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Welcome to the 2019 Easton Heritage Edition! Quite a few months ago, I ran into Christopher Black of the Bachmann Players and he shared with me that he was working on creating a “Walking Purchase Healing Journey” to take place in September, and I thought how wonderful it would be share this with the public. I was not fully aware of the full story of the 1737 Walking Purchase and wondered if perhaps others out there were not either. The Bachmann Players partnered with the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania for this undertaking which will take place on Saturday, September 21, 2019. The full day event will begin at the Wrightstown Quaker Meeting House in Wrightstown PA, and end at the “Bond Farm” in Jim Thorpe. Christopher has written an excellent summary of the 1737 Walking Purchase for this issue, and you can also learn a bit about the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania. There is so much information that I could not fit in the pages of this issue, but you can learn more by visiting the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania’s Cultural Center in the lower level of the Bachmann Publick House in downtown Easton. The Center is open most Saturdays from 11:30 AM to 3:30 PM. Visit online at www.lenape-nation.org to learn more and/or for info on the Walking Purchase Healing Journey. Information on the Bachmann Players and the Healing Journey can be found at bachmannplayers.com.

I owe much appreciation to Christopher Black for his guidance and assistance with this issue and for putting me in touch with members of the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania, many thanks to the members who took the time to speak with me and answer questions. Much love and gratitude to my family; all of our contributors, advertisers and readers; and to my Creative Director, Michelle L. Corby for pulling everything together at the end—this book is an exciting challenge to me every year, but it was a bit difficult this year due to circumstances beyond my control. Enjoy! I wish you all a safe and happy summer! The Irregular will return in September. Don’t forget to BUY LOCAL!!

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Easton Heritage Edition 2019 Lydia E. Bruneo Publisher & Editor Michelle L Corby Creative Director Contributors: Christopher Black Carole J. Heffley Janene Otten Pam Ruch Much gratitude to the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania for their assistance with this publication.

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On Our Cover

This year’s cover of the Easton Heritage Edition features the logo for the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to increasing awareness of Lenape history and culture. Red and black are the colors that represent the Lenape people. The turtle is sacred for most Indian tribes because it is part of their creation story. They call the U.S. and Canada “Turtle Island” because the Turtle was their “Noah’s Ark”. Twelve stars surround the Turtle, as twelve is a sacred number because there are twelve spiritual layers until Creator is reached on the thirteenth. The turtle also has thirteen squares on its back. The image along the bottom represents the three clans of the Lenape: (from left to right) Turkey, Turtle and Wolf. Thank you, or in Lenape, wanishi, to the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania for allowing us to share this symbol of their people.

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AN OVERVIEW OF THE 1737 WALKING PURCHASE

by Christopher Black The 1737 Walking Purchase, or “Walking Purchase Hoax” as it is sometimes called, is potentially one of the most important historic events to have occurred in the Lehigh Valley and surrounding areas. As far as impact on the tapestry of history in this area, the Walking Purchase is up there with the Revolutionary War. Many of us living in this area have a passing familiarity with the Walking Purchase, but let’s go a bit deeper. The “Walking Purchase Hoax” of 1737 was how the sons of William Penn were able to take a significant amount of land away from the indigenous people that had lived here for thousands of years, the Lenape tribe.

To fully grasp why the Walking Purchase was such a tragedy in relations between European and native cultures, it’s important to understand something about the legacy of William Penn, The founder of the colony of Pennsylvania (Penn’s wood’s).

Far ahead of his time seeking justice, fair treatment for all, and religious tolerance, William Penn founded a colony that lived at peace with the native people for 70 years, even while violent conflict with indigenous people was the norm for many of the other colonies at the time.

William Penn addressed the Lenape in a letter dated 1681 (PAGE ? OF THIS ISSUE) where he expressed his love and respect, and desire to live in peace.

William Penn did buy land from the Lenape. Although the lands had been “Granted” to him by King Charles the second, Penn respected the rights of the indigenous people, and by all accounts dealt fairly with them. He was greatly respected by the Lenape and received the Indian name of “Brother Onas” a reference to his writing with a feather quill pen. It was this good will between the native people and William Penn that Penn’s sons sought to exploit.

On the other side of the coin of William Penn’s fairness and generosity, was that as a businessman, he was not greatly successful. Upon his death 1718 he left the family in debt, even

though they were in theory, the largest private landholders in the world at that time.

Enter Penn’s sons, Thomas and John. While John was around and no doubt a part of the plan, Thomas Penn was likely the primary architect of the Walking Purchase. Thomas was the one who had the most business experience, and had taken on the task of straightening the books, collecting back rents due to the family, and trying to turn a profit from the family’s holdings.

While we want to be fair and objective as possible in the telling of history, it’s very possible that Thomas Penn was a bit of a stinker. Certainly he does not come off well in this story, but in a specific anecdote, Benjamin Franklin wrote in a letter to Issac Norris about Thomas Penn: “I never before felt more contempt for any man living.”

Franklin was known to be pretty gregarious, so if Franklin said that about Thomas Penn, it’s fairly indicative that Thomas may not have been a very pleasant individual.

In this particular conflict Franklin was referring to, Thomas Penn had told Franklin that the people of Pennsylvania had no right to an elected Assembly to make it’s laws. Franklin countered that the right to have an Assembly had been clearly outlined in William Penn’s charter for the colony, and had been heavily advertised throughout Europe as a reason to come and settle in Pennsylvania. Franklin stated that if the right of electing an Assembly did not exist as advertised, all those people who settled here on that premise had been cheated and betrayed. Thomas Penn quipped back that the colonists should have looked at the laws themselves before coming to settle here, and if they were fooled, it was their own fault. Yup, a stinker.

Thomas Penn desperately wanted to be able to sell the land along the Delaware with Easton at its center point, but the Lenape flatly refused to sell. It was prime hunting grounds for them, and they had already parted with enough of their land.

Thomas Penn presented the Lenape chiefs with an old treaty, supposedly signed and agreed to years previously

This mural depicting the 1737 Walking Purchase was painted in 1936 by George Gray as a series of murals at the Hotel Bethlehem. It can still be seen at the hotel today.

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An Overview of the 1737 Walking Purchase before any of the existing chiefs were alive. Scholars have suggested the documentation was a forgery, and even Penn admitted it was a copy of the original. It vaguely implied that William Penn was entitled to some lands in this area.

After continued pressure, the Lenape relented, and agreed to cede the amount of land that “a man could walk in a day in a half”. These land walks were traditionally casual and friendly affairs, where the participants were expected to walk at a leisurely pace, perhaps stop to share a pipe and “shoot some squirrels”.

The sons of William Penn had other ideas. Two years before the actual 1737 Walking Purchase, they did a “practice run” using three runners. In this case they got from Wrightstown to Bath, as a kind of trial run, to get an estimate on how far the runners could get.

When the actual day came for the walking purchase on September 19, 1737, the Penns had three runners prepared for the ordeal, Edward Marshall, Solomon Jennings and James Yeates. While the Lenape expected the “walkers” to roughly follow the Delaware (in which case they might have gotten a little above Easton), when they got to about Durham, they cut inland, heading Northwest.

The accompanying Lenape witness had already been complaining and calling out that the men were running and not walking. Once the runners changed direction, it became obvious that something was up, and a cheat was afoot. Even the Penn’s own Secretary James Logan was quoted in the notes of the Pennsylvania Assembly as saying the event was “Unworthy of any government”.

Edward Marshall got as far as modern day Jim Thorpe before the walking purchase was done. Solomon Jennings dropped out around Ottsville after about four hours, and James Yeates got close to Weisport before collapsing into the

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Tobyhanna Creek. He might have drowned had not Marshall pulled him out. Yeates went blind, and died a few days later.

