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Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites hosts the 2024 Blueberry Festival & Market To Go

July 14th, 2024 | In The News

Written by Kurt Bresswein for Lehigh Valley Live

Anna Corby, a volunteer with Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites, stands ready to offer tours of James Burnside’s 1748 home as the nonprofit opens its two-day Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Burnside Plantation. It continues Sunday.

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Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites hosts the 2024 Blueberry Festival & Market To Go

Anna Corby, a volunteer with Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites, stands ready to offer tours of James Burnside’s 1748 home as the nonprofit opens its two-day Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Burnside Plantation. It continues Sunday.GET PHOTO

Hilary Brown, of Bethlehem, couldn’t resist the blueberry pie with ice cream and fresh blueberries as Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites hosts the first of two days of its Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Burnside Plantation.

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Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites hosts the 2024 Blueberry Festival & Market To Go

Hilary Brown, of Bethlehem, couldn’t resist the blueberry pie with ice cream and fresh blueberries as Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites hosts the first of two days of its Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Burnside Plantation.GET PHOTO

Orion Smith, 4, of Breinigsville, rides a rainbow-maned pony from Barnes Yard Petting Zoo LLC as Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites opens its two-day Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Burnside Plantation. It continues Sunday.

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Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites hosts the 2024 Blueberry Festival & Market To Go

Orion Smith, 4, of Breinigsville, rides a rainbow-maned pony from Barnes Yard Petting Zoo LLC as Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites opens its two-day Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Burnside Plantation. It continues Sunday.GET PHOTO

Tasting glasses are arrayed as IDs are checked at the Blueberry Tavern as Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites hosts the first of two days of its Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Burnside Plantation.

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Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites hosts the 2024 Blueberry Festival & Market To Go

Tasting glasses are arrayed as IDs are checked at the Blueberry Tavern as Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites hosts the first of two days of its Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Burnside Plantation.GET PHOTO

Contestants go head-to-head in the children’s hands-free blueberry pie-eating contest as Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites hosts the first of two days of its Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Burnside Plantation.

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Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites hosts the 2024 Blueberry Festival & Market To Go

Contestants go head-to-head in the children’s hands-free blueberry pie-eating contest as Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites hosts the first of two days of its Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Burnside Plantation.GET PHOTO

Contestants go head-to-head in the children’s hands-free blueberry pie-eating contest as Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites hosts the first of two days of its Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Burnside Plantation.

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Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites hosts the 2024 Blueberry Festival & Market To Go

Contestants go head-to-head in the children’s hands-free blueberry pie-eating contest as Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites hosts the first of two days of its Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Burnside Plantation.GET PHOTO

The Summer Kitchen hosts period-cooking demonstrations during opening day of Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites’ Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Burnside Plantation. It continues Sunday.

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Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites hosts the 2024 Blueberry Festival & Market To Go

The Summer Kitchen hosts period-cooking demonstrations during opening day of Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites’ Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Burnside Plantation. It continues Sunday.GET PHOTO

Ken Smith, from Ken Smith’s Backyard Tin Shop in Kutztown, demonstrates shaping tin with the stake-and-hammer method from pre-1820 beside an 1840s-era hand-cranked machine that made the job more efficient, as Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites opens its two-day Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024, that continues Sunday at Burnside Plantation.

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Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites hosts the 2024 Blueberry Festival & Market To Go

Ken Smith, from Ken Smith’s Backyard Tin Shop in Kutztown, demonstrates shaping tin with the stake-and-hammer method from pre-1820 beside an 1840s-era hand-cranked machine that made the job more efficient, as Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites opens its two-day Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024, that continues Sunday at Burnside Plantation.GET PHOTO

Olivia Caleca, a volunteer from Easton, cut servings of blueberry pie in the Dessert Tent as Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites hosts the first of two days of its Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Burnside Plantation.

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Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites hosts the 2024 Blueberry Festival & Market To Go

Olivia Caleca, a volunteer from Easton, cut servings of blueberry pie in the Dessert Tent as Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites hosts the first of two days of its Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Burnside Plantation.GET PHOTO

Danny Heckman, of Tamaqua, from left, with Peyton Neumoyer, of New Tripoli, visit with animals on hand from Barnes Yard Petting Zoo LLC as Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites opens its two-day Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Burnside Plantation. It continues Sunday.

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Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites hosts the 2024 Blueberry Festival & Market To Go

Danny Heckman, of Tamaqua, from left, with Peyton Neumoyer, of New Tripoli, visit with animals on hand from Barnes Yard Petting Zoo LLC as Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites opens its two-day Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Burnside Plantation. It continues Sunday.GET PHOTO

Isabel Holland, of Bethlehem, from right, prepares to deliver her blueberry cinnamon rolls for the Day 1 adult culinary contest with an assist from Anna Del Guercio, as Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites opens its two-day Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Burnside Plantation. It continues Sunday.

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Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites hosts the 2024 Blueberry Festival & Market To Go

Isabel Holland, of Bethlehem, from right, prepares to deliver her blueberry cinnamon rolls for the Day 1 adult culinary contest with an assist from Anna Del Guercio, as Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites opens its two-day Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Burnside Plantation. It continues Sunday.GET PHOTO

Numerous crafters and vendors are set up around the grounds of Burnside Plantation, 1461 Schoenersville Road in Bethlehem, as Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites opens its two-day Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024. It continues Sunday.

