Mr. Speaker. in this year of remembering our foundations as a country. we have further reason to celebrate. The Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania is very proud to pay special attention to Forks United Church of Christ located in Stockertown. PA. Sunday. November 22. 1987. marks the 175th anniversary of its current church building. German settlers immigrated to this country in the early part of the 18th century. cleared and tilled the rich soil of Northampton County. PA. and befriended the local Delaware Indians. In this amicable manner. they constructively cut out a place for themselves in their new land. From the modest beginning of the barn of Andreas Stocker. a member of the church. the settlers built the first church in Forks Township. completed in 1814 at a cost of $2.684.16 .
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