Our first online Likes Lecture was a well-attended hit with 50 people present. New descendants of New Philadelphia showed up from Idaho.  More than a few people remembered Marvin and Tom Likes. Charlotte E. Johnson (shown at left) spoke for 30 minutes or so on “Family Ties in Pike County” and then there was discussion.  […]

To get the link to attend, send email to newphiladelphiail@gmail.com. As events are over, click the ALL CAPS links below for recordings/details.   With stay-at-home in effect, we have moved our annual Likes Lectures online and invite you to join us! Hear about freedom stories and cultural practices connecting to the remarkable abolitionist town of […]

The Barry Historical Museum memorialized the bicentennial of Frank McWorter’s manumission this last week. Dee Forshey, curator of the museum, presented  the certificate of commemoration to McWorter family members who have continuing ties to Pike County. Both Sandra McWorter Marsh and her brother, Gerald McWorter are on the New Philadelphia Association Board and have been […]

New Philadelphia Presents 2019 Likes Lecture Series at Sprague’s Kinderhook Lodge, located between Barry & Kinderhook on Hwy. 106. Tuesday, June 4th at 7:00 p.m. Swords of the Civil War by Dr. Korhan Raif Tuesday, June 11th at 7:00 p.m. Mother Priscilla Baltimore, founder of Lovejoy, IL Presented by Kathryn Harris of Springfield, IL Tuesday, […]

NPA board members Marynel and Jerry Corton were honored with the Friends of the Community Award for 2017.  Cheered by the crowd for their work and dedication for the Barry community, honorees Marynel and Jerry were chauffeured through the parade route of the Barry Apple Festival.  In addition to her work on behalf of New […]

The New Philadelphia Association acquired 20.23 acres of the Arnett estate property of the historic New Philadelphia town site on October 16, 2017.  The parcel includes all of Blocks 4, 5, 6, 7, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17. The NPA now owns 24.76 acres within the town boundaries, 3.10 acres of property on which […]

Authorized by bi-partisan legislation approved by Congress and signed into law by President Obama, the National Park Service is conducting a special resource study to determine New Philadelphia’s qualifications for inclusion as a unit of the National Park System.  A site visit and community meeting was held on May 11, 2016 and results of the […]

As a member of the National Park Service Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program, New Philadelphia participates in the National Park Service Passport to Your National Parks initiative.  Visitors can commemorate their visit to New Philadelphia with a validation stamp in the “additional cancellations” section of their colorful NPS passport, which includes among its many […]

“A People’s College Primer,” 1969, “initially developed for a course at Fisk University, this text went through six editions and became a staple in programs around the nation. Gift of Dr. Bertha Maxwell Roddey” on display in the Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture, part of the “A Changing America” exhibition.

Family treasures contributed by the McWorter family and artifacts recovered during archaeological excavations at New Philadelphia are displayed in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History as part of the “Many Voices, One Nation”  section of The Nation We Build Together exhibition.  Many members of the McWorter family attended the official opening of the exhibit […]