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Kurt Bresswein | For lehighvalleylive.com

Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites hosts the 2024 Blueberry Festival & Market To Go

Numerous crafters and vendors are set up around the grounds of Burnside Plantation, 1461 Schoenersville Road in Bethlehem, as Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites opens its two-day Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024. It continues Sunday.GET PHOTO

Sadie Pepitone performs on the Tavern Stage as Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites opens its two-day Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024, that continues Sunday, at Burnside Plantation.

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Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites hosts the 2024 Blueberry Festival & Market To Go

Sadie Pepitone performs on the Tavern Stage as Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites opens its two-day Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024, that continues Sunday, at Burnside Plantation.GET PHOTO

Overseeing the animals from Barnes Yard Petting Zoo LLC is Jennifer Barnes, alongside Beefy the nearly year-old half-Continental Giant and half-Flemish Giant rabbit, as Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites opens its two-day Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Burnside Plantation. It continues Sunday.

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Kurt Bresswein | For lehighvalleylive.com

Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites hosts the 2024 Blueberry Festival & Market To Go

Overseeing the animals from Barnes Yard Petting Zoo LLC is Jennifer Barnes, alongside Beefy the nearly year-old half-Continental Giant and half-Flemish Giant rabbit, as Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites opens its two-day Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Burnside Plantation. It continues Sunday.GET PHOTO

Keith Sten, Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites’ museum sites and education manager, ices drinks as the nonprofit hosts the first of two days of its Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Burnside Plantation.

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Kurt Bresswein | For lehighvalleylive.com

Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites hosts the 2024 Blueberry Festival & Market To Go

Keith Sten, Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites’ museum sites and education manager, ices drinks as the nonprofit hosts the first of two days of its Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Burnside Plantation.GET PHOTO

Nolan Russo from Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites hydrates amid muggy conditions in the Lehigh Valley 250 tent ahead of the national semiquincentennial in 2026 as the nonprofit hosts the first of two days of its Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Burnside Plantation.

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Kurt Bresswein | For lehighvalleylive.com

Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites hosts the 2024 Blueberry Festival & Market To Go

Nolan Russo from Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites hydrates amid muggy conditions in the Lehigh Valley 250 tent ahead of the national semiquincentennial in 2026 as the nonprofit hosts the first of two days of its Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Burnside Plantation.GET PHOTO

Marie Reiner sells traditional and gluten-free blueberry baked goods from her Bake-A-Re stand, based in Danielsville, Moore Township, as Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites opens its two-day Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Burnside Plantation. It continues Sunday.

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Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites hosts the 2024 Blueberry Festival & Market To Go

Marie Reiner sells traditional and gluten-free blueberry baked goods from her Bake-A-Re stand, based in Danielsville, Moore Township, as Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites opens its two-day Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Burnside Plantation. It continues Sunday.GET PHOTO

Rosemary Geseck engages in plein air painting at a stand representing the Lehigh Art Alliance as Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites opens its two-day Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Burnside Plantation. It continues Sunday.

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Kurt Bresswein | For lehighvalleylive.com

Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites hosts the 2024 Blueberry Festival & Market To Go

Rosemary Geseck engages in plein air painting at a stand representing the Lehigh Art Alliance as Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites opens its two-day Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Burnside Plantation. It continues Sunday.GET PHOTO

Christmas City Spirits offers pours in the Blueberry Tavern as Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites hosts the first of two days of its Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Burnside Plantation.

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Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites hosts the 2024 Blueberry Festival & Market To Go

Christmas City Spirits offers pours in the Blueberry Tavern as Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites hosts the first of two days of its Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Burnside Plantation.GET PHOTO

The Colonial Farm at Burnside Plantation, 1461 Schoenersville Road in Bethlehem, draws visitors as Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites opens its two-day Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024. It continues Sunday.

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Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites hosts the 2024 Blueberry Festival & Market To Go

The Colonial Farm at Burnside Plantation, 1461 Schoenersville Road in Bethlehem, draws visitors as Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites opens its two-day Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024. It continues Sunday.GET PHOTO

Numerous crafters and vendors are set up around the grounds of Burnside Plantation, 1461 Schoenersville Road in Bethlehem, as Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites opens its two-day Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024. It continues Sunday.

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Kurt Bresswein | For lehighvalleylive.com

Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites hosts the 2024 Blueberry Festival & Market To Go

Numerous crafters and vendors are set up around the grounds of Burnside Plantation, 1461 Schoenersville Road in Bethlehem, as Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites opens its two-day Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024. It continues Sunday.GET PHOTO

Pottery is for sale alongside a throwing-demonstration tent from Ramsey, New Jersey-based Dan Jenkins Pottery as Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites opens its two-day Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Burnside Plantation. It continues Sunday.

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Kurt Bresswein | For lehighvalleylive.com

Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites hosts the 2024 Blueberry Festival & Market To Go

Pottery is for sale alongside a throwing-demonstration tent from Ramsey, New Jersey-based Dan Jenkins Pottery as Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites opens its two-day Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Burnside Plantation. It continues Sunday.GET PHOTO

Numerous crafters and vendors are set up around the grounds of Burnside Plantation, 1461 Schoenersville Road in Bethlehem, as Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites opens its two-day Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024. It continues Sunday.

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Kurt Bresswein | For lehighvalleylive.com

Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites hosts the 2024 Blueberry Festival & Market To Go

Numerous crafters and vendors are set up around the grounds of Burnside Plantation, 1461 Schoenersville Road in Bethlehem, as Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites opens its two-day Blueberry Festival & Market To Go on Saturday, July 13, 2024. It continues Sunday.GET PHOTO

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