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Winter 2025
The Winter edition of The Half Moon newsletter is now available. See articles on a Bucks County tourism grant award, recent and upcoming events, and much more.

 
The Newtown Historic Association publishes the quarterly Half Moon newsletter for the Newtown community with the goal of providing news and information on related historic and preservation events in our area. For your reference, there is a subject index for periodic articles published in the Half Moon.

We welcome any comments or suggestions for future articles. Please forward your ideas to the Half Moon Editor (office@newtownhistoric.org). We look forward to hearing from you!

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Upcoming Events

Annual Business Meeting

April 21, 7:30pm - 9:00pm

Please join us for the Annual Business Meeting of the Newtown Historic Association followed by a presentation of antiques and collectibles known as “Treasures from the Attic.”

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Annual Spring Clean Up

April 26, 8:30am - 11:00am

Every year in the Spring, we dedicate a day to clean the Half-moon Inn (Court Inn). It’s a time when we put the Inn back to “right” while seeing neighbors and making new friends.

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Memorial Day Tribute to Local Veterans at the Callahan Research Center

May 26, 10:00am - 2:00pm

The one-day-only “Tribute to Local Veterans” is the NHA’s annual Memorial Day event to honor local soldiers.

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Featured

The Edward Hicks Room

The Newtown Historic Association invites you back in time to experience the life of Newtown's most famous artist, Edward Hicks. The Edward Hicks Room displays many of the treasures owned by Hicks during his lifetime. These items include a double-faced swinging sign portraying William Penn's Treaty with the Indians and Penn's Landing at Chester in 1844...learn more

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