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4/14/2014 campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?ca=c55b6e22-41ad-4bf5-80df-9cbbacf02483&c=5af93650-c1b5-11e3-9693-d4ae529ce48a&ch=5aff02b0-c1b… Berks History Center / Historical Society of Berks County NewsBits Click here to become a member now !! 940 Centre Avenue Reading, PA 19601 610‐375‐4375 Hours: Tuesday ‐ Saturday 9:00am ‐ 4:00pm Quick Links Visit our website Henry Janssen Library Hendel House HSBC Museum Store Membership Photo Gallery Join Our Mailing List Historical Review of Berks County Spring 2014, edition now available in our Museum Store! $10.00 Attention All Researchers! The Historical Review of Berks County is accepting articles for the following issues: http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?ca=c55b6e22-41ad-4bf5-80df-9cbbacf02483&c=5af93650-c1b5-11e3-9693-d4ae529ce48a&ch=5aff02b0-c1b5… 1/5 4/14/2014 campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?ca=c55b6e22-41ad-4bf5-80df-9cbbacf02483&c=5af93650-c1b5-11e3-9693-d4ae529ce48a&ch=5aff02b0-c1b… Fall 2014 Issue, articles due by June 13th, 2014 Winter 2014/2015 Issue, articles due by September 12th, 2014 Click here for details *Please note! Off-street parking is available in our Henry Janssen Library lot (160 Spring Street) directly behind the Berks History Center (940 Centre Avenue). Henry Janssen Library Book Club Meeting April 16th April's book: The Boricua Project Now rescheduled for Wednesday, April 30th 6:00pm 7:30pm The History of Puerto Rico and How Puerto Ricans Became U.S. Citizens Contact email Kim Brown. June's Book: Presented by Eli Velazquez Berks History Center 940 Centre Avenue Reading, PA 19601 Connor Auditorium This is a free program. The mission of this project is to inform and educate the general public about the diversity of the Puerto Rican community and its culture and the relationship it has with and within the United States. http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?ca=c55b6e22-41ad-4bf5-80df-9cbbacf02483&c=5af93650-c1b5-11e3-9693-d4ae529ce48a&ch=5aff02b0-c1b5… 2/5 4/14/2014 campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?ca=c55b6e22-41ad-4bf5-80df-9cbbacf02483&c=5af93650-c1b5-11e3-9693-d4ae529ce48a&ch=5aff02b0-c1b… New arrival in our Museum Store at Berks History Center! Future trips: September 23rd, 2014 ‐ Historic Trappe with Lisa Minardi November 21st‐22nd, 2014‐ The Best of Annapolis BCTV Program Wednesday, May 7th, 2014 Tune in to see our monthly program on BCTV the first Wednesday of each month at 7:00pm Other City Charm Collections: Lancaster, Philadelphia, Boston. City Charms make a perfect gift and are compatible with other The show is seen LIVE on the FIRST WEDNESDAY OF popular charm bracelets. EACH MONTH AT 7:00pm....and repeated Friday of the same week at 10:00pm, that Saturday at 6:00pm and that Poetry Reading Sunday at 9:00am. Barbara Presnell Daniel Boone Homestead Spring Events Pennsylvania German Easter & Saturday, April 12th, 4:00pm Spring Nature Program Sunday, April 13th, 2014. Visit the website. South Heidelberg Township 100th Anniversary Calendar of Events http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?ca=c55b6e22-41ad-4bf5-80df-9cbbacf02483&c=5af93650-c1b5-11e3-9693-d4ae529ce48a&ch=5aff02b0-c1b5… 3/5 4/14/2014 campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?ca=c55b6e22-41ad-4bf5-80df-9cbbacf02483&c=5af93650-c1b5-11e3-9693-d4ae529ce48a&ch=5aff02b0-c1b… Attention: the Henry Janssen Library is in need of volunteers on Saturdays and Tuesdays. If you are interested and would like to stop by for a tour, please email Kim Brown or call 610- 375-4375 for more information. Henry Janssen Library 160 Spring Street Calendar of Events Reading, PA 19601 Wernersville Centennial 19142014 Come see the Wernersville exhibit of memorabilia on display in our Connor Auditorium at the Berks History Center. The Henry Janssen Library is the center for genealogical and historical research at the Historical Society of Berks County. The Henry Janssen Library is acknowledged to be one of the best and most thoroughly indexed collections of county data in Pennsylvania. For more information click here. * HSBC's Henry Janssen Library will have a delayed opening at 11:00am for Click here to view the calendar of all BHC's Second Saturday Programs. events! Related Links Kutztown Area Historical Society Center Park Historic District Daniel Boone Homestead Conrad Weiser Homestead Heidelberg Heritage Society HSBC's Hendel House, 746 Centre Avenue, Reading, PA 19601 MISSION: To preserve and maintain this elegant Victorian Turn‐of‐the‐Century Berks County Heritage Center house. Financial gifts for the rehabilitation of the House are encouraged by various events and individual contributions. The goal of the Friends of the Pagoda Skyline Hendel House is to interpret the history of the Hendel House with accuracy, integrity and liveliness. In doing so, the Hendel House will have an important Greater Reading Visitors Bureau and eternal position in Berks County History. The Hendel House is currently accessible for private events by appointment only. Make reservations by calling Pennsylvania Historical and Cindy Kauffman at 610‐413‐8520. Museum Commission Historic Preservation Trust of Berks County About Berks History Center The Berks History Center / Historical Society of Berks County is an educational Oley Valley Heritage Assc. center that serves to engage and excite our community by interpreting its unique past to understand the present and inspire the future. http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?ca=c55b6e22-41ad-4bf5-80df-9cbbacf02483&c=5af93650-c1b5-11e3-9693-d4ae529ce48a&ch=5aff02b0-c1b5… 4/5 4/14/2014 campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?ca=c55b6e22-41ad-4bf5-80df-9cbbacf02483&c=5af93650-c1b5-11e3-9693-d4ae529ce48a&ch=5aff02b0-c1b… Visit our website! To preserve, educate, inspire. http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?ca=c55b6e22-41ad-4bf5-80df-9cbbacf02483&c=5af93650-c1b5-11e3-9693-d4ae529ce48a&ch=5aff02b0-c1b5… 5/5.