CHS to Hold “Saturdays on the Porch” Event on Fourth of July
BY LOGAN MOYER
It’s an uncharted Saturday for the Christiana Historical Society (CHS).
CHS, which has held a “Saturdays on the Porch” program every first Saturday of the month from April through November since 2024, will hold a special edition of the program from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, July 4, at the Brinton House, 17 Green St., Christiana, which is the group’s headquarters.
“It’s been around the Fourth of July, but this is the first year that it’s actually on the Fourth of July,” said CHS member Patti Shrom. “So that kind of makes it extra special for us.”
Along with this iteration of the program falling on America’s birthday, there are two anniversaries being celebrated this year that give the event extra meaning. This year is the 175th anniversary of the Christiana Resistance, the successful armed escape of four slaves that helped ignite the Civil War. It is also, of course, America’s 250th birthday this year.
The event will feature many of the activities of a typical Saturday on the Porch, including live music,
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BY LOGAN MOYER
For the first time in a decade, fireworks will light up the night sky at Minch Park in Parkesburg on Friday, July 3, as part of Parkesburg’s celebration of America’s 250th anniversary.
Parkesburg’s massive five-day celebration of the country’s birthday will commence on Wednesday, July 1, and run through Sunday, July 5, at the park, 111 West St., Parkesburg.
A carnival, provided by Houghton
Enterprises of Cochranville, will anchor the event, running from Wednesday to Saturday. Organizers
described the carnival as having “all the big rides.” It will run from 6 to 10 p.m. on Wednesday, Thursday and
UPC to Host Annual Patriotic Organ Concert
BY LOGAN MOYER
Union Presbyterian Church (UPC) is adding a little extra flair to its annual patriotic organ concert this summer.
Always a big event at the church, located at 5637 Street Road, Kirkwood, the concert carries extra weight this year with the widespread celebration of America’s 250th birthday.
“It’s a little bit special this year,” said Martin Greenleaf, a member of the church’s ministry of music. “(The concert) isn’t very religiously oriented. It’s more toward patriotic items.”
The show will take place on Sunday, July 5, at 6:30 p.m., one day after the Fourth of July. The concert is free to attend, but a freewill offering will be accepted to benefit Solanco community organizations.
The organist will be Bob Trimble, a renowned local organist who performs two shows at Union Presbyterian annually - the summer patriotic concert and the Christmas organ concert, held in December. Trimble will be assisted by Rick Rineer and Glenn Hough, two other local organists.
Greenleaf said that Trimble’s organ shows usually draw between 90 and 200 people, ranging from locals to people from out of state.
“He plays patriotic songs, pop songs and classical show tunes,” he said. “There’s even some songs where he asks people to sing along.”
The big difference between Union Presbyterian and other organ concert venues is the church’s rare, restored 90-yearold United States Pipe Organ
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Company theater organ. Greenleaf explained that the organ originally belonged
pany in New Jersey that defaulted on its payments following silent movies falling out of favor with the
public. The organ company repossessed the organ, and it was then sold to somebody within UPC’s congre-
gation, who later gifted it to the church.
“Our organ is very different than most church organs,” Greenleaf said. “It’s so different sounding than a typical church organ, and that’s why people really enjoy hearing it in something like these concerts.”
The organ has been rebuilt many times over the years to help retain its quality. UPC has been operating the twice-annual organ concerts for about a decade, starting around when the church celebrated its 200th anniversary.
Greenleaf said that a quarter of attendees at the summer concert are typically retired members of the armed forces.
“One of the things (Trimble) does, he has a medley that has the theme
Organist Bob Trimble performs at shows all across the Mid-Atlantic.
Trimble performs at a Christmas Organ Concert at Union Presbyterian Church.
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There will be treats and fellowship following the concert. The church is air-conditioned and handicapped-accessible.
UPC’s congregation meets at 10 a.m. on Sundays. Two adult Sunday school classes and a children’s Sunday school class (K-5) are also available, meeting at 9 a.m. on Sundays.
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Church Posts Special Mass and Celebration
St. John’s Episcopal Church at Compass, 1520 W. Kings Highway, Gap, will celebrate the United States’ 250th anniversary with a special Mass on Sunday, July 5, at 10:30 a.m. The Mass will be followed by a birthday party coffee hour.
The building is handicapped-accessible. For more information, call 717442-4302 or email stjohns compass@gmail.com.
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drinks, food and fellowship. Special for this event will be patriotic music provided by the Christiana Singers, an a capella and four-part harmony group that are all alumni members of the LanChester Chorus.
