Saturday, September 16, 2023, 10AM -5PM
New Freedom Fest is an old-time “festival of small town life”. It includes 3 stages of music, dance and entertainment, arts and crafts, animals, food, games, an art tent with pumpkin painting, and much, much more – all centered around the beautiful and historic town of New Freedom, Pennsylvania.
Details coming soon!
New Freedom Heritage is a 503c not-for-profit organization dedicated to preserving the rich history and culture of New Freedom, Pennsylvania. It was founded on June 15, 2004 by several members of the New Freedom Community Gardeners whose hope was to promote a better future for the community. That is still an important part of the mission today.
Since it’s inception, New Freedom Heritage has had a significant impact on the community. Activities and projects have included:
– Annual New Freedom Fest More
– Creation of the Freedom Green Community Park More
– Creation of the Heritage Museum of New Freedom and an interactive kiosk
– Summertime free outdoor movie nights
– Town murals
– Recording local history
– Monthly speaker series
– Stream rehabilitation
– Members picnic on the Green
Freedom Green Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
See pictures of the Freedom Green ribbon cutting ceremony. Pictures here
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We are working hard on getting ready for the New Freedom Fest on September 16 but we still need a few more volunteers to help with the planning. Please respond to this if you are interested. ... See MoreSee Less
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We are getting our dates lined up for our 2023 Speakers Series. They are held in the scout house on Campbell Road in New Freedom. Everyone is welcome!
March 9 - Chris Boyle
April 13 - Burnell Wildasin
May 11- Rick Parrish
June 8 - Field Trip!!! Glen Rock Historical Society, museum tour in their new building, old People's Bank building, square in Glen Rock
September - no speaker due to Fest
November 9 - Scott Mingus at the Scout House ... See MoreSee Less
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Last night at our annual membership meeting, the following officers were elected:
President - Neil Taylor
Vice President - Mary Smith
Secretary - Marsha Velli
Treasurer - Jack Eckenrode
Congratulations to the officers - looks like it is going to be a great year. New projects this year will include publication of a book highlighting the past 50 years of progress in New Freedom, starting to look at having a mural painted on the side of Paesano's Restaurant, printing and sale of New Freedom Heritage T-shirts along with our regular events like the New Freedom Fest on September 16th, movie nights, floats in the parades, updates at the museum and regular speakers. Hope to see lots of residents get involved! ... See MoreSee Less
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Congratulations to the new officers! It’s a big year for New Freedom!!
Love how you all keep progressing New Freedom!
We are cleaning out our duplicates at the museum so now is a great time to get a piece of New Freedom history. The glass pieces are all $1.00 each and the coin sets are $5.00 each. You can stop in on February 5th between 1-4 when the museum is open or message us to set up a time to meet at the museum. ... See MoreSee Less
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It is time once again to ask for membership dues for New Freedom Heritage. Annual membership is a tax deductible $25.00 per year mailed to PO Box 366, New Freedom, PA 17349 or paid by PayPal at www.newfreedomheritage.org/?page_id=35.
Some of the things that happened in 2022:
• The new mural on the side of Marlin’s Auto at the New Freedom Green
• Lots of updates and changes to the museum – power washing and painting the exterior of the museum, new displays and lots of new donations from generous people in our area (open the first Sunday of each month from 1-4)
• Two movie nights (we are looking for someone to help with this next year)
• A float in the Christmas parade
• A new museum sign (thanks to the Borough for providing the pole and installing it)
• Sanded and painted the picnic tables at the Green
• Brick drainage from off of the rail trail (thanks to an Eagle Scout project)
• Several very interesting guest speakers talking about the history of the area
• Holiday decoration of the gazebo
• And, of course, the New Freedom Fest!
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And done.. For those also wishing to donate, link above brings you to the festival section. Look under the mural picture at the top in the black banner for Membership. This is where you can join or donate. Thanks for hosting such great events and providing the community with an awesome small town feel. The New Freedom Green and museum are gems, we are blessed to have such great volunteers.