Join the Pennridge Community Relief Fund and Rams Pint House for a special fundraising event and learn about Perkasie's untold history from the Victorian days through the 1930s!
Author Scott Bomboy, who wrote and published "Perkasie: An American Hometown" last year, will talk about some of Perkasie Borough's most fascinating stories, most of which were not included in his book.
From a Perkasie resident's role in a sensational murder trial to the story of Gil Thompson (who owned the current Rams building), each story depicts a lost tale of triumph or tragedy. Including:
- Perkasie Borough's first photographer in 1887, in his own words and pictures
- The story of Thaddeus Fowler, who drew the 1893 Bird's Eye map of Perkasie
- Perkasie's proposed trolley line to Doylestown and who defeated the plan
- Marie Brown, Perkasie's female clothing factory owner
- Lizzie Johnson, Perkasie's town milliner
- Frank Afflerback's story of scandal and redemption
- A first-hand account of the WWI troop send-off in 1917
- Perkasie's successful model-ship builder and his mysterious past
The event benefits the Pennridge Community Relief Fund. Tickets are $30 and include a special "Perkasie: An American Hometown" calendar ($15.99 retail) with rare remastered photos of Victorian Perkasie, signed by the author. The Ram is donating snacks/sharable plates and there will be a cash bar.
Note: Attendance is limited to 35 guests.
About The Sponsors
The Pennridge Community Relief Fund is a 501c3 that seek to aid non-profits and faith-based organizations (that offer secular services) on the front line of emergency or disaster situations. More information about the fund is available at pennridgefund.org.
Established in 2020, Rams Pint House & Rooftop Lounge has become a fixture in the Perkasie area that pairs the spirit of good drinking with food to die for that it makes for one deliciously unique experience. For more on Rams Pint House, go to: https://www.ramperkasie.com/.
For more information:
Contact, Scott Bomboy, President, Pennridge Community Relief Fund, sbomboy@yahoo.com or at 215-527-1016.
