Saturday, September 21, 2024, 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.
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150th Anniversary of New Freedom Borough soft cover book. 155 pages of photos, stories, and information about New Freedom past and present. Published in 2024.
Donation of $35 per book.
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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Mark your calendars with the dates for our speaker's series. All meetings are held at the Scout House (behind Mason Dixon Baptist Church by the coop baseball field) at 7:00 pm unless otherwise indicated:
Thursday, May 9th - Chief Boddington - History of Southern Regional Police and Police Commission
Thursday, June 13 - Jon Nicklow - History of Glen Rock Carolers
Thursday, July 11 - Curt Winters - Fire trucks - held at the Green
Thursday, October 10 - James McClure - The Marquis de Lafayette in New Freedom and upcoming anniversaries of York County significance.
Thursday, November 14 - Scott Mingus - topic to be announced later.
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YOUR COMMUNITY NEEDS YOU!
Help keep the New Freedom Fest going and become a volunteer.
As the New Freedom Fest is a volunteer based event, we are in need of volunteers and a Volunteer Coordinator.
The volunteer coordinator would be responsible for maintaining the list of all volunteers including their contact information, as well as delegating volunteer responsibilities before, the day of, and after the fest. All forms, schedules and related information are housed on-line in Google Docs.
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If you have ever wandered around Freedom Green and wondered how you could have a brick in the walkway honoring someone in your family or remembering a person who meant something to you, you can now order one on our web site at ... See MoreSee Less
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Thanks so much to Seven Sports Bar & Grille for allowing us to have our book release event and serving such delicious food. If you were not able to attend and pick up your 150th anniversary book, the museum will be open from1-4 on April 7th or you can now order them on line. ... See MoreSee Less
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Great job to New Freedom Heritage! The book is amazing!
You can now order a book online for a donation of $35.00 which includes shipping. Go to www.newfreedomheritage.org and page down on the Welcome page or the About page. ... See MoreSee Less
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