On Saturday, Aug. 24, We All 'Created Community'!

Hands and hearts working together to create one strong community, and the arts and crafts that breathe vitality into it — that was Lansdale Founders Day 2024!

From sunrise to sunset, area residents and visitors joined in a celebration of the town's founding, this year falling on the actual date, Aug. 24. Among the many highlights:

  • Early morning boot-camp and yoga sessions, organized in advance of the annual Health Fair sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Montgomery County at the Madison Lansdale Station Apartments.
  • The awarding of the Lifetime Achievement Award to Anne Henning Scheuring for her tireless work honoring our veterans with the Hometown Heroes banner program, as well as her service on Borough Council and with the Lansdale Historical Society.
  • Following the ceremony at  LHS, an open house at the Jenkins Homestead, a self-guided tour of Historic Lansdale, and pony rides for the youngsters.
  • The Lansdale Festival of the Arts, organized each year by the Lansdale Parks & Recreation Department, in Memorial Park.
  • Birthday cake and coloring books at the Lansdale Public Library.
  • Art all around town, from finger-painting a borough vehicle at the Touch-a-Truck event at the Historic Lansdale Freight House, to collaborations with Lansdale's creative community.
  • Model trains at the Fairmount Fire House and tours of the Lansdale Police Station and Magisterial District Court.
  • Family amusements, great food, beer garden, and live music by Mike Guldin and Rollin & Tumblin, and Philly Funk Authority all afternoon.
  • And, of course, no Founders Day would be complete without the grand fireworks display just after dark at Penndale Middle School!

We are grateful to everyone who helped make this day possible. We would like to thank the borough's Police, Parks & Rec and Public Works departments for their efforts, our many volunteers for their staffing help, our generous sponsors for helping bring it all your way, and most important, YOU — our friends and neighbors — for sharing the love.

And to keep the moments fresh in your memory, we've collected several photo albums below, so keep scrolling!
Early Morning Boot Camp and Yoga
Lifetime Achievement Award — Anne Henning Scheuring
For The Kids and Lansdale Historical Society
Lansdale Festival of the Arts
Car-Painting and Truck-Touching
Trains At The Fairmount Fire House
Food Trucks, Beer Garden, Music
The Grand Fireworks Finale
(All photos By Kyonia Mitchum,  Meg Currie Teoh, William Breish, Bruce Schwartz, Lindsay Beuke, and courtesy North Penn Now, Rep. Steve Malagari, Lansdale Library, Lansdale Historical Society, and Chamber of Commerce for Greater Montgomery County)

 The Official 2024 Founders Day Schedule:

  • Morning Boot Camp & Yoga, 8 am & 9 am, Chamber of Commerce Courtyard
  • Lansdale Farmers' Market, 9 am-12:30 pm, Penndale Middle School
  • Lansdale Festival of the Arts, 10 am-3 pm, Memorial Park
  • Chamber GMC Health & Wellness Fair, 10 am-2 pm, Railroad Avenue
  • Jenkins Homestead Open House, 11 am-3 pm, Jenkins Avenue
  • Freight House Events, 11 am-4 pm, Freight House Parking Lot
  • Lansdale Public Library Fun & Birthday Cake, 11 am-5 pm, Lansdale Library
  • Model Trains Display, 11 am-4 pm, Fairmount Fire Company
  • Police Station Tours, 1 pm-4 pm, Lansdale Police Station
  • Beer Garden, 1 pm-7 pm, Century Plaza Parking Lot
  • Food Festival, 1 pm-7 pm, Century Plaza Parking Lot
  • Family Entertainment, 1 pm-7 pm, Century Plaza Parking Lot/Green Street
  • Live Entertainment: Mike Guldin and Rollin' & Tumblin', 1 p.m.; Philadelphia Funk Authority, 4:30 p.m., Century Plaza Lot
  • District Court Open House  with Judge Ed Levine, 1:30 pm-3:30 pm, Station Square (430 Pennbrook Pkwy.)
  • Fireworks, 9 pm, Penndale Middle School


A Big 'Thank You!' To Our 2024 Founders Day Sponsors!

And our full-season all-event sponsor: