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Delaware Water Gap part of 'Peaceable Kingdom'

November/2009/
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Pennsylvania artist Edward Hicks used the Delaware Water Gap as a background for some of his well-known Peaceable Kingdom paintings. Hicks was inspired by Isaiah 11:6, “the wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the yearling together; and a little child shall lead them.” Read More...

The early days of ‘Penn’s Woods’

March/2009/
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March 1st through the 8th marks the week-long celebration of Pennsylvania’s birth. In 1681, King Charles II of England granted William Penn a charter to establish a colony in the New World, and it seems appropriate now to take a short look at the man and his colony. Read More...

Converted Quaker Builds Faith in 1800s

November/2007/
The Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, played an influential role in Monroe County’s history. The Quaker presence in Monroe County had its beginnings in Stroudsburg in the early 1800s. Read More...