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The Moravian Historical Society announces its 168th Annual Meeting, Lecture, and Reception will take place on Sunday, October 19, 2025. Contact: Susan Ellis, Executive Director Email: sellis@moravianhistory.org Phone: 610-759-5070 Nazareth, PA—The Moravian Historical Society is pleased to announce its 168th Annual Meeting, Lecture, & Reception will take place on Sunday, October 19, 2025, at the Bahnson Center, 60 W. Locust Street, on the campus of Moravian University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The 168th annual lecture will be presented by Lisa Minardi, Executive Director of Historic Trappe. Her talk entitled, “Window to Revolution: Pennsylvania Germans and the War for Independence,” will reexamine the central role that Pennsylvania Germans played in America’s founding. Far from being peripheral figures, Pennsylvania Germans were deeply involved in the political, military, religious, and cultural life of the Revolutionary era. Minardi will discuss an exceptional array of artifacts such as fraktur, redware, pewter, furniture, powder horns, long rifles, and other material culture that reflect the experiences of German Americans during the Revolutionary War. The Annual Meeting will begin at 2:30 p.m. followed by the lecture by Minardi at 3:00 p.m. A reception will follow the lecture. The event is free and open to the public. Preregistration is requested by visiting www.moravianhistory.org or by calling 610-759-5070. Lisa Minardi oversees three historic houses associated with the Muhlenberg family and the Center for Pennsylvania German Studies. She is editor of Americana Insights, an annual volume series dedicated to research on traditional Americana and folk art. Minardi earned an M.A. from the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, and is a Ph.D. candidate in the History of American Civilization program at the University of Delaware, where she is researching the German-speaking community of early Philadelphia for her dissertation. She is the curator of numerous exhibitions and author of many books and articles on Pennsylvania German art and 214 East Center Street • Nazareth, Pennsylvania 18064 • 610.759.5070 • www.moravianhistory.org culture, including Pastors & Patriots: The Muhlenberg Family of Pennsylvania and A Colorful Folk: Pennsylvania Germans & the Art of Everyday Life. The 168th annual lecture is supported, in part with funding from the Hotel Tax Grant Program through the County of Northampton Department of Community & Economic Development. The Moravian Historical Society is open daily from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. and is located at 214 East Center Street, Nazareth, Pennsylvania. The historic site includes two 18th-century buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  One of the oldest historical societies in Pennsylvania, the Moravian Historical Society is a not-for-profit organization that shares over 500 years of fascinating Moravian contributions to worldwide culture through educational programs for students, guided tours, museum exhibits, and public activities. For more information, visit us at www.moravianhistory.org, call 610-759-5070, or email info@moravianhistory.org. Follow us on social media: Facebook: moravianhistoricalsociety Instagram: moravianhistory