NEW HOPE, PA — Native Americans in New Hope, covered bridges, postcard collections and premiered one-act plays will provide a wide variety of topics for the New Hope Historical Society’s twenty-second annual Speaker Series each Monday in April at 5 p.m., when the Logan Inn will generously provide its comfortable, modern Logan Theater for the series.
The April Speaker Series, created by longtime board member Lynn Stoner, kicks off on April 1 when Chief Blue Jay, Barbara Michalski, who was given the name by her grandfather, Bill Thompson, late Chief Whippoorwill of the Unalachtigo (people near the ocean) Tribe of the Turkey Clan. She is a member of Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania (LNPA), and she has immersed herself in the activities of the Nation.
Chief Blue Jay serves on the Tribal Council; and is Tribal Secretary and one of the Storytellers of the Nation. Last year she was appointed Chief of Culture. She has been participating in educating the public by attending events or festivals in the Lenapehokink (Homeland of the Lenape). Blue Jay will present an intimate portrait of Lenni-Lenape life and culture in Bucks County dating back more than eight centuries.
On April 8, R. Scott Bomboy, author, and historian who has frequently written about local history. He is the author of “The Lost Covered Bridges of Montgomery County” and “Wooden Treasures: The Story of Bucks County’s Covered Bridges.” Bomboy is also chair of the Bucks County Covered Bridge Society. In his journalism career, Bomboy has received five Edward R. Murrow awards in television, and he currently is the editor-in-chief of the National Constitution Center. Scott will present an in-depth look at the birth, demolition, and preservation of these beloved Bucks County covered bridges.
Postcard collectors and postcrossers are certain to be delighted by Michael Miciak’s presentation on April 15, “Wish…