Interestingly, the man who got the furthest had been promised 500 acres of land, which rumor has it, Marshall never received. Later vengeful Indians would kill members of Marshall’s family and destroy some of his property, but Marshall himself, died in 1789, at age 79. His grave in Erwinna, PA rates the American Legion flag for his service in the revolutionary war.

Once the end point of the walking purchase was determined to be Jim Thorpe (Lenape name, Mauch Chunk meaning mountain bear or sleeping bear), the Penns then drew a line from that area back to the Delaware, at such an angle that the entire confiscated lands were equal to the approximate acreage of modern day Rhode Island.

The Lenape by and large, did not respect the treaty, cried fraud, and refused to move off the land.

The Penns had good relations with the Iroquois tribe to the north, which were more warlike. The Lenape were known as the “Grandmothers” or wise arbitrators of other tribes. The Penns were able to manipulate these tribal relations to get the Iroquois to strong arm the Lenape into abiding by the walking purchase treaty, and leaving the territory.

And that dear reader, is the history of why there are historic deeds from John and Thomas Penn granting land purchases in the area we live in, and why Easton was able to be founded in 1752, because by then, the Lenape had been effectively removed.

photo by Christopher Black

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An Overview of The 1737 Walking Purchase Does this make us complicit in the deception? Perhaps.

We do live here. We generally feel we pay our mortgage, or rent, and we are entitled to what we have paid for in good faith. Seems a reasonable assumption.

If this troubles us at all, what can we do? One action that only good can come from is to make an effort to be aware of the remaining Lenape culture in this area. In many ways, that is all they ask. Descendants of the original Lenape of this area have formed the “The Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania”.

They have a cultural center located on the street level of the 1753 Bachmann Publick House at 169 Northampton Street, one block down from Easton’s Centre Square. They are open most Saturdays 11:00- 3:00. Stop in. Ask to hear a story.

Bring your children that they might touch this fragile culture.

Perhaps in some years the opportunity will no longer exist.

But if we become aware of it and support it, it will last longer than it would otherwise. And we owe these people a lot.

The Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania is partnering with the Bachmann Players to present an event on September 21, 2019, “The Walking Purchase Healing Journey”. On that day, members of the tribe will travel with the players to recreate the route of the walking purchase. The players will present dramatic presentations of historical material to convey the story of the walking purchase, and the members of the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania will present healing

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A rock in Wrightstown, PA recognizing the 1737 Walking Purchase. photo by Christopher Black

ceremonies for the land. For complete information, visit the link at www.bachmannplayers.com or the events section of www.lenape-nation.org.

Major stops will include: 10:30 AM: Peace Fair at Buckingham Friends Meeting House - 5684 York Road, Lahaska PA 1:30-3:00 PM: Governor Wolf Historical Society 6600 Jacksonville Road, Bath, PA 5:00 PM: Bond Farm - 751 State Rt. 903, Jim Thorpe, PA

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An image of the 1737 Walking Purchase map from the book The Walking Purchase Hoax of 1737 by Ray Thompson published in 1973.

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WILLIAM PENN’S FIRST LETTER TO THE LENAPE LONDON: OCTOBER 18TH, 1681 (on file at Historical Society of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia) Below is the translation of the letter.

“Letter from William Penn to the Kinds of the Indians in Pennsylvania” My Freinds,

Lond. 18th 8-81

There is one great God and Power that hath made ye world and all things therein, so whom you and I and all People owe their being and wellbeing, and to whom you and I must one Day give an account, for all that we do in this world: this great Power God hath written his law in our hearts, by which we are taught and commanded to love and help and do good to one another, and not to do harme and mischeif [?] unto one an’other. Now this great God hath been pleased to make me concerned in [?] parts of the world, and the king of the Countrey where I live, hath given unto me a great Province therein, but I desire to enjoy it with your Love and Consent, that we may al – always live together as Neighbors and freinds, else what would the great God say to us, who hath made us not to devour and destroy one an other but live Soberly and kindly together in the world.

Now I would have you well to observe, that I am very Sensible of the unkindness and Injustice that hath been too much exersised towards you by the People of thes Parts of the world, who have sought themselves, and to make great Advantages by you, rather then be examples of Good [?] & Goodness unto you, which I hear, hath been matter of Trouble to you, and caused great Grudgings and Animosities, Sometimes to the Shedding of blood, which hath made the great God Angry. but I am not such a man, as is well known in my own Country: I have great love and regard towards you, and I desire to [win?] and gain your Love & freindship by a kind, just and peaceable life; and the People I send are of the same mind, & Shall in all things behave themselvs accordingly; and if in any thing any Shall offend you or your People, you shall have a full and speedy Satisfaction for the same ^by an equal number on both sides [?] that by no means you may have just occasion of being offended against them; I Shall Shortly come to you my Selfe. At what time we may more largely and freely confer [on?] discourse of thes matters; in the mean time ^ I have sent my commissioners to [?] you about [?] to a league of the peace, left [We?] desire you to be kind to my them [?] people, and receive thes Presents and Tokens which I have sent to you, as a Testimony of my Good will to you, and my resolution to live Justly peaceably and freindy with you, I am your Freind.

William Penn

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AFTER THE 1737 WALKING PURCHASE TILL NOW Did you know that Lenape translates to “original people”?

Also, “Lenni” or “Leni” should not precede Lenape as it just reiterates the same meaning. I am not clear as to who first added it or why. I believe when I was young, I was taught that they were the Lenni Lenape, and I’m sure many call them the incorrect name today. The Lenape were often referred to as the Delawares due to their close proximity to the Delaware River, named after Lord de la Warr. How sad that these native people of the area along the Delaware lost their land to greedy white men. Yet how brave it was of those who remained. And braver still as many today are criticized and told they are lying about their heritage. If only William Penn’s sons (especially Thomas) had had the heart and peaceful nature of their father, things may have turned out differently.

After the 1737 Walking Purchase, the government basically forced the Native Americans off the lands in this area. Most moved westward, but many chose to stay, and for centuries, the Lenape families who remained in Pennsylvania hid their identities out of fear of persecution. In more recent times, the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania formed as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization “dedicated to increasing awareness of Lenape history and culture.

Created to join together the members of the Lenape Nation and anyone else interested in continuing the development of the language and culture of the Lenape people, the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania is active in the revival of tradition and community.

[They] encourage partnerships among people and organizations in order to foster cultural, historical, and environmental education and preservation.”

According the organization’s website: “The Lenape people are the original inhabitants of Delaware, New Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvania, and Southern New York. For over 10,000 years they have been the caretakers of these lands and of The River of Human Beings, more commonly known as the Delaware River. The Lenape were the first tribe to sign a treaty with the United States and the first tribe to have land set aside for them in New Jersey.

Over a period of 250 years, many Lenape people were removed and dispersed throughout the country. Some took refuge with other tribes. A large number of Lenape families remained in the homelands and continue the traditions of their ancestors up to our present day. Today the Lenape people from all over Turtle Island (North America) are revitalizing their communities.

Many place names in Pennsylvania are derived from the Lenape Language, such as Manyunk, Conshohocken, and Neshaminy...to mention only a few. In the city of Philadelphia stands a statue of Chief Tamanend, a revered leader among the Lenape, who signed many treaties with William Penn. The history of the Lenape is truly the history of Pennsylvania.”

During a phone conversation with Ken Macaulay, I learned that children had been told to never tell anyone of their Lenape heritage.

Born in 1950, Ken grew up in Holland Township in New Jersey. His father was of Scottish and Welsh descent and his mother’s heritage was Dutch and Lenape. He remembers hearing family speak Lenape when he was little and says his grandmother gave him a Lenape name when he was about three years old, but as far back as he can recall, he was told to never tell anyone of his Lenape roots. According to Mr. Macaulay, many Lenape women married immigrants. The women stayed on the farms so no one was aware of their heritage. Ken remembers that children who were discovered would be sent off to schools that were just for Native Americans. He recalls a school that was in Carlisle, Pa. Upon researching this, I discovered The United States Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, generally known as Carlisle Indian Industrial School, which was the flagship 12

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Indian boarding school in the United States from 1879 through 1918. All the school’s property, known as the Carlisle Barracks, is now part of the U.S. Army War College. Carlisle and similar schools remain deeply controversial; many Native Americans say they forced children to leave their families at young ages, giving up their indigenous cultures, languages, religious and spiritual beliefs, and even their names, thus doing untold psychological damage to generations of Native people.

As an adult, Ken researched his mother’s genealogy and discovered his maternal grandmother was Unami. He also has family that descends from the Munsee division of the Lenape. He took his research to the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania Cultural Center, and they remarked, “You need to be here.” Ken has been a member of the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania for ten years and ran the Center for two. (pics of Ken’s family go with this part of article) I later met with Ken at the Cultural Center to take photos of his Lenape ancestors that appear there. I had the pleasure of speaking more with him and with Clan Mother Cinnamon Bear. The Lenape culture is opposite of what we have become accustomed to. Lenapes are led by a matriarchal structure versus the patriarchal structure we are accustomed to. Children become members of the clans their mothers belong to. If you bear a son, he must marry outside the clan. Councils are held by the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania to make major decisions and clan mothers can overrule decisions.

Today, there is no specific attire for the women to attend council, but Cinnamon says they do wear skirts for ceremonies. Under the sitting chief, there are also chiefs for other things, i.e. chief of ceremonies, chief of language, chief of security, chief of culture, etc.

Cinnamon Bear does not appear on Cinnamon’s birth certificate, but she explained that her father had a dream of a cinnamon bear (black bear) who had a baby in it’s hands and gave the name to her.

She also remembers a tradition practiced by her father that she still practices today. Her father always told her to not finish all her food so that he could put the plate of the remaining food outside for what he called “the little people” which she believes were probably the spirit people. She still carries on this custom of the “spirit plate.”

Ken added that the Lenape continue the traditions of holding ceremonies to ask Kishelemukonk, the Creator, for help with things and to relieve troubles. The Lenape consider trees, rocks, crystals the same as animals; they are all living things to them.

According to my conversation with Cinnamon and Ken, the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania is made up of three clans: Unami (Turtle), Munsee (Wolf), and Unalactigo (Turkey). The Turtles were found along the river, Turkey in the state of Delaware and the along the Southern Jersey shore areas, and Wolfs were found north around the Delaware Water Gap and above.

Online research often gives conflicting information. Shelley DePaul, Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania’s Chief of Education & Language, provided a clear explanation, “The three major clans are identified by dialects = true. Also by geographic location = true.

The Munsee (Wolf Clan) were the mountain people and lived in southern NY up to the Delaware Water Gap/Wind Gap area. The Unami (Turtle Clan) were Valley People and lived from just below Wind Gap down to Philadelphia area. The Unalactigo (Turkey Clan) were Ocean people and lived in Southern NJ and Northern Delaware area. We did not consider each other to be more “important” than the other clans . . . The Munsee clan was more isolated and different culturally, and some ‘books’ consider them less Lenape. But they are to us Lenape.”

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After the 1737 Walking Purchase Till Now heritage. It is wonderful that all of these people have joined together to recognize and preserve their true identities. Below is info from the current exhibit at the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania Cultural Center which first appeared the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Museum.

image courtesy of the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania Fulfilling a Prophecy: The Past and Present of the Lenape in Pennsylvania is a fully collaborative exhibition, organized by the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Museum and the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania. The exhibition draws from oral histories, family heirlooms, and photographs, as well as archaeology, historical and ethnographic research. Following the exhibit’s long run at the Penn Museum, it is now housed at the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania Cultural Center and Trading Post in downtown Easton, PA (lower level of the Bachmann Publick House at the corner of Northampton & S. 2nd Sts.). Fulfilling a Prophecy was curated by Chief Robert Red Hawk Ruth (currently the sitting chief) and Shelley DePaul, both of the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania, and University of Pennsylvania graduate student Abigail Seldin.

The exhibit is the first time members of the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania have offered to share their family histories with the public at large, and they have chosen to the their story through “The Prophecy of the Fourth Crow”, an ancient story passed down among the Lenape for generations. Chief Red Hawk summarizes the current interpretation of the Prophecy in the following way: “We now know that the First Crow was the Lenape before the coming of the Europeans. The Second Crow symbolized the death and destruction of our culture. The Third Crow was our people going underground and hiding. The Fourth Crow was the Lenape becoming caretakers again and working with everybody to restore this land.”

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After the 1737 Walking Purchase Till Now Below is The Prophecy of the Fourth Crow as told by Robert Red Hawk Ruth and translated by Shelley DePual: Neweneit Na Ahas The Prophecy of the Fourth Crow Lomewe, luwe na okwes xu laxakwihele xkwithakamika.

Long ago it was said that a fox will be loosened on the earth.

Ok nen luwe newa ahasak xu peyok.

Also it was said four crows will come.

Netami ahas kenthu li guttitehewagan wichi Kishelemukonk.

The first crow flew the way of harmony with Creator.

Nisheneit ahas kwechi pilito entalelemukonk, shek palsu ok ankela.

The second crow tried to clean the world, but he became sick and he died.

Nexeneit ahas weneyoo ankelek xansa ok koshiphuwe.

The third crow saw his dead brother and he hid.

Neweneit ahas kenthu li guttitehewagan lapi wichi Kishelemukonk.

The fourth crow flew the way of harmony again with Creator.

Kenahkihechik xu withatuwak xkwithakamika.

Caretakers they will live together on the earth.

This following information from the exhibit offers insight into the beginning of the Lenape people and through the present time: The Time of the First Crow begins with the creations of the Lenape

by Kishelemukonk, the Creator. The powerful spirit Meesing initially opposed the creation of the Lenape, as he believed they would abuse the land. Hoping to dissuade Kishelemukonk from creating man, he competed with the Creator in a mountain-moving contest that ultimately ended with the Creator hitting Meesing in the face with the mountain. Humbled by the Creator’s actions, he offered to serve as protector of the woodlands so that he might provide animals to sustain the Lenape. In gratitude, the Lenape still celebrate a Meesing ceremony each autumn.

In the times before European contact, the Lenape typically moved their village sites every 20 years. This strategy of conservation was an integral part of the Lenape mindset as caretakers not only of the land, but also of the natural world that provided for their needs. Lenape villagers recognized the risks of both over-hunting and soil exhaustion

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from agriculture, so they routinely moved their homes to allow for natural replenishment of the abandoned area.

A Question of Blood?

Genealogical research and oral histories indicate that LenapeEuropean families encouraged their children to marry into families with the same heritage.

Robert Seipler and Christiana Serfass were distant cousins, both descendants of the Lenape-Serfass fine. As a result of marriages like Robert and Christiana’s, many of the Lenape people in Pennsylvania today descend from strong Lenape bloodlines, rather than from one far-removed Lenape ancestor.

However, ancestry is only one of the elements of Lenape heritage. Oral family traditions, stories, ceremonies, heirlooms, and documentary records have been vital in maintaining and transmitting this rich culture from one generation to the next. Sarah Jane Heller taught her children and grandchildren to speak the Munsee dialect she learned from her Lenape mother.

images courtesy of the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania

Intermarriage After the arrival of German immigrants to Lenape lands in the early 1700s, children of both groups often played together, establishing familiarity and social ties. Some Lenape women married settlers, especially along these frontier German communities.

The Lenape also married into Mennonite, Quaker, Amish, and runaway slave communities.

