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RSVP now for Regional Partner GatheringsSAVE THE DATE: Spring Dinner & Silent Auction, April 30,2015New Landmark Towns CoordinatorKids Canal CampJosiah White II's BedNew Research & Development AssistantChanging Exhibit RoomTail on the Trail Winter ChallengeUpcoming Events

RSVP now for Regional PartnerGatheringsEach year, the D&L celebratesthe contributions andaccomplishments of our partnersfrom Carbon, Luzerne, Lehigh,Northampton and Buckscounties. Join us in New Hope,Easton, or Palmerton torecognize our partners and getup-to-date on the National Canal Museum, D&L Trail, Josiah

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Today the D&L is both amulti-use trail spanning165 miles from themountains of northeastPennsylvania, along riversand through the LehighValley and Bucks Countyand a diverse, multi-faceted organization thatconnects you to distinctiveexperiences in nature andthe environment,

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White II, Kids' Canal Camp and other exciting 2015 events!

March 24: Landmark Towns of Bucks County PartnerRecognition Reception

5:30-7:30 pm at Bucks County Children's Museum, New Hope$35 pp for members and $38.50 for non-members

RSVP: Call (610) 923-3548 x221 [email protected]

March 25: D&L Partner Recognition Reception

5:30 pm to 7:30 pm at the National Canal Museum in Easton

$25 pp for members and $28.50 for non-members


March 26: D&L Partner Recognition Luncheon

11:30 am (lunch at noon) at Blue Mountain Ski Area, Palmerton


RSVP: Call (610) 377-4063 [email protected]

SAVE THE DATE: Spring Dinner &Silent Auction, April 30, 2015Please join us on Thursday, April30, 2015 for our inaugural SpringDinner and Silent Auction atNorthampton Country Club,5049 William Penn Highway,Easton, PA. The event wascreated to introduce the broaderregional community to the manyfriends, staff, and donors of theD&L National Heritage Corridorand the National Canal Museum.

Proceeds from the event will support museum, trail andeducational programs that teach our children reverence for ournationally significant heritage, as well as the principles of

community and economicimpact, health andrecreation, history,preservation, andeducation.

Through our alliance withHugh Moore Park &Museums, we haveliterally re-opened thedoors to welcomethousands of residents,students, families andother visitors toexperience the NationalCanal Museum at theEmrick Center and ridethe Josiah White II. Talesof the Towpath hasbecome a base foreducation andinterpretation that’s fresh,fun and authentic.

Via the D&L TrailAlliance, a robust regionalnetwork of trails has beencreated. The D&L Trailserves as the super-highway that connectslinking trails toPhiladelphia via TheCircuit, the Lehigh Valley,and the Anthracite Regionof northeasternPennsylvania.

Since 1988 when Congressestablished the Delaware& Lehigh NationalHeritage Corridor, we’vebeen telling a vibrantstory of our region’simpact on America’sevolution and culture. Andso we look forward to2015 with a full roster ofevents where you can getto know the D&L Trail,staff and programs awhole lot better.


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science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Please joinour passionate pursuit of preserving the environment, sharingour region’s culture and positively impacting our communities.

New Landmark Towns CoordinatorPam Coleman is a well-knowndowntown revitalizationprofessional in Montgomery andBucks Counties and the LehighValley. Coleman is responsiblefor coordinating regionalrevitalization efforts focused onmarketing the four communities,Bristol, Morrisville, Yardley andNew Hope, as a destination forvisitors and residents who use the D&L Trail as it connects thefour towns. She will be using her 20-year background with theMain Street program in various communities to help the townsmake the connection to the trail and to encourage trail users toexplore the towns.

Over her 20-year career in downtown revitalization, Colemanhas also worked with downtown revitalization efforts inFreehold, New Jersey and Methuen and Salem, Massachusetts.Coleman is a nationally certified Main Street manager, memberof the Rural Pennsylvania Leadership (RULE IX) at Penn Stateand earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism fromIndiana University of Pennsylvania. She is currently serving hersecond term on the Pennsylvania Downtown Center’s Board ofDirectors, the only statewide nonprofit dedicated solely to therevitalization of the commonwealth's core communities.

Coleman lives in Bethlehem, Pa and Mystic Island, NJ with herhusband, Stan Bialecki, and a small Siamese cat.

Kids Canal CampWouldn’t you like to send yourkids or grandkids back in time?At least for a day?

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Kids Canal Camp may be youranswer. Offered Wednesdaysfrom June 24 to August 19, thenew D&L summer campprogram introduces kids to canallife and early industry along theLehigh River, all without the aidof a computer screen. We offer multiple hands-on activities, acanal boat ride, a museum scavenger hunt, bike riding andgeocaching on the D&L Trail, and a one-on-one with ourboat-pulling mules, Hank and George. It’s a day your kids orgrandkids aren’t apt to forget.

Sound good? Just choose a Wednesday between June 24 andAugust 19 and bring your children to the National CanalMuseum in Hugh Moore Park, Easton. D&L staff and volunteerdocents will immerse your kids in 19th-century canal life from8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. We’re keeping classes cozy by enrollingonly 15 students of ages 8-12 on a first-come, first-served basis...

