"Each year, we try to think of topics that would be of interest to the public and would be informative," said Lisa Burk, describing a series of programs hosted by Historic Wrightsville Inc. "I came up with the idea of 'Wrightsville Remembers' for this year, and I knew there are so many different subjects that title can cover." Each presentation in this year's series will highlight a different facet of life in Wrightsville's story, including its people, places of interest, and social and civic life, she said.

The series will kick off with a presentation on Wrightsville's family businesses. The presentation will be held at 6 p.m. on Friday, April 22, at Wrightsville Hope United Methodist Church, 404 Hellam St. Members of the Wilton family and Weitzel family will share the stories of their businesses. "Both of these families have been in Wrightsville and involved in businesses from the 1800s, so there's a lot of history there," noted Burk, who is the co-historian of Historic Wrightsville Inc. The Wilton family began its business under the name Susquehanna Casting Company before becoming Wilton Products and then Wilton Armetale. The Weitzel family had three locations of its clothing store at one time, Burk said. "They'll be presenting information about their history and their family as well," she remarked. She added that she's looking for people who had businesses in Wrightsville who might be interested in doing a presentation for a future installment of the series.

On the Sunday after the first presentation, April 24, the Historic Wrightsville Museum will open with a new display on multiple Wrightsville businesses. The museum is located at 309 Locust St., and its exhibit makes a nice complement to the Wrightsville Remembers series, Burk commented. "We'll have all sorts of things on display," she said. "We have archival papers, books, maps, deeds, letters, lot of pictures and photographs and the products local businesses produced."

The museum will reopen April 24 after being closed for repairs. It will be open on Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. and on Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. as well as at other times by appointment.

Tickets are not required for the April 22 presentation, but people are asked to call the Historic Wrightsville Museum at 717-252-1169 to leave a message with the number of people attending to ensure there is plenty of seating.