One of the hardest things about the making of WFMZ's new documentary on the Rhoads Opera House fire was capturing the emotion of the time. But as WFMZ's Jaccii Farris tells us, one Boyertown artist ...

Editor’s note: This column was originally in “A 20th Century Journey 1900-1909,” which was published March 29, 1999. On Monday night, Jan. 13, 1908, almost 400 men, women and children gathered in the ...

This year marks this 110th anniversary of the Rhoads Opera House tragedy. A memorial plaque remains at the site and there is a grave site dedicated to the 25 unidentified victims at Fairview Cemetery.

The Boyertown Area Historical Society held a memorial wreath-laying ceremony in Fairview Cemetery Jan. 16, remembering the 171 victims, including 25 unidentified, of the 1908 Rhoads Opera House Fire. ...

BOYERTOWN — The sound of “Taps” resonated throughout Fairview Cemetery for the Boyertown Area Historical Society’s annual Rhoads Opera House Fire Remembrance Ceremony. The annual wreath-laying event, ...

January 13th, 1908 began like any other day in Boyertown, Berks County. But after the sun went down and the curtain went up on a new play, everything changed. Tonight, we begin a countdown to the ...