Experience History
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Canal Boat Ride & National Canal Museum
With more than two miles of restored Lehigh Canal, a canal boat attraction unlike any other in Pennsylvania and the rest of the Northeast, and one of the country’s largest canal heritage museums, the 520-acre park nestled between the Lehigh Canal and Lehigh River is a throwback to the years when mules pulling canal boats on narrow towpaths was a common sight in much of the United States east of the Mississippi River.
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Easton Farmers' Market
The Easton Farmers’ Market was established in 1752, the year of the City’s founding. For more than two and a half centuries farmers and merchants have gathered in Easton’s “Great Square” to peddle their fresh and handcrafted wares
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Heritage Day
Heritage Day celebrates Easton’s historic significance in the founding of the United States. At noon on July 8, 1776, Easton was one of three places where the Declaration of Independence had its first public reading.
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Sigal Museum
The Sigal Museum is Northampton County, Pennsylvania’s leading institution of local history, and home to significant collections of pre-European settlement artifacts, decorative arts and textiles, farming implements, and colonial furniture.
Canal Boat Ride & National Canal Museum
Easton's Hugh Moore Park is a picturesque extension of the City of Easton where America's golden age of canals is on full display. With more than two miles of restored Lehigh Canal, a canal boat attraction unlike any other in Pennsylvania and the rest of the Northeast, and one of the country's largest canal heritage museums, the 520-acre park nestled between the Lehigh Canal and Lehigh River is a throwback to the years when mules pulling canal boats on narrow towpaths was a common sight in much of the United States east of the Mississippi River.
Easton Farmers' Market
The Easton Farmers' Market was established in 1752, the year of the City's founding. For more than two and a half centuries farmers and merchants have gathered in Easton's "Great Square" to peddle their fresh and handcrafted wares. Easton's proximity to Philadelphia and New York City and its unique place at the confluence of the Delaware and Lehigh Rivers made it a natural site for regional commerce and community gatherings. In fact, on July 8th, 1776, the Great Square (now known as Centre Square) was the site for one of only three public readings of the Declaration of Independence.
Today the Easton Farmers' Market remains a rich and colorful piece of Easton's heritage. Residing in its original birthplace, the market draws on its deep roots and offers visitors a vibrant shopping experience and incomparable community spirit.
Heritage Day
Heritage Day celebrates Easton's historic significance in the founding of the United States. At noon on July 8, 1776, Easton was one of three places where the Declaration of Independence had its first public reading. It was read on the steps of the old courthouse in Easton's historic Centre Square by the Chair of the Committee of Safety, Robert Levers. A reenactment of that event, and a festival organized around it, first occurred during the Bicentennial Celebration in 1976. From that year on Heritage Day has been celebrated as Easton's own Independence Day celebration.
Sigal Museum
The Sigal Museum is Northampton County, Pennsylvania's leading institution of local history, and home to significant collections of pre-European settlement artifacts, decorative arts and textiles, farming implements, and colonial furniture. The museum opened in the summer of 2010, offering its visitors interactive exhibits, self-guided and docent-led tours, special children's programs, and a lecture series on local and American history.
Trolley Rides
From weekends during summer and fall, take a ride on the city's trolley around our downtown. Free rides with several stops where you can jump on and off.