Bangor in Northampton County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Bangor Welsh Day

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 18, 2021

1. Bangor Welsh Day Marker

Inscription.

For over 40 years, the Welsh community of the Slate Belt held an event on the property of this church known as Bangor Welsh Day. Beginning in 1930, the event brought thousands of visitors to the town from throughout the northeast U.S. for programs of music, orations and humor. Considered by many to be the largest event of its kind in the U.S., the highlight of the weekend was a "gymanfa ganu", a Welsh hymn-singing festival.

Erected 2017 by The St. David's Welsh Society of the Slate Belt.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Entertainment • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1930.

Location. 40° 51.945′ N, 75° 12.603′ W. Marker is in Bangor, Pennsylvania, in Northampton County. It is on Broadway east of 5th Street, on the right when traveling east. Marker is on the west wall of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 404 Broadway, Bangor PA 18013, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Lehigh Valley.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Mennonite Church (here, next to this marker); Lutheran Cemetery Burials of Record 1823 - 1932 (within shouting distance of this marker); Bethel Welsh Congregational Church Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles

Paid Advertisement

Click or scan to see
this page online

away); Slate Industry (approx. ¼ mile away); Civil War Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); Old Home Week (approx. ¼ mile away); The Century House (approx. 0.3 miles away); Homefront (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bangor.

Also see . . .
1. Slate Belt Heritage Center website entry. Discover Lehigh Valley website entry (Submitted on July 8, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

2. Welsh Couple Feel 'At Home' in Bangor (The Morning Call, 1993). (Submitted on September 20, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 18, 2021

2. Bangor Welsh Day Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on July 8, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 20, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 393 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 20, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.