11:30 a.m. – 9 p.m. | July 11, 2021 | Easton, PA

Music & Performances

Music

Heritage Stage

Located in Centre Square

11:30 a.m.: Edge of Revolution (The Bachmann Players)

Noon: History Parade to the Square, reading of the Declaration of Independence.

1 – 1:45 p.m.: The Swing Time Dolls

2 – 3 p.m.: “Understanding the Walking Purchase of 1737”- The presentation documents the dubious treaty that removed the Lenape people from the Lehigh Valley. Hear Benjamin Franklin, William Penn, and others relay their observations based on authentic observations and records. Chief Gentlemoon, of the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania, will read some of the original complaints against the walking purchase, at a treaty held in Easton’s Square in 1756, in the original language of the Lenape. This is a joint project between the Bachmann Players and The Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania. The walking purchase presentation will be followed by a drum circle by members of the Lenape Nation. 

3:15 – 3:45 p.m.: Colonial Revelers

4 – 5 p.m.: The Jolly Tars

5:15 – 5:45 p.m.: 3rd Regiment United States Colored Troops Reenactors

Star Spangled Stage

Located on South Third Street

12:30 – 2 p.m.: Silas Powell Band

2:30 – 4 p.m.: Jack Adams Blues Band

4:30 – 6 p.m.: Zaire

7 – 9 p.m.: Joyous

Kids’ Activities

Located at the 200 block of Northampton Street

Join Northampton County Historical & Genealogical Society this Heritage Day in the Kids’ Tent. Try your hand at games that settlers and Lenape played, get creative with free craft and activities, and bring the past to the present with a stop-motion movie making station. Located in Centre Square.

Be sure to check out all the games and activities on the 200 block of Northampton St. with Pure Fun Entertainment (fees apply). We can’t wait to see you there!  

History Comes Alive in Downtown Easton

11:30 a.m.: The day begins with The Bachmann Players presenting “Edge of Revolution”, a declaration pre-show featuring a reading of the King’s Declaration against treason and sedition, and Thomas Paine reading an excerpt from his  pamphlet “Common Sense,” which convinced many to take up the cause of independence.

Noon: Easton’s own Christopher Black will take the stage as he portrays Robert Levers and reads aloud the Declaration of Independence in a moving performance.

Reenactors representing various military conflicts from the French and Indian War through the modern day will be represented. 

  • NJ Frontier Guardsmen (French and Indian War)
  • 1st Pennsylvania Regiment (Revolutionary War)
  • 153rd Pennsylvania (Civil War)
  • Army Ground Forces Association (WWII)
  • 27th Armored Infantry Battalion, 9th Armored Division (WWII)
  • Northampton County Marine Corp (Korea)
  • 1st Brigade 50th Armored Division (Cold War)
  • Vietnam Vets
  • 3rd Regiment United States Colored Troops (Civil War)
  • 109th Infantry, 28th Division (WWII)

Also Joining Us:

  • Benjamin Franklin
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Ulysses S. Grant
  • Matt Dodd (Songs of Canal Days)
  • Fife and Drum