CHS also asks attendees to bring any vintage vehicles they may have - anything that “represents our USA transportation history.” There will also be a special celebration bell for visitors to ring, provided by Glenn and Cindy Kendig, Christiana Freight Station and the National Railway Historical Society.
There will also be free tours of the Resistance museum, and corn hole games will be available.
Drinks, including coffee, iced tea and lemonade; snacks, including homemade
baked goods and parfaits; and ice creams provided by Christiana Borough will be available to attendees. The entire event is free of cost; donations are encouraged. Nonperishable food donations are also welcome to help Christiana in the effort to win the Battle of the Boroughs food drive.
“They’ve all supported us so well,” Shrom said of the local community. “We’re not selling anything regarding the food or coffee. We normally charge a little bit, but this time we’re going to just waive the costs to make it a celebration day.”
Proceeds from the event will go toward the ongoing restoration of the 1867 Brinton House, which is associated with the Christiana Resistance of 1851.
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The event will be held at the Brinton House in Christiana.
Friday before a closing schedule of 3 to 10 p.m. on Saturday.
“Houghton would bring the carnival to town every year,” said organizer Cassandra Wyatt, speaking of Parkesburg’s history. “Then that relationship broke up all of a sudden. ... So this was huge for us; we really wanted to bring (the carnival) back.”
While Wednesday and Thursday’s schedules only consist of the carnival, Friday will bring a DJ providing music and a beer garden that will run from approximately 6 to 9:15 p.m. At the conclusion of the evening, fireworks will be launched into the sky above Minch Park.
“Fireworks are huge for us, because we have not had fireworks in Parkesburg for about 10 or 12 years,” Wyatt said.
Wyatt noted the increased prices of fireworks for the weekend of the Fourth of July, saying that organizers did everything they could to get fireworks on Saturday but could not make it feasible.
A car show will kick off Saturday morning, inspired by the turnout at a recent show at
Dynamic Raceworks, one of the sponsors of the Parkesburg 250 event. Those interested are asked to sign up via the Google Form found on the event’s Facebook page, the “Parkesburg 250” group.
Also on Saturday, there will be various vendors and food trucks up until the carnival opens at 3 p.m. There will also be entertainment onstage, such as a reading of the Declaration of Independence and several live bands.
Sunday will bring a drum and fife corps in the morning, followed by a reading of Parkesburg history by John Hagan, mayor of Parkesburg. Food trucks, vendors and the beer garden will return
from Saturday.
The main event of the day and the closing part of the event will be historically oriented baseball games, contested between Christiana Fire Company and Keystone Fire Company. The games will be modeled after the Parkesburg Iron Company’s baseball team that called Minch Park home in the 1920s. The site has hosted legendary players such as Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb and Casey Stengel.
The Parkesburg 250 event has been in planning since the fall of 2025. Various fundraising events have been held since then, such as bingo games and pancake breakfasts at Parkesburg VFW
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The Brinton family was also involved in the Underground Railroad, and the house was reportedly a stop on that network.
The outside of the restoration is mostly finished; most of the current work is to stabilize the inside of the building and restore its smokestack.
“We’ve made a lot of progress since the beginning of May,” Shrom said. “It’s really a nice piece of history for Christiana that the public can view. People pass by it all the time, and it’s kind of like a feature historical reference for us in our town.”
With the extra significance given to the event, CHS is making a particular effort to honor veterans and first responders at this iteration of the Saturdays on the Porch.
“We’re hoping that they’ll come for the morning and just enjoy the time on the porch,” Shrom said of veterans and first responders. “The main goal of the porch is to gather community together to talk, talk to each other, learn about each other, get to know other people and put away the cell phones and really get more into interactive communications and participation, just how the old-time porches were.”
For more information about the society, upcoming events and the restoration project, visit www .christianahistoricalsociety. com or search for “The Christiana Historical Society” on Facebook. Those with questions may email info@christ ianahistoricalsociety.com.
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Post 4480 in February and March. The event’s committee has representatives from all over town: the Parkesburg Historical Society, Parkesburg Historical Commission, Parkesburg Lions Club, Parkesburg Free Library, Parkesburg Action Committee (PAC), Parkesburg Parks & Recreation, Parkesburg VFW and the Parkesburg Special Events Committee, along with local businesses, including Dynamic Raceworks, Evolved Tinting Solutions, Two Dogs Auto & Cycle and the Grocery Outlet.
“It’s great that people have been so excited for this,” Wyatt said. “We’ve hit the ground running looking for sponsors, so it’s only happened because we’ve all worked together.”