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Tamaqua Heritage Festival features variety of events

The Tamaqua Historical Society will hold a scaled-down version of its annual Heritage Festival on Sunday.

The Tamaqua Historical Society Museum, Annex, and Scott Art Gallery at 118 W. Broad St. will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Visitors are invited to see the new artifacts including the original bull whistle from the Reading Railroad engine house, Schuylkill Canal artifacts, newly restored neon signs and more.

Polka Joe Manjack and the WMGH Polka program will be live in front of the museum from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The final day to see the Lehigh & New England Railroad special exhibit in the Dudley Exhibit Hall next to the museum is Sunday.

Lehigh Anthracite bus tours of mining operations will be at 9 and 11 a.m. and 1 and 3 p.m. Board the bus in front of Tommy’s Italian Restaurant on North Railroad Street for a 90-minute tour of mining operations between Tamaqua and Coaldale.

Tickets are being sold in advance at Tink’s Antiques on Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets will be sold on Sunday at the bus boarding site. Cash only accepted for ticket purchases.

The 1848 Hegarty Blacksmith Shop will be open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the corner of Hegarty Avenue and Nescopec Street. Because of work repairs ongoing at the blacksmith shop, there will be no working blacksmith on Sunday. Stop by to tour the shop and learn about its 175 year history.

The festival marketplace with crafters and vendors will be outside the Tamaqua Community Art Center from noon to 6 p.m.

The Tamaqua Anthracite Model Railroad Club, 139 W. Broad St., will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with a huge HO scale train display.

The Tamaqua Railroad Station will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Zion’s Church Heritage Day fundraiser at the corner of Mauch Chunk and Greenwood streets will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with homemade soft pretzels, chili dogs and halushki.

The Tamaqua Summerfest is held annually on Father’s Day in June, and Tamaqua Heritage Festival is held on the second Sunday of October. For further information, contact Dale Freudenberger, society president, at dalefreud@gmail.com.