[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 85 (Friday, June 14, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E875]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              IN HONOR OF SELLERSVILLE'S 275TH ANNIVERSARY

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                      HON. MICHAEL G. FITZPATRICK

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, June 14, 2013

  Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, we are pleased to acknowledge the 275th 
anniversary of Sellersville Borough, one of three original villages in 
Richland Township, Bucks County. Founded by German farmers between 1720 
and 1730, one of the early settlers, Abraham Wambold, built a home, 
tannery and grist mill on the banks of the northeast branch of the 
Perkiomen Creek sometime around 1738. Sellersville never lost its 
village quality, nor its ties to another early settler, Samuel Sellers, 
who established Sellers' Tavern, a public house. And years later, the 
post office was known as Sellers' Tavern until its name changed in 
1856. The Borough of Sellersville was established in 1874. Its history 
is housed in the Sellersville Museum, the one-time Sellersville Public 
School building, and the first four-year high school in Bucks County. 
No community would be safe without a fire company and in 1888 the 
Sellersville Fire Co. began protecting people and property and now 
celebrates its 125th anniversary. And 100 years ago, Grandview Hospital 
began serving Sellersville area families with care and compassion. 
Congratulations to all on a combined 500-year history and your 
individual anniversaries. May the future be even brighter.

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