The borough of Weissport was once a canal port on the Delaware and Lehigh Canal network connecting the anthracite coal fields to Philadelphia. It contained banks, furniture stories, a canal boat repair facility, and was a thriving little town. Ben Franklin was in charge of building a fort there (Fort Allen) during the French and Indian Wars.
Now it has Mario’s Pizza and Central Lunch (both recommended by me), a beer distributor, a really good ice cream shop, and a number of older houses that have been converted into small apartments. It is not a wealthy town.
Today I hung Democratic Party literature on all the doors where fellow Democrats live. In a few cases I couldn’t get into the apartment buildings, but overall it went well, and I covered the whole town. When you are distributing door hangers you don’t talk to many people, but everyone with whom I did interact was friendly and pleasant. I like Weissport. I feel at home there.
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