These relationships would lay the

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After the 1737 Walking Purchase Till Now groundwork for the continuing presence of the Lenape in Pennsylvania and for the identities the Lenape would claim as they hid their heritage during the 19th and 20th centuries.

Lenape oral history suggests that some Germans sought Lenape wives, as they took naturally to farm life and worked hard. Roxiania Lenape Ames, like many women, refused to give up her traditions after marrying a German man. Roxania continued to practice Lenape medicine and taught her children to preserve pumpkin in the Lenape fashion. Children of these mixed marriages often bought farmland in Pennsylvania during the 18th and 19th centuries. On these private lands, they were able to maintain their culture in relative obscurity.

Lenape Language The arrival of the Fourth Crow has led to the revitalization of the Lenape culture and language. Though only a handful of speakers of the Lenape language remain in the Pennsylvania, the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania has developed a curriculum to teach the language to their children and the older people who want to learn.

Through their efforts to revive the language, the Lenape of Pennsylvania have also reconnected with their relatives in other Lenape groups. On May 4, 2008, the Center for Native American Studies at the University of Pennsylvania hosted a Lenape Language Workshop. Representatives from the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania, the Munsee Delaware of Canada, the Delaware Nation of Canada, the Stockbridge-Munsee Community of Wisconsin, the Delaware Nation of Oklahoma traveled to the University of Pennsylvania Museum to discuss strategies for maintaining the Lenape language, which is classified as an endangered language.

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Connexions Gallery 213 Northampton Street, Easton, PA 610-250-7627

Allentown Art Museum 31 N. 5th Street, Allentown, PA 610-432-4333

Katagami: The Japanese Stencil thru July 28, Maker & Muse: Women and Early Twentieth Century Art Jewelry thru Aug. 30, An Essential Presence: The Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African-American Art thru Sept. 1, Deco After Dark: Evening Wear, 1920–1945 thru Sept. 1, and Fresh Perspective: Modernism in Photography, 1920–1950 thru Sept. 22. Open Wed.-Sat. 11am-4pm (3rd Thur. till 8pm) & Sun. 12-4pm. allentownartmuseum.org

Arts Community of Easton: The Susan Huxley Gallery at the Quadrant 20 N. 3rd Street, Easton, PA 484-894-6652

Jess Echevarria: All I’ve Got is All I Need July 6-Aug. 11, reception July 6, 7-10pm. Open Mon. 12-5pm, Thur.

12-7pm, Fri. 12-8pm, Sat. 11am-8pm & Sun. 12-6pm. connexionsgallery.com

The David E. Rodale and Rodale Family Galleries The Baum School of Art 510 Linden Street, Allentown, PA 610-433-0032

Mark May: Assembly Required July 11-Aug. 8. Open Mon.Thur. 9am-9pm, Fri. & Sat. 9am-3pm. baumschool.org

Artwork by Peche Brown thru July 31. Open Tues.-Sat. 8am5pm & Sun. 8am-4pm.

ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem, PA 610-332-1300

What is a Lemon? - Martha Rich Art Installation thru Aug. 26, and ArtPop 2019 Winners Exhibition thru Sept. 15. Open Mon.-Wed. 3:30-9pm, Thur. 4-11pm, Fri. 4pm-12am, Sat. 11am-12am, and Sun. 12-9pm. artsquest.org/arts

Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center The Fine Art Galleries 522 W. Maple Street, Allentown, PA 610-347-9988

Venus: New Watercolors by Britni Houser thru Aug. 30, reception July 18, 6-8pm Open Mon.-Fri. 10am-6pm & during programs/events. bradburysullivancenter.org/galleries

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Gallery at St. John’s 330 Ferry Street, Easton, PA 610-258-6119

In the Good Old Summer Time July 14-Aug. 18, reception July 14, 11am-4pm. Open Sun. 11am-1pm & by appt. stjohnseaston.org/ministries/gallery

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Museum of Ethnography 22 S. 3rd Street, 2nd floor, Easton, PA 908-798-0805

Tolerant No Longer (6-minute film) thru Sept. 30. Open Tues. & Fri. 11am-4pm, Sat. 11am-2pm & by appt. maryaclarity.com

Ronald K. De Long Gallery Penn State Lehigh Valley 2809 Saucon Valley Road, Center Valley, PA 610-285-5261

2019 Bethlehem Palette Club All Member Exhibition thru July 27. Open Mon.-Thur. 11am-5pm, Fri. 11am-3pm & Sat. 10am-2pm. lehighvalley.psu.edu/ronald-k-de-long-gallery

Rotunda Gallery at City Hall 10 E. Church Street, Bethlehem, PAÂ 610-398-1451

5TH Biennial Invitational Self-Portrait Exhibit thru Aug. 8, and Gerald Simcoe: Paintings Aug. 14-Sept. 21, reception Aug. 18, 2-4pm. Open Mon.-Fri. 8:30am-4:30pm. bfac-lv.org

Nazareth Center for the Arts 30 Belvidere Street, Nazareth, PA 610-614-0404

Seeking Shelter: Paintings by Denise Halpin July 6-27, and Photographs by Elizabeth Judge Wyant Aug. 3-24, reception Aug. 18, 2-4pm. Open Thur.

6-8pm, Sat. 10am-12pm & by appt.

SmARTivities Showcase 60 Centre Square, Easton, PA 484-544-3954

Various artists and working studios on display. Open Tues.Sat. 10am-6pm & Sun. 12-5pm. smARTivities.net

Nurture Nature Center 518 Northampton Street, Easton, PA 610-253-4432

Grossman Gallery Lafayette College 243 N. 3rd Street, Easton, PA 610-330-5831

Chawne Kimber: Cottoning On thru July 27. Open Wed.-Sat. 11am-4pm & by appt. galleries.lafayette.edu

The Tribes and Ecosystems of Colombia: A Microcosm of Our World, and Forces of Nature: Animal Helmets by Dana Van Horn thru Aug. 28.

Open Wed. 12-4pm, Thur. 6-9pm, Sat. 12-4pm & by appt. nurturenaturecenter.org

Hunterdon Art Museum 7 Lower Center Street, Clinton, NJ 908-735-8415

HAM Faculty Exhibition, Transformed: Paper in Dimension, Aurora Robson: Re:fuse, and Shari Mendelson: Amphorae and Apparitions thru Sept. 1. Open Tues.-Sun. 11am-5pm. hunterdonartmuseum.org

IF Museum/Academy 107 N. 4th Street, Easton, PA 610-258-0777

After Images: New Works by JongWang Lee thru Sept. 29, reception Sept. 6, 5-9pm. Open Sat. & Sun. 12-5pm and by appt. artfusionism.org

ME-Art Studio 22 S. 3rd Street, 2nd floor, Easton, PA 908-319-4864

Gallery and working studio of Beverly Murbach-Erhardt featuring watercolors, acrylics and art cards. Open Fri.-Sat. 11am-4pm. me-artstudio.com

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Buck Hall Lafayette College 219 N. 3rd Street, Easton, PA 610-330-3311

Easton Summer Cinema: Children of Heaven July 9, The Third Man July 16, Shoplifters July 23, Moonlight July 30, and 42nd Street Aug. 6.

