Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Conrad Weiser Homestead

28 Weiser Lane

Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania 19567-9718

Telephone 610.589.2934  Facsimile 610.589.9458

NEWS RELEASE

Conrad Weiser Homestead
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE           CONTACT PERSON: Mary Fenton    
                                                mfenton@state.pa.us

October 18, 2007

VISIT THE WEISER’S BY CANDLELIGHT

The annual Candlelight Tours at Conrad Weiser Homestead will be held Saturday November 17, 2007 between 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM. While touring, visitors will step back in time to the year 1757 and will be received as guests of Conrad and Anna Eve Weiser. Visitors will also spend time with a merchant in the springhouse, soldiers warming by a campfire, and a frontier settler and his family in the log cabin.

The program will take place at the Homestead beginning at 6:00 PM and the site will close at 9 PM. Visitor’s are welcome to arrive anytime between 6 PM and 8:30 PM. Admission is free of charge for this special event but donations will be gladly accepted. All donations benefit the Friends of the Conrad Weiser Homestead and their mission to support the programming and operations of the Homestead.

Public parking will be available in the Farr’s Nursery parking lot next door. The Homestead’s small lot will be reserved for handicapped parking only. 

The historic site preserves a portion of the original Weiser Homestead and interprets his life and important work. Conrad Weiser is remembered as Pennsylvania’s foremost colonial “peacemaker” and ambassador to Indians during the turbulent mid-18^th century. Weiser was influential in the founding of Reading in 1748 and Berks County in 1752. Today, Weiser’s home and gravesite are situated within a 26-acre memorial park designed by the famous Olmsted Brothers firm of Landscape Architects.

Individuals with disabilities who need special assistance or accommodation should call 610.589.2934 in advance to discuss their needs.

The Conrad Weiser Homestead is located midway between Reading and Lebanon along U S Route 422 adjacent to Womelsdorf in western Berks County. A web site is available at www.conradweiserhomestead.org. The Homestead is administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, the official history agency for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and is supported by the non profit Friends of the Conrad Weiser Homestead.