We took a trip recently to visit Falling Water. Along the way we had a chance to visit the Peace Barn in the Bruderhof community in Farmington PA.
A friend had told us that there might still be a community there and a little research before the trip alerted me to look for Spring Valley Signs. We saw a sign for that company and a welcome to the Peace barn just off of Route 381 a little way from Route 40. in Farmington, PA. The Peace Barn is a project of the 5-8 grades at the commune school. It has exhibits dealing with “heroes of flight 93 and all the victims on September 11, http://familiesofseptember11.org/resources.aspx?s=10. The Peace Barn also contained several exhibits dealing with war (all against war as a concept and practice) and natural disasters, created by students in grades 5-8 as part of their school work. Some of the exhibits highlighted work done by members of this commune or community with the earthquake victims in Pakistan, Tsunami victims in Thailand, and Katrina victims in Mississippi.
We were greeted by a member of the group when we stopped in front of building that appeared to be used in manufacturing for the sign company. She had another take us to the Peace Barn where we were met by one of the students who gave us a guided tour of the exhibits. One of our guides said there were about 320 members of the community who were living there. There’s a nice photo essay of the community at http://photovoyage.auroraquanta.com/pv/bruderhof.
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