Bucks County Playhouse 70 S. Main Street, New Hope, PA 215-862-2121

Mama Mia! thru Aug. 3, 10th Anniversary Celebration of Embraceable You July 15, Adam Pascal: So Far July 20, Shrek The Musical Jr. July 24-Aug. 3, Always . . . Patsy Kline Aug. 9-Sept. 7. bcptheater.org

Hunterdon Hills Playhouse 88 Route 173 West, Hampton, NJ 800-447-7313

I Do! I Do! July 16-Aug. 17. hhplayhouse.com

Muhlenberg Summer Music Theatre 2400 Chew Street, Allentown, PA 484-664-3333

Bohemia: A World Premiere All-Ages Circus Performance thru July 27, and Anything Goes July 11-28. muhlenberg. edu/summermusictheatre

Northampton Community College Summer Theatre Kopecek Hall 3835 Green Pond Road, Bethlehem, PA 484-484-3412

Newsies July thru 21. countrygate.org

Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story thru July 14, The Perfect Dog July 10-Aug. 3, and Jesus Christ Superstar July 24Aug. 4. ncctix.org

Pines Dinner Theatre 448 N. 17th Street, Allentown, PA 610-433-2333

Pump Boys and Dinettes July 13-Aug. 18. pinesdinnertheatre.com

Country Gate Theatre 114 Greenwich Street, Belvidere, NJ 908-475-1104

Pennsylvania Playhouse 390 Illick’s Mill Road, Bethlehem, PA 610-865-6665

Avenue Q July 26-Aug. 11. paplayhouse.org

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival DeSales University 2755 Station Avenue, Center Valley, PA 610-282-9455

The Mystery of Irma Vep: A Penny Dreadful thru July 14, The Adventures of Robin Hood and Maid Marian thru Aug. 3, Antony & Cleopatra July 10-Aug. 4, Private Lives July 18-Aug. 4, Shakespeare for Kids July 24-Aug. 3, and Henry IV July 24-Aug. 4. pashakespeare.org

Shawnee Playhouse River Road, Shawnee-On-Delaware, PA 570-421-5093

The Amish Project thru July 20, Disney’s Aladdin JR. thru July 20, Parallel Lives July 12-14, Mamma Mia July 19Aug. 11, Hairspray JR. July 25-Aug. 10, Summer Cabaret II July 25, and Church Basement Ladies Aug. 16-Sept. 1. theshawneeplayhouse.com

State Theatre Center for the Arts 453 Northampton Street, Easton, PA 800-999-STATE

Art Garfunkel July 24, and Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul July 26. statetheatre.org 18

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IRREGULAR BOOKSHELF

with Carole J. Heffley

*WAR IN HISTORY* THE BRITISH ARE COMING: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton 1775-1777 by Rick Atkinson: The Week magazine (6/14/19) writes that this new non-fiction book is an account of how people on the ground experienced the unfolding violence of the Revolutionary War. Furthermore, The Week states that this is not a book for anyone in a hurry and that the author gives a “you-are-there” kind of experience. A “Smart, detailed account of the War’s ups and downs”.

SILENT NIGHT: The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce

by Stanley Weintraub: The WWI miracle of a Christmas Eve truce experienced by men on the front line, not by generals “in the rear”.

LEE AND HIS GENERALS by Captain William P. Snow: The best book ever written about the Civil War and its battles. First published in 1867 from the first-hand observations of Capt. Snow, the book has the immediacy and accuracy about the war that can only be accomplished through first-hand accounts of the actual battles and the men who fought them.

THE CIVIL WAR DAY BY DAY by Phillip Katcher: The title says it all. Lavishly illustrated. A must-have for any Civil War buff. *JUST ABOUT EASTON* A FRONTIER VILLAGE, Pre-Revolutionary Easton by A.D. Chidsey, Jr.: From the research and papers of Mr. Chidsey, published in 1940, this is the authoritative guide to the history of early Easton. Reprints might be available from the Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Society.

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Irregular Bookshelf with Carole J. Heffley

HISTORIC EASTON FROM THE WINDOW OF A TROLLEY-CAR by William J. Heller: Numerous pre-1900 photographs make this book a treasure-trove of Easton information.

EASTON PA: A History by Richard F. Hope: An introduction to the origins, historical traditions, and buildings of Easton, Pennsylvania. The most complete street by street history of historic downtown Easton. Exhaustive historic research makes this book a must-have for anyone who loves Easton. Subjects include the famous “Walking Purchase”, the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, the Easton Flag, and much more. The definitive history of numerous buildings such as the Bachmann Tavern Publick House and architectural landmarks such as the

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Lafayette Arch are punctuated with wonderful photography. Buy it at the Sigal Museum Book Store or online at Lulu Press.

EASTON PA: Historic Tours by Richard F. Hope: Follow Easton’s eminent historian around the city street by street in this tell-all book about the buildings and past residents here. In a postscript on page 234, Mr. Hope bemoans that he has only “scratched the surface” of Easton’s striking historical architecture and ending that tales of other notable buildings must be told on “another day…and by another teller”. With over 200 pages of painstaking research, it is difficult to believe that any author/historian could be sorry that he could not do even more to present the backbone of a town. The many photographs in this book make every building instantly recognizable and the Centre Square out-of-print book tour is included. Look for it at the Sigal Museum Book Store or online at Lulu Press.

THE LITTLE APPLE: Easton Pa During Prohibition by Richard F. Hope: Before Prohibition began, Easton was home to numerous breweries and the surrounding area was home to at least one “still” (located on Morgan’s Hill) as far as I know. In this book, Mr. Hope discusses Easton’s dubious past as a place where prohibition was winked at by all concerned. LuLu Press describes this book as: “An investigation of the alcohol, gambling and brothel businesses during the Prohibition Era.” The Little Apple includes true stories so funny that you’d think Damon Runyon thought them up, and includes some of Mr. Hope’s theories about the very serious criminal alliances and enforcement patterns during that era.

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MERCHANTS BANK CELEBRATES 15 YEARS! In 2004, Merchants Bank of Bangor decided to join the banking community in Downtown Easton. Located in a small loan office on the square next to what is now The Standard, Merchants Bank began their commitment to serve the residents and the community at large.

The office grew quickly and, in 2014, moved to its current location at 46 Centre Square. Today the office is more than a lending site; it’s a full-service branch bank - neighborhood style. When you walk through the doors, you aren’t greeted by a line to see a teller; you’re invited to sit and have a one-on-one conversation, however long you need. Its personal style focuses on putting the customer first.

Over the Bank’s 15-year tenure, the office staff has become very familiar with many community organizations, helping to support them in every aspect. They volunteer their time to serve meals at Cornerstone Church the second Monday of each month; to work various fundraising events such as for Third Street Alliance and Easton Area Community Center; to work Greater Easton Development Partnership’s PA Bacon Fest, assisting at Heritage Day and Garlic Fest, and providing financial literacy classes at The Children’s Home of Easton and ProJeCt of Easton. These are a few of the many commitments that the Easton staff and the Bank overall generously give to serve the community as we grow together.

In recent years, Downtown Easton has seen a change in the banking district. With Wells Fargo and Bank of America closing their branches, Lafayette Ambassador’s name change to Fulton Financial, and BBT’s merger with Sun Trust and their new name – Truist, it won’t be hard to remember the only player who hasn’t changed their commitment to Easton. Merchants Bank continues to identify opportunities to assist downtown Easton’s businesses and residents as they look toward the next 15 years.

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GARDENING

A Few Gardening Secrets article and photos by Pam Ruch

3. Newer is not always better.

Now that I’ve got your attention you should know this: gardeners don’t keep secrets. Gardeners are as generous with their acquired wisdom as they are with their zucchinis. In that spirit, here are some of the insights that come to me as I prune and weed:

In fact, it’s sometimes not nearly as good. Annual flowers are often bred to flower early for the convenience of the grower, and to remain compact for economy of shipping. I am a fan of heirloom flowers, such as 3 foot tall, exquisitely scented flowering tobacco (Nicotiana alata); ‘Lauren’s Grape’ poppy; deer-resistant tall blue ageratum; and bushy, dependable Four O’Clocks. You won’t find these plants at most garden centers, but fortunately, they’re easy to grow from seed.

1. Once you figure out what works, work it!

At the Glasbern Inn, where I’ve been gardening for many years, the shaly soil is a limiting factor. It drains very quickly, so I have learned to rely heavily on plants that do not let me down, even in times of drought. I constantly move around the moss phlox (Phlox subulata) that lines the driveway, pulling up clumps and burying the roots in rocky spaces where little else thrives. I know that in a couple of years each clump will have become a glorious mass of color. Likewise, I know I can dig up an easygoing ‘Golden Tiara’ hosta, divide it into six, and plant the divisions right where I want them. That goes for my two favorite sedums, ‘Angelina’ and ‘Autumn Joy’, as well.

Knock Out® roses have come and gone over the years, but ‘Carefree Delight’ has bloomed profusely every June for well over a decade, looking fresh and, well, delightful. Geranium macrorrhizum, tough and deer proof, is another go-to plant.

Wherever you put it—sun, shade, wet, dry—it will not just survive, it will create a spring-blooming, carefree groundcover that won’t go wandering where it doesn’t belong. While it’s important to try out the new and unusual, your lineup of triedand-true performers makes up your garden’s foundation.

4. It’s all about the edges.

I’m not talking about the perfectly mulched, deeply cut edges that you see on garden tours. What I’m talking about is a universal truth: that boundaries are where the action is.

Ecologists call this the “edge effect”. Diversity rises along the borders, and in the case of gardens, that means more creeping Charlie, more chickweed, more crabgrass. If you don’t have time to do a thorough garden go-over, clean up the perimeter.

Your garden will look great on casual inspection, and party crashers will be stopped at the gate.

2. Garden for tomorrow.

Landscapers often do what I call “designing with plants.” This is not gardening. The joy of gardening comes, in large part, from anticipation. No garden is static, and planning for succession is half the fun. You can start zinnia and basil seeds in June and pop the plants in the spaces left by larkspur, dill, or lettuce. Or put some ornamental pepper seedlings in pots, so you can plant them in the garden later, when space allows. A good gardener is always thinking about how the garden, vegetable or ornamental, will perform next week, next month, next year.

Plant annual plants such as ‘Black Pearl’ pepper and tropical milkweed in between your perennials for late season color.

5. Gardens are for people, and its corollary: You’re in charge of your plants (sort of).

This might seem to be in direct conflict with another firm belief, which is that gardens are for insects, but I believe that garden wisdom will allow for both. I have what I call the “six foot rule”, and it goes like this: if a six-foot person can’t walk on a path without ducking and contorting then it’s time to prune. A gracious garden invites you to walk through, smell the roses, count the pollinators, examine the aphids and their predators.

Artful pruning and thoughtful editing will allow this.

6. Don’t try to repeat your successes ‘Carefree Delight’, introduced in 1966, never fails to delight.

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Gardening it; take photos; invite garden friends to appreciate it. If you try to make it happen again it may meet your expectations, but more likely it will not, for any of a number of reasons, including:

A. Most annual flowers, like vegetables, are healthier when they are not planted in the same place year after year.

B. Bloom times of perennials and shrubs are affected by the weather. Blooms that coincide one year may not do so the next.

C. The impact of weather on your plants is variable and unpredictable. Roses may appreciate a wet spring; irises most definitely will not.

D. Perhaps more importantly, a garden in flux will keep you on your toes. Creativity, observation, and experimentation are all part of the garden experience.

The more you push the boundaries and explore new combinations and methods, the more your garden will give back to you.

So, what are your garden “secrets?”

Horticulturist and writer Pam Ruch, caretaker of the Nurture Nature Center Urban Recycle Garden, tends gardens in the Lehigh Valley and Princeton, NJ, and speaks about gardening and nature topics.

This naturalistic grouping of Silene armeria, ‘Golden Tiara’ hosta, Lady’s mantle, and blue fescue makes a beautiful, but fleeting, display.

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IRREGULAR EVENTS COMMUNITY:

Every Sat. thru Dec.: Easton Farmers’ Market. (July 13: 267th Every Thur. 10am-2pm: Cops ‘n’ Kids Reading Room. NCC Birthday, July 20: Zucchini 500, Aug. 3: Peach Day, Aug. 17: Educational Center, 25 S. 3rd St., Easton. Info: 610-332-6405, 610- Tomato Day). 9am-1pm. Centre Sq., Easton, PA. Info: 610-3309942, eastonfarmersmarket.com 253-8271, copsnkidseaston@gmail.com, copsnkidseaston.org Every Thurs. 2pm-5pm thru Aug. 15: Cops ‘n’ Kids Reading July 14: Easton Heritage Day. 11am-10:30pm; fireworks Room Oh the Places You’ll Go! Children’s story and craft linked to 9:30pm. Centre Sq. and Riverside & Scott Parks, Easton, PA. Info: a different country each week + free books (story & craft 3-4pm). heritageday.org

Easton Community Center, 901 Washington St. (9th St. entrance), July 18: Destination Arts: Third Thursday. 5-8pm. Multiple Easton. Info: 610-332-6405, 610-253-8271, copsnkidseaston@ Art Venues in Downtown Allentown. Info: 610-751-4929, gmail.com, copsnkidseaston.org downtownallentown.com Every Tues. & Thur. 10am-3pm: Senior Connection, a free community senior program offering social and mental stimulation for older adults. Arndt’s Lutheran Church, 1851 Arndt Rd., Forks Twp. Info: 610-253-3732, Nancy Walters 610-253-0726, nancywalters@rcn.com

July 26: Easton Out Loud Fourth Fridays: Under the Stars. 5-9pm.

Downtown Easton. Info: 610-250-6533, eastonoutloud.com July 27: Hispanic Cultural Festival. 3-10pm. Scott Park, Larry Holmes Dr., Easton, PA. Info: facebook.com/ festivalhispanoculturaleaston

Every Tues., Wed, Thur. 9am-1pm: Silver Connections: Fun Aug. 3-4: Lebanese Heritage Days. Sat. 5pm-12am, Sun. 11amfor Seniors. Easton Area Community Center, 901 Washington St., 10pm. Our Lady of Lebanon Church, 44 S. 4th St., Easton, PA. Info: Easton. Info: 610-253-8271, Saints1@ptd.net 610-252-5275 Every Sat. at dusk thru Aug. 24: Forks Township Movies in Aug. 8-10: LafFest Easton. 8-10pm. Thur. & Fri. at ONE Center the Park (July 13: Instant Family, July 27: Incredibles 2, Aug. 10: The Square, Easton; Sat. at Riverside Park Amphitheatre, Larry Secret Life of Pets, Aug. 24: Jurassic World, Fallen Kingdom). Forks Holmes Dr., Easton. Info: 610-250-6600 Community Park Amphitheater, 500 Zucksville Rd., Easton. Info: August 14-18: 2019 Palmer Township Community Weekend.

610-250-2260 Wed. Movies in the Park at dusk, Thur. 6-10pm, Fri. 6pm-12am,

Third Sat. thru Sept. 21: Cruise Nights (July 20: Main Street Sat. 5pm-12am (fireworks at 10), Sun. 1-9pm. Fairview Park, 700 Cruisers, Aug. 17: Johnny’s Jukebox). 5-9pm (music 7-9). Centre Fairview Ave., Palmer Twp., PA. Info: 610-253-7191 Sq., Easton. Info: 610-250-6600

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Irregular Events Aug. 15: Destination Arts: Third Thursday. 5-8pm. Multiple Art Venues in Downtown Allentown. Info: 610-751-4929, downtownallentown.com Aug. 23: Easton Out Loud Fourth Fridays: Totally 80’s. 5-9pm.

