Boone Farm Museum Sign Restored After Vandalism In Middletown Twp.

MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP, PA —The sign has now been restored to its rightful place.

The African American Museum of Bucks County reported over the weekend that the sign promoting the upcoming museum at Boone Farm "has been re-secured and is hanging back up."

In late November, a groundbreaking was held with the Bucks County Commissionersand leaders of the museum to establish a permanent home dedicated to Bucks County's African American history.

But museum officials said the sign was vandalized the day after. They reported that a Good Samaritan picked the sign up and placed it against the building.

"Today good has overcome evil," museum officials said. "Thank you for your kind words of support. Let's just build a place of knowledge and peace for all mankind."

Once a bustling farmhouse, the Boone Farm property is listed in is on the National Register of Historic Places and has historical ties to the Great Migration of the 20th century, during which 6 million African Americans moved out of rural Southern states to Northern areas such as Pennsylvania in search of economic opportunity.

In recent months, the project to renovate the existing farmhouse – located at the southwest corner of Core Creek Park – has taken major steps forward when the Bucks County Commissioners approved a $2.39 million contract with L.J. Paolella Construction, Inc., for restoration work and a separate $201,000 contract with Hirschberg Mechanical to perform plumbing and fire protection work at the site.