Copy of facts published on Facebook and previously in the Upper Merion Township e-Newsletter.
On November 20, 2018, Stanley T. (Chip) Kunda, passed. Chip was the last remaining son of the late Watson and Anna Kunda. The Kunda family has deep roots in our Upper Merion community. Here is the story of the 1976 Bicentennial Mural currently on display at the Colonial Electric Company site, the Kunda family’s connection to this township icon, along
On December 18, 1777, General George Washington’s army celebrated the first national Thanksgiving in Gulph Mills and on Rebel Hill. The celebration caused a one day delay in the army’s march to Valley Forge, which General Washington had decided a day earlier, was to be where the army would make its winter quarters. The purpose of the Thanksgiving, according to
Bricklin was a six-piece late 1980s rock band founded by Bricklin brothers Scott and Brian in 1986. Members included Jake Meyer (vocals, keyboards), Brian Bricklin (guitar, keyboards), Scott Bricklin (vocals, keyboards), Ian Cross (guitar, keyboard, and vocals), James Goetz (bass, vocals) and Eddie Bader (drums). They are all from the King of Prussia area, attending Bishop Kenrick in Norristown; Upper
With Halloween approaching, here is a cemetery story. One of the earliest burial grounds in Upper Merion that is still in existence is the Henderson Family Burial Plot located on South Henderson Road, at the entrance/exit to the new Gulph Elementary School. In December 1978, Joseph D’Orazio produced a report of burials based on the existent tombstones and records. He