Here is a list of area America250Pa events to celebrate our nation’s 250th birthday. To add to this list, email details to tneditor@tnonline.com:

This weekend

• This weekend is the Nesquehoning’s 202nd anniversary, paired with America’s 250th anniversary celebration, at 9 a.m. today with the departure of Reading & Northern’s 2102 excursion from its Nesquehoning Regional Railroad Station to Pittston; parade at 10 a.m. on the east end of town; The festival begins at noon on West Railroad Street and includes a number of activities for children and families.

• Lehighton welcomes people to SteamPunk in the Park: Come Celebrate America’s 250th from 1-7 p.m. today on First Street in the borough’s downtown. The block party will also feature food trucks, music and a steampunk costume contest.

• Palmerton will be celebrating our nation’s 250th Sunday in the Palmerton Park with opening ceremonies at 4 p.m. Christina Obrecht will be there with her reptiles, and the bald eagle from the Carbon County Environmental Center with handler Franklin will give a presentation from 5-6 p.m. Emergency vehicles will be on Fourth Street, and Living Hope Lighthouse Church will have chalk the walk. Palmerton Heritage Center at 410 Delaware Ave. will be having a make and take patriotic craft for kids starting at 4 p.m.; Joey and the T-birds will be at the bandstand from 7-8:30 p.m., and fireworks to end the evening.

Coming up

• Lansford: From noon to 2 p.m. on June 20, join the Lansford Historical Society in the basement of St. John’s Byzantine Church directly across from the museum, for a special showing of the first five parts of the long awaited documentary “Follow that Rail” the story of the Lehigh and New England Railroad System in Pennsylvania. This special documentary program was created and produced by John Panulla better known as JPanThe RailFan.

• Lansford is celebrating its 150th anniversary, hosting a concert on June 28 featuring the United States Army Band at 2 p.m., followed by M&J Big Band tribute at 4:30 p.m., Jimmy Sturr at 7 p.m. and fireworks at 8:55 p.m. in the Panther Valley Football Stadium.

July

• Join the Church of the Great Redeemer as they give glory to God for this country and pray for its future. There will be a worship service 6 p.m. on July 1, at Eurana Park under the outside shelter. In case of inclement weather, the event will be held inside the pavilion. Refreshments with “All American” favorites will be available.

• West End Fair Celebration Fest, July 2-4, food, vendors, enactments, fireworks, and more. Fee per car.

• The Lehighton Band is inviting area singers to join a community chorus for a patriotic concert at 8 p.m. on July 2. The free concert will take place at Lehighton’s Amphitheater Park and will celebrate America’s 250th anniversary, with a program of stirring and reflective music honoring the country’s history, service members, and shared civic traditions.

• Jim Thorpe hosts its America 250th Anniversary Celebration starting on July 2 at Memorial Park with a community festival.

July 4

• Weissport, the home of the county’s Liberty Tree and America250 Liberty Bell, will host the county’s Fourth of July parade on July 4. The Fourth of July party shifts to Lehighton with a block party starting at 4 p.m. at Lehighton Borough Park ahead of the annual fireworks spectacular along Sgt. Stanley Hoffman Boulevard at 9:30 p.m.

• West Penn Township will celebrate the 250th birthday of America on July 4 with fireworks, food and entertainment.

The community celebration will be held from 6-10 p.m. from the J.E. Morgan Memorial Park, 49 Cold Spring Road. The rain date is July 5. For more information, call 570-386-4507 or email westpenntwp@yahoo.com.

• July 4 will be the biggest celebration day for many municipalities, including Jim Thorpe’s community events, a parade in Weissport and ending with fireworks in Lehighton

• Tamaqua will have a program at 10 a.m. on July 4 at Tamaqua Liberty Tree Park, home of Schuylkill County’s Liberty Tree, at 31 N. Railroad St. The site is across from the Tamaqua Train Station.

The ceremony will open with a welcome from Tamaqua Mayor David Clemson and will include music by the Cressona Band, participation by Tamaqua’s C.H. Berry American Legion Post No. 173, prayer by Pastor Josh Nemeth of St. Peter’s Church in Mahoning Valley, and participation by the Tamaqua/Mahanoy Chapter of the Masonic Lodge.

The Pledge of Allegiance will be led by Don Searfoss, and the national anthem will be performed by area vocalist Carly Green. A recitation of Thomas Paine’s poem “Liberty Tree” will be offered by Steve Ulincy, a Benjamin Franklin impersonator and American history teacher at Tamaqua Area High School.

The program will also include a reading by Angelique Ramirez, the winner of the fifth-grade essay contest on the theme “What America’s 250th means to Me.”

• Independence Day Ceremony at Riverview Park Pavilion at noon, hosted by the East Penn Township Park Commission, featuring “The Liberty Song – Modern Arrangement,” a message from “Benjamin Franklin to America in 2026,” and tributes to the call for independence. The program concludes with the Roll Call of the Colonies, excerpts from the Declaration of Independence and the Pledge of Allegiance and national anthem.

July 8

• Declaration Ceremony at Marvin Gardens at 6 p.m. July 8. The arrival of the rider bearing the Declaration, recorded patriotic music, and a community reading of the document that first proclaimed liberty across Pennsylvania. Residents are invited to gather for reflection and fellowship as East Penn Township honors the voices of 1776.

Both events are free and open to all ages.