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SUMMARY:Lawrence County Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration
DESCRIPTION:Please join us at the Lawrence County Historical Society\, 408 North Jefferson St.\, New Castle\, on Tuesday\, May 14 at 7 pm when Zenaida Bench will present a program about the history of the Lawrence County Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration and its founder’s \, Mother Alexandra’s history. This program is free and open to the public. \n\n\n\nLocated just outside Ellwood City in Wayne Township\, the Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration is a monastery for women under the jurisdiction of The Orthodox Church in America. It was founded in 1967 by Mother Alexandra (the former Princess Ileana of Romania) whose dream it was to provide a place where American Orthodox women from all ethnic backgrounds could come to live the monastic life and benefit from a liturgical cycle in English. Since that time\, her vision has been fulfilled. The nuns\, many of whom are converts to Orthodoxy\, as well as the monastery’s many visitors\, span a variety of backgrounds. \n\n\n\nMother Alexandra\n\n\n\n Princess Ileana\, the youngest daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Marie\, was born in Bucharest\, Romania in 1909. During her childhood\, she lived through the harsh realities of World War I. With her mother and sisters\, she would visit the soldiers in the hospitals and on troop trains\, praying with them. She also helped the Red Cross as an interpreter. In 1947\, she with her whole family\, was exiled from Romania by the Communists\, being told they could leave the country with whatever they could carry or be confined in a monastery until they were executed. They lived in Switzerland and then came the United States. \n\n\n\nIn 1964\, the property in Wayne Township\, PA\, was purchased\, and in 1967\, after Sister Ileana was tonsured into monastic life as Mother Alexandra\, she established the Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration. She lived to see Communism fall in Romania in 1989\, and was able to make a return visit to her homeland in 1990. Mother Alexandra died on January 21\, 1991 and is buried in the monastery cemetery. \n\n\n\nOUR PRESENTER: Zenaida Bench\, became an Eastern Orthodox Christian in 1991. After visiting the Monastery at that time\, she visited every year\, often introducing “this peaceful and holy place to friends.” In 1993\, she earned an MA in Theology at the Ecumenical Institute in Baltimore\, MD. The following year she became the assistant to the Dean and the director of admissions there. Retiring in 2017\, she moved to Ellwood City where she now resides at the monastery as the resident volunteer assistant to the Abbess. \n\n\n\n\nDoes this sound interesting? Share with your friends!
URL:https://www.lawrencechs.org/event/lawrence-county-orthodox-monastery-of-the-transfiguration/
LOCATION:Lawrence County Historical Society (Medure Building)\, 408 North Jefferson Street\, New Castle\, PA\, 16101\, United States
CATEGORIES:FREE Public Events,Open to the Public
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190509T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190509T123000
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SUMMARY:Lawrence County Trivia Competition (2019)
DESCRIPTION:Students from all county schools are invited to participate in this academic competition\, answering history\, geography\, business\, people\, and sports questions about Lawrence County.\n\n\n\nThe Lawrence County Historical Society will hold its Annual Trivia Competition at Northminster Presbyterian Church on Thursday\, May 9\, 2019 at 9 AM. \n\n\n\nFor over 30 years\, the Lawrence County Historical Society has provided an opportunity for all Lawrence County students in grades 7 – 12 to learn local history with its “LCHS Trivia Game.” \n\n\n\nThe facts\, covering local history\, geography\, people\, buildings\, businesses\, industry\, people. and sports\, are written on a set of cards created by the Historical Society. Students study their cards in class and at home throughout the year in preparation for the event. After practices\, the activity culminates with four competitions – Junior High Individual\, Junior High Team\, Senior High Individual\, and Senior High Team. \n\n\n\nHistorical Society members and school advisors serve as judges for the competitions. LCHS Board member\, Stephanie Fulena\, coordinates and moderates the event each year. \n\n\n\nCash prizes to the winning students and plaques for the winning schools are presented at the Jr. High and Senior High divisions. \n\n\n\nEvent details will also be published in the New Castle News. \n\n\n\nCoordinator & Moderator: Stephanie Fulena\, LCHSSponsor: the Almira Foundation \n\n\n\nTo see previous winners\, visit our website Youth Education page. \n\n\nDoes this sound interesting? Share with your friends!
URL:https://www.lawrencechs.org/event/lawrence-county-trivia-competition-2019/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:FREE Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190313T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190313T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T163324
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SUMMARY:Back in the Day: Growing up in the Fifties
DESCRIPTION:Join us March 13 @ 7 pm for a nostalgic evening of the 1950’s \n\n\n\nThe Lawrence County Historical Society will present a program on March 13 at 7 p.m. about growing up in the fifties in New Castle. \n\n\n\n“Back in the Day: Growing up in the Fifties” is the title of Lou Palumbo’s latest book which takes one back in time to an era of a bustling downtown\, stay-at-home moms\, and playing with friends without the help of video games and cell phones. The program will bring back memories of everything from the milk man\, carnivals\, drive-in-theaters\, to collecting toy trains. \n\n\n\nPalumbo is the owner of the Underground Railroad Shoppe on Wilmington Road. Since collecting trains from a young age\, he decided to open his store in 1985. It is full of vintage and new trains\, everything needed for layouts and collections\, and a beautiful O gauge train layout in a large back room which is open to the public from November to January. He writes a monthly column called “Views from the Underground” for “Classic Toy Trains” magazine. \n\n\n\nThis nostalgic evening is free and open to the public. His latest book about growing up in the fifties along with his first book\, “I’ve Never Met a Train I Didn’t Like\,” will be available that evening for purchase. \n\n\n\nThe Historical Society is located at 408 N. Jefferson St. For more information call 724-658-4022. \n\n\n\nUnderground Railroad Shoppe Website: https://www.undergroundrrshop.com/ \n\n\n\n\nDoes this sound interesting? Share with your friends!
