In1748, a preparative Meeting was established at Friends Grove in what was then part of Menallen Township. As growth continued Menallen became a separate Monthly Meeting in 1780,
a status that it has maintained to date. In 1848, the log meetinghouse
at Friends Grove was moved to the current site of the Meeting three
miles north of Biglerville,PA. In 1884, a brick meetinghouse was built
to replace the log structure. A new cemetery was established and
remains an active burial site. The cemetery at Friends Grove was
neglected for many years, but was revitalized prior to the 1986 reunion
of the Blackburn Family Association, when a stone was placed at the
cemetery to memorialize their ancestors.
Menallen Meeting is part of
the
National Park Service National Network to Freedom which
commemorates sites involved in the Underground Railroad.
Menallen Meeting is an active, dynamic meeting with more than fifty members. Meeting for Worship and First day School takes place each First Day (Sunday) at 10:30 am. Visitors are always welcome!