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Josiah White II's BedChristmas came back in January,at least to the National CanalMuseum. We received anextraordinary gift--an 18thcentury bed that once belongedto Josiah White. In fact, there areindications that this is the bed hetook with him to Mauch Chunkin the earliest days of the LehighNavigation!

This beautiful four-post cherrybed has been in the White familyfrom the time it was built inBurlington County, New Jerseyuntil now. After Josiah’s death, itcame to one of his brother Joseph’s sons, and was handed downthrough the generations. (Josiah’s only children who lived to


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adulthood were two daughters who never married.) In 1946,Joseph’s great-great granddaughter, Nancy White, marriedLouis Henke in Chester County, Pennsylvania. As a weddingpresent from her parents, she requested the bed, which had beenstored in a family garage for some time. She had it restored andshe and Louis moved it several times in their early married yearsuntil they settled in Denver in the early 1950s.

After Mr. and Mrs. Henke passed away in recent years, theirchildren were faced with clearing out and selling the familyhouse. They decided that it was the perfect time for the bed tofind a permanent museum home, and we are honored andgrateful that they chose the National Canal Museum. We arenow in the early stages of planning how to show Josiah’s bed atthe Museum, on the banks of the canal that he built.

New Research & DevelopmentAssistantTerri Monserrat joined the D&Lstaff as Research & DevelopmentAssistant in February, 2015. AsResearch & DevelopmentAssistant, her primaryresponsibilities are to helpdevelop, organize, andimplement educationalprograms, developmentprograms, and special events.

After a summer with the D&L as Welcome Center Host for theNational Canal Museum and fall as an interpreter at theFreemansburg Canal Education Center, Terri is excited to serveas Research & Development Assistant and continue to raiseawareness of the D&L’s programs and mission.

Prior to joining the staff, Terri earned her B.A. and M.A. in U.S.History from Millersville University of Pennsylvania (MU).While attending MU, Terri served as an undergraduate andgraduate research assistant. She also has experience inPastPerfect software and archival cataloguing, transcription and


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digitization of primary source materials, photography,conference and volunteer coordination, and historicalinterpretation...

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Changing Exhibit RoomThe National Canal Museum inHugh Moore Park, Easton, isundergoing several changesbefore its public opening on June6.

The most noticeableimprovement is the renovation ofthe existing class/meeting roomto a changing exhibits room that will highlight important peopleand events what are part of the Corridor’s heritage. The newroom will open to the public on July 4 with an exhibitcelebrating the 175th anniversary of the birth of the AmericanIndustrial Revolution, which took place at the Crane ironCompany in Catasauqua, Lehigh County on July 4, 1840. It wason that day that ironmaster David Thomas supervised the firsthot-air blast at an American iron furnace, using anthracite coalas fuel. Thomas’s invention revolutionized the way iron wasproduced and began a new age in American industrialism. Theexhibit will be open through September 30.

The new design of the changing exhibits room will allow thecontinuance of classes, lectures and meetings. A second exhibitfeaturing the model train collections of Allentown furnituremaker, Frederick Buehler, will open November 1 and remainopen to the public on weekends in November, December andJanuary...

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Tail on the Trail Winter ChallengeMother Nature has surely thrownsome curveballs this winter with


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freezing rain, snow and very coldtemperatures but in all types ofweather there is beauty to befound. What better way to enjoythe natural beauty of winter thanduring some outdoor exercise!

From February 1st to March 2nd,we challenged participants tokeep up their activity levels bylogging 30 miles in 30 days atwww.tailonthetrail.org. The snow provided plenty ofopportunity to log miles on snowshoes and cross-country skis inaddition to usual means of walking, running and biking.

Many of our staff at the D&L Easton office have made an effortto walk together at lunch each day and while walking we wereglad to see others in Hugh Moore Park walking and cross-country skiing even on the coldest days...

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Upcoming EventsMarch 24: Landmark Towns of Bucks County PartnerRecognition Reception

5:30-7:30 pm at Bucks County Children's Museum, New Hope$35 pp for members and $38.50 for non-members


March 25: D&L Partner Recognition Reception

5:30 pm to 7:30 pm at the National Canal Museum in Easton



March 26: D&L Partner Recognition Luncheon

11:30 am (lunch at noon) at Blue Mountain Ski Area, Palmerton


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RSVP: Call (610) 377-4063 [email protected]

March 28: Find Your Tender Match

Have you considered joining the D&L’s Tenders, people whocare for the D&L Trail, National Canal Museum, and specialevents? Join us for a unique ‘matching’ event that’s sure toconnect you to the perfect volunteer opportunity in 10 minutesor less! Contact Loretta for more [email protected]

April 30: Spring Dinner & Silent Auction

A celebration for Lock Tenders and Trail Tenders at theNorthampton Country Club. All proceeds benefit the Delaware &Lehigh National Heritage Corridor and National Canal Museum.

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May 3: Bike for the Bridge

Join us for a ride along the D&L Trail. All proceeds of this eventbenefit the completion of the trail and building the pedestrianbridge to connect downtown Jim Thorpe to the Lehigh CanalTowpath and Weissport. This event is supported by PoconoBiking and Rails-to-Trails Conservancy.

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