URL:https://www.lawrencechs.org/event/back-in-the-day-growing-up-in-the-fifties/
LOCATION:Lawrence County Historical Society (Medure Building)\, 408 North Jefferson Street\, New Castle\, PA\, 16101\, United States
CATEGORIES:FREE Public Events,Open to the Public
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190213T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190213T203000
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CREATED:20190103T054800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251126T214129Z
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SUMMARY:Larry Pugh: Black History in America 1620 to Present
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Wednesday\, February 13 at 7:00 pm for our FREE program “Larry Pugh: Black History in America 1620 to Present”\n\n\n\nMost of the 10.5 million slaves who landed in North America came from Central and South America\, not from Africa. In fact\, about 380\,000 slaves came by boat from Africa to North America. Pugh will give facts and figures about the Black experience here from 1600 to current times. He will speak of the long struggle of Blacks in America. \n\n\n\n“For over 200 years Blacks in America were not allowed to learn to read. Many could read and write in their native languages.” – Larry Pugh \n\n\n\nAbout the Presenter \n\n\n\nLarry Pugh graduated from Westminster College with a degree in history and a minor in science in 1965. Three of the four Pugh siblings graduated from Westminster. His mother\, Bessie Pugh\, brought her children here from Georgia where the school they attended only went through eighth grade. He received a Master’s degree from Howard University in European history in 1967. He attended Howard University because he wanted the Black Experience as there were only two Black students attending Westminster at the time. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLarry was a football All-American three years at Westminster. He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns where his football career ended due to injuries. He was inducted into the Football Hall of Fame in South Bend\, Indiana in 1998\, the second year small college athletes were admitted. He is the only Lawrence County athlete ever inducted in the Football College Hall of Fame. \n\n\n\nPugh taught at New Castle for 32 years\, first at West Side\, then Ben Franklin\, and finally at the high school where he retired in 1998. After retirement\, he ran the Fatherhood program for Children’s Advocacy Center from 2010-2017. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nDoes this sound interesting? Share with your friends!
URL:https://www.lawrencechs.org/event/larry-pugh-black-history-in-america-1620-to-present/
LOCATION:Lawrence County Historical Society (Medure Building)\, 408 North Jefferson Street\, New Castle\, PA\, 16101\, United States
CATEGORIES:FREE Public Events,Open to the Public
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181201T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181201T150000
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SUMMARY:Open House with SANTA 2018
DESCRIPTION:Santa will visit the mansion to check out our decorations. Children can visit with Santa for that “old fashioned” Christmas feeling. And even better yet\, the kids can have their picture taken with Santa.\n\n\n\nFree tours of the mansion included.\n\n\n\n\nFREE TOURS of our mansion that is beautifully decorated in a Victorian Christmas style\n\n\n\nFREE REFRESHMENTS\n\n\n\nFREE TREAT BAGS from Santa for the children\n\n\n\nFREE PHOTO: children can get a photo with Santa by our photographer\n\n\n\nFREE and OPEN to the public (young and young at heart)\n\n\n\n\n\nDoes this sound interesting? Share with your friends!
URL:https://www.lawrencechs.org/event/open-house-with-santa-2018/
LOCATION:Lawrence County Historical Society\, 408 North Jefferson Street\, New Castle\, PA\, 16101\, United States
CATEGORIES:FREE Public Events,Open to the Public
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181114T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181114T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T163324
CREATED:20181013T000100Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251210T224455Z
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SUMMARY:A Constant Pleasure - Theodore Roosevelt in Oyster Bay
DESCRIPTION:Join Us for a Free Lecture on Wednesday\, November 14 at 7pm. Presentation by Amy Verone discussing Theodore Roosevelt’s public career and his family life in Oyster Bay\, New York.\n\n\n\nAmy Verone grew up in New Castle and graduated from Neshannock High School in 1974. She majored in History at Washington & Jefferson College and earned a Masters in American Studies from George Washington University. Verone worked at the National Archives and the Smithsonian Institution before joining the National Park Service in 1991. \n\n\n\nVerone served as the Chief Curator at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site\, the home of Theodore Roosevelt\, for 24 years until retiring in 2014. Her presentation\, “A Constant Pleasure\,” covers Theodore Roosevelt’s public career and his family life in Oyster Bay\, New York. She discusses his family life growing up\, how he was raised\, and how he ended up at Oyster Bay. He loved the area so much that when he married\, he chose to live “in the wilds of Long Island.” He made it his “Summer White House\,” coining that term “Summer White House.” \n\n\n\nIn 1909\, after his presidency\, Roosevelt went to Africa for a year\, then returned to Sagamore Hill where he resided the rest of his life. He is buried nearby. His widow lived at Sagamore Hill for 29 years after his death. \n\n\n\nFREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC \n\n\n\nLOCATION: Lawrence County Historical Society