Downtown Easton. Info: 610-250-6533, eastonoutloud.com Aug. 25: Clam Jam. 12-7pm. 3 & Ferry Fish Market, 56 S. 3 St., Easton. Info: 610-829-1404, thirdandferry.com/clam-jamfestival.html RD

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LIVE MUSIC: Every Wed. 7pm thru Aug. 14: Forks Township Sounds of Summer (July 10: Steel Creek, July 24: Bad Company Experience, July 31: The Moon Dogs, Aug. 14: Smith Compound Band). Forks Community Park Amphitheater, 500 Zucksville Rd., Easton. Info: 610-250-2260 Every Thur. 6-8pm thru July 18: Tunes at Twilight (July 11: Sunshine Symphony, July 18: Billy Bauer Band). Sun Inn Courtyard, 564 Main St., Bethlehem. Info: 484-280-3024, getdowntownbethlehem.com Every Fri. 6pm thru July 26: Acoustic Kitchen (July 5: Neil Grover, July 12: Adam Web, July 19: Brad Hinton, July 26: Leah Marie Fuls). Easton Public Market, 325 Northampton St., Easton.

Info: 610-330-9942 Every Sun. 6-8pm thru Aug. 25: Meuser Park Summer Concert Series (July 14: Pioneer Band of Allentown, July 21: Nazareth Community Band, July 28: The Swing Time Dolls, Aug.

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4: Little Brass Band of the Lehigh Valley, Aug. 11: Lehigh Valley Italian American Band, Aug. 18: Easton Municipal Band, Aug. 25: The Main Street Cruisers). 22nd & Northampton Sts., Wilson Borough. Info: 610-258-3040 July 9 & Aug. 13: Bach at Noon. 12:10pm (doors open at 11:30am). St. John’s Lutheran Church, 37 S. 5th St., Allentown.

Info: 610-866-4382 x110 or 115, bach.org July 12: Live at the Falls: Craig Thatcher Band. 5:30-9pm. Scott Park, Larry Holmes Dr., Easton. Info: liveatthefalls.com Aug. 9: Live at the Falls: Jeff Bellfy & Co. 5:30-9pm. Scott Park, Larry Holmes Dr., Easton. Info: liveatthefalls.com HISTORY & NATURE: Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center 400 Belfast Road, Nazareth, PA 610-746-2801, jacobsburgsp@pa.gov, dcnr.pa.gov/StateParks/FindAPark/ JacobsburgEnvironmentalEducationCenter July 6: Butterflies of Jacobsburg. 10am-12pm, reg. req.

July 6 & 13: Volunteer Afternoon. 1-3pm July 10: Hike for Health with a St. Luke’s University health professional. 5:30-7pm July 12: Family Night: Crayfish. 6:30-8pm, reg. req.

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Irregular Events Moravian Historical Society 214 E. Center Street, Nazareth, PA 610-759-5070, moravianhistory.org Thru Aug. 25: Free Summer Sundays (July 7: Quill pen writing & fraktur coloring, July 14: Paper dolls/Colonial dress-up, July 21: Make your own colonial house, July 28: Tinsmithing, Aug. 4: Whirligig Making, Aug. 11: Cross stitch, Aug. 18: Canoe craft, Aug. 25: Weaving). 1-4pm July 13: Historic Nazareth Walking Tour. 4-5pm Aug. 10: Historic Nazareth Walking Tour. 4-5pm National Canal Museum 2750 Hugh Moore Park Road, Easton, PA 610-923-3548, canals.org Thru Sept. 29: Museum and/or boat ride. Wed.-Sun. 11:30am4:30pm July 6: Dinner on the Canal: Stars & Stripes. 5:30-8pm/$55 July 13: Dinner on the Canal: Canal Stories & Songs. 5:308pm/$55 July 27: Dinner on the Canal: Island Park Amusements. 5:308pm/$55 July 28: Walking Tour of Hugh Moore Park’s Industrial Past.

1pm/adm. price or $5 Aug. 10: Dinner on the Canal: Molly Polly Chunker Revisited.

5-7:30pm/$55 Aug. 24: Dinner on the Canal: Whiskey Tasting w/Red Stag Pub. 5-7:30pm/$75 Aug. 25: Walking Tour of Hugh Moore Park’s Industrial Past.

1pm/adm. price or $5 Nurture Nature Center 518 Northampton Street, Easton, PA 610-253-4432, liesel@nurturenaturecenter.org, nurturenaturecenter.org Every Wed. & Sat. 12-4pm, Thur. 6-9pm: Science on a Sphere & SOS Explorer Touch Screen Kiosk.

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July 10: Workshops for kids (ages 5-10): Pollinators: Learn about the important work bees do. Observe pollinators in our garden. Design and build your own bug house.

1-2:30pm July 13: Immersive Easton at Nurture Nature Center. 2-4pm July 17: Workshops for kids (ages 5-10): Flying Fancies: Focus is on butterflies and moths. Design a kite of your favorite flyer. 1-2:30pm July 20: Easton Star Party. 8:30-10:30pm. Scott Park, Larry Holmes Dr., Easton.

July 24: Workshops for kids (ages 5-10): Aquatic insects: A watershed specialist will show us insects that live in rivers and lakes. Make your own aquatic insect from recycled items.

July 27: Special Family Program: Butterflies with Rick Mikula.

1-2:30pm July 31: Workshops for kids (ages 5-10): Outdoor painting on the Young Masters Wall, Karl Stirner Arts Trail: Use what you learned about aquatic insects to paint artwork on the wall to educate others about these insects. 1:-2:30pm

Sigal Museum (NCHGS) 342 Northampton St., Easton, PA 610-253-1222, sigalmuseum.org July 14: Heritage Day Festivities & Historic House Tours.

10am-4pm July 22-26: Fowler Family History Camp –Week Two July 26: Fourth Friday – Roaring Twenties Trivia Night. 7pm (walking tour: 6pm) Aug. 7: Lunch & Learn: Celtic Classic Founder Neville Gardner. 12:30-1:30pm Have an event taking place in the local area? Email it to us here at The Irregular, bruneo1776@aol.com. Events will be placed on the events calendar at the discretion of the publisher.

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•ITO• - SHOW US THE WAY

by Janene Otten

•ITO• is four men with a message of love. Through the band’s music, they carry us all together on a journey of spiritual evolution. •ITO• taps into a power that is ancient in its origins. Music is an ancient artform. Although researchers cannot prove the exact time of the origins of the actual creation of music, there is proof that Homo heidelbergensis, likely our last common ancestor with Neanderthals, had vocal physiology very similar to modern humans. So, it is possible that music existed at least 500,000 years ago around the time when H. heidelbergensis evolved.

Pondering the earliest existence of such an artform begs at questions such as Why was music created? Did music drive evolution or was it an accessory to other forms of expression, most notably language? There are key elements of the language of music; tone, pitch, resonance, volume, tempo, rhythm, melody, chords, harmony and vibrato.

•ITO• is fully conscious of these elements and with them has expressed life’s yearning to balance “experiences, struggle, success, tragedy and bliss”. The result is songs charged with uplifting motifs and unique transitions.

Brothers Galen and Simon Deery and drummer Michael Lear began as a three piece. Lear has known them since their birth. Their bond is a familial one. He remembers holding Simon as a baby the day he was

brought home from the hospital and all these years later, they, as Lear puts it, have “landed on the same musical page”. They recently added a “savvy” guitarist, Will Coccia. Will met the brothers while all were students at Easton’s School of Rock. Will explores several styles of guitar including jazz, finger style and hard rock. The ease of his technical prowess and his sense of melody elevates the exuberance present in the band’s existing sound. Galen Deery leads the band on vocals and plays ukulele. He called their music “psychedelic spirit jam: A self-named music genre,” and was drawn to the ukulele when his father (artist Paul Deery) showed him a video from TED Talks. He remembers, “There was this Japanese man. His name is Jake [Shimabukuro] and he played Bohemian Rhapsody on the ukulele. And before he did that he was speaking about the instrument and how it is the instrument of peace. You can’t listen to the ukulele and not feel good.

And I was like, yes sir!”

Galen’s lyric writing is important to the band’s message. Lear glows, “Galen’s a poet when it comes to writing the song’s lyrics; a real channel of a sincere and much needed message.” Galen affirms he is “a vessel for the universe”. He has a supportive, nurturing family and the music would “not be possible” without his

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Irregular Beats grandparents. “I’m beyond grateful for those two people.

They have been my inspiration, my motivation, my communication…everything.” For him, the real goal is “to get everybody to be more compassionate and more loving so that when they have children, they see their children as divine manifestations of the One and raise it up higher than they were. Coming together to listen to music is one of the many things to be done to change the world.”

•ITO•’s first full-length album, Spirit of the Redwoods is due out sometime in 2019. According to Galen, the inspiration for all music he’s written he found in California’s Redwood Forest. Two years ago, he was initiated by his teacher there as a Sufi and he has spent six summers being “informed” by her and by the trees. The likely first single “Shine” is driven by Simon Deery’s moving bass that plays happily with the momentum of Lear’s crisp rhythmic percussion. The song invites us to open our eyes and open our hearts to the music’s message. In the world today, we all would be wise to thirst for a musical experience that is not an escape but rather a call for peace and understanding.

Music that calls us to sing and dance together to calibrate the Earth’s frequency. As Carol Mann of Planet Jackson Hole writes:

At this party, they are the most venerable of hosts.

They have a wildly exuberant sound that feeds the soul.

With a strong voice more mature than his years, Galen imparts, “If we all can extend a hand rather than turn that hand away, the world would change really, really quickly.”

To find out more and to buy •ITO•’s EP album Barefoot visit www.itomusic1.com.

All life on Earth is calibrated to the frequency of the planet. Everything from our brain waves and biorhythms to our states of consciousness are directly correlated to the Earth’s frequencies. The Earth’s heartbeat, The Schumann Resonance, has been steady at 7.83Hz until [five] years ago when it began to accelerate to somewhere in the 15 to 25Hz levels. In January 2017, the Schumann Resonance had reached frequencies of 36+ for the first time in recorded history. This is a big deal.

The Earth is rapidly shifting her vibration. The direction of the planetary evolution correlates closely to the higher energy frequency of love… the long-standing wisdom to choose love over fear is the ticket to our evolution. This acceleration is not meant to do us in. It is a wake-up call for us to upgrade our consciousness and take a quantum evolutionary leap with the planet.

•ITO•’s music is making the world a better place. Many writers have called it music with a conscience. Michael Lear has committed his life to serving global and local communities through relief work, yoga and mindfulness.

He notes, “I’ve been living this message for decades and now here it is in musical form. These guys all live from their hearts and it’s through the music that the job is getting done.

It’s just in the band’s DNA. We’re just sharing the joy of playing uplifting and inspiring music together and keeping the vibe high…that’s the kind of party we wish to create.” call 610-258-4330 to advertise

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AT THE LIBRARIES Easton Area Public Library (Downtown Branch) 515 Church Street • Easton 610-258-2917 • eastonpl.org Hours: Mon.-Thur. 9-9, Fri. 9-6, Sat. 9-5, Closed Sun. 1st & 3rd Mon.: Quilting Club. 6-8pm July 10: Didgeridoo Down Under. 10am July 10: A Galaxy of Movies: Apollo 13. 2-4pm July 17: A Galaxy of Movies: E.T. 2-4pm July 24: A Galaxy of Movies: Guardians of the Galaxy. 2-4pm July 30: Monitoring Toxic Algae in Tap Water w/Susan Wright, undergraduate researcher for Dr. Susan Ruffell, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. 6:30pm July 31: A Galaxy of Movies: Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

2-4pm Easton Area Public Library (Palmer Branch) 1 Weller Place • Easton 610-258-7492 • eastonpl.org Hours: Mon. 9-5, Tues.-Thur. 9-7, Fri.-Sat. 9-5, Closed Sun. Every Thur.: Sew Others May Be Warm Knitting/Charity Group.

1-3pm Every Thur.: Chapter #14, Soc. PA Archaeology Meeting: Bring your Indian artifacts for typing, age determination. 7pm. Info: Len Ziegler 908-750-4110 2nd Thur.: The Writers Café. 7-9pm. Info: glvwg.vebmeister@ gmail.com July 10: Didgeridoo Down Under. 1pm July 15: Family Film: Star Wars: The Force Awakens. 2-4:30pm July 17: Forever Young Adult Book Group: When the Sky Fell On Splendor by Emily Henry. 6-7pm July 18: True Crime Library Book Group: unsolved murder of JonBenet Ramsey. 6-7pm July 23: Adult Book Group: Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton. 6-7:30pm July 31: Family Film: WALL-E. 6-8pm Aug. 15: True Crime Library Book Group: Life after death. 6-7pm Aug. 20: Vietnam Experience Talk w/Army Vietnam War Veteran Barry Willever. 6pm, reg. req.

Aug. 21: Forever Young Adult Book Group: #murdertrending by Gretchen McNeil. 6-7pm Aug. 27: Adult Book Group: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides. 6-7:30pm

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Mary Meuser Memorial Library 1803 Northampton Street • Wilson Borough 610-258-3040 • meuserlib.org Hours: Tues.-Thur. 9:45-8, Fri. 9:45-5, Sat. 9-4, Closed Sun. & Mon. 1st Tues.: Open Mic Nights. 6:30-8pm July 9: Didgeridoo Down Under. 10am at Wilson Community Center, 2201 Liberty St. Memorial Library of Nazareth & Vicinity 295 E. Center Street • Nazareth 610-759-4932 • nazarethlibrary.org Hours: Mon. 10-5, Tues.-Thur. 10-8, Fri. 10-5, Sat. 9-4, Closed Sun. July 9: Didgeridoo Down Under. 1pm July 10: Nazareth Book Club: The White Cascade by Gary Krist. 6:30pm July 16: Create Your Own Terrarium. 6:30-7:30pm, reg. req.

July 17: Craft Night with Miss Carol. 6:30-7:15pm, reg. req.

July 19: Daytime Book Club: A Woman is No Man

by Etaf Rum. 10:30am July 22: The Reel Book Club: The Martian by Andy Weir. 10:30-11:30am July 26: Valiant Veterans: A Day for Veterans and Their Spouses. 10am-2pm July 31: Bachmann Players Present John Adams. 6:307:30pm Aug. 5: Historical Tour of the Library. 11-11:30am Aug. 6: Historical Tour of the Library. 6-6:30pm

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At The Libraries Aug. 6: Mystery, Crime & History Book Club: Sharpe’s Skirmish by Bernard Cornwell. 6:30-7:30pm Aug. 14: Nazareth Book Club: I Was Told to Come Alone by Souad Mekhennet. 6:30pm Aug. 23: Daytime Book Club: Beneath A Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan Phillipsburg Free Public Library 200 Broubalow Way • Phillipsburg 908-454-3712 • pburglib.org Hours: Mon.-Thur. 9:30-8, Fri.-Sat. 9:30-5, Closed Sun. July 8: Laughter Yoga. 12 & 7pm July 8: PFPL Writers Group. 6pm July 10: Behind the Lens: The Central Park 5 Interrogation Videos. 6pm July 12: Pinochle Club. 12:30pm July 16: Yarn Crafts Group. 5:30pm July 17: Book Forum. 1:30pm July 17: Arts Experience: More Printmaking. 6pm, reg. req.

July 18: Film Screening. The Martian. 7pm July 22: PFPL Writers Group. 6pm July 24: Happy Bookers Discussion Group.

Book Selection TBA. 7pm July 26: Pinochle Club. 12:30pm July 30: Adult Summer Reading Event: Galaxy Swirl Ink Prints.

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Aug. 13: Classic Book Club: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. 7pm Aug. 14: Arts Experience: Nature Themed Craft. 6pm, reg. req.

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