
The Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts is one of only 15 museums in the United States exclusively dedicated to the decorative arts. The museum is housed in three interconnected mid-1800s homes featuring changing exhibits, period rooms, and galleries highlighting furniture, paintings, china, clothing, and silver over three centuries of decorative arts. This museum speaks to the changes in style and design over three centuries. The Kemerer is within 2 blocks of the hotel
The Sun InnThe Sun Inn was built in 1758 and functioned as an inn for 200 years from 1760 to 1960. The Sun Inn changed ownership several times and underwent more than a few renovations over the years. Entire floors and facades were added and then taken away. In 1975, the Sun Inn was purchased by the Sun Inn Preservation Association, formed by Hughetta Bender for the purpose of saving the historical landmark. In 1981, funded in part by a grant dedicated by the City of Bethlehem, work began to restore the original architecture of the Sun Inn. Today the Sun Inn is open for tours and it’s courtyard behind the inn serves as a venue for community events including Tunes at Twlight in the summer and the Christmas City Village.
Central Moravian Church & the Old ChapelBefore and during the American Revolution many noted patriots worshiped at the Old Chapel built in 1751, including George Washington, Martha Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Samuel Adams, John Hancock, Count Casimir Pulaski and the Marquis de Lafayette.
In 1792 fifty-one chiefs and warriors from the Iroquois Confederacy visited this chapel. Among the chiefs were Sagoyewatha (Red Jacket) and Gyantwakia (Cornplanter). Bishop John Ettwein greeted them, and girls from the Moravian Seminary for Young Ladies read poems in their honor.
Central Moravian Church was completed in 1806 and built to accommodate 1,200 people when only 500 residents lived in the community at that time. The church is located on the corner of Main and Church Street. Central Moravian Church is Bethlehem’s first congregation and the oldest Moravian Church in North America.
Historic Residential NeighborhoodHistoric Bethlehem not only encompasses original Moravian history near Main Street but also extends for approximately five blocks East of Main Street. The homes in the block closest to Main Street, were built in the late 1700s and early 1800s. These homes surround the Moravian Academy and Central Moravian Church campuses. In addition this block contains the original Moravian Cemetery called ‘God’s Acre’ where flat headstones lay of those dating back to 1742. Popular locust, maple and dog wood trees line the well-tended paths in God’s Acre.
As you walk further into the Historic Neighborhood there are newer homes built in the mid-1800s to the early 1900s that include stately mansions built by the railroad and steel barons. Many of these homes have been converted into condominiums or apartments and in one case a bed and breakfast.
This is a vibrant residential neighborhood whose residents support the downtown and have a strong homeowners association that creates social activities to engage the residents in the historic experience of our community.
The homes that are within the Historic Neighborhood have unique Germanic and Colonial architecture that attracts locals and tourists to walk through the neighborhood.
