Programs the society typically offers are:
Monthly lecture series with guest speakers – Museum tours – Lawrence County Trivia Competition – Sports Hall of Fame – Fireworks exhibits – Ice cream social – Membership – Friends Dinner – Mistletoe Magic – Open House with Santa
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The National Road: America’s First Highway West
May 19 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm EDT
The Lawrence County Historical Society is hosting an upcoming lecture by author & historian Brady J. Crytzer featuring the first narrative history of the federal project known as The National Road.
From the publisher:
Upon America’s 250th anniversary comes the story of a new republic forging unity through ambition and action, inspired by George Washington’s youthful dream to build the nation’s first highway west.
The National Road is the first narrative history of the federal project – begun decades before the nation itself was born and ranging through the 1830s – that connected the United States across the Alleghenies and into the western frontier. Starting with a young Washington’s dream of uniting the Potomac and Ohio Rivers, historian Brady J. Crytzer traces the political rivalries and engineering marvels that created an artery bringing settlers, ideas, and commerce deep into the American interior.
EVENT DETAILS
DATE: May 16, 2026 from 6-7:30 pm
LOCATION: Medure Annex, 408 N Jefferson St, New Castle PA
TICKET PRICING (see purchase links below):
$10 Non-LCHS Members
$5 LCHS Members
FREE to Students
Lecture Presented by Brady J. Crytzer
Author & Historian
From the Publisher About The Author
Brady J. Crytzer is a historian of the American frontier and the award-winning author of The Whiskey Rebellion, Guyasuta and the Fall of Indian America, and Hessians: Mercenaries, Rebels, and the War for British North America.
His writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and the Journal of the American Revolution. He is the host of the acclaimed podcast Dispatches, and he appears regularly on the cable series Into the Wild Frontier and Outlaws and Lawmen, as well as Fox Nation’s new series, Blood On The Bridge: The Battle of Lexington & Concord. He teaches at Robert Morris University.
Reservations are strongly encouraged. Space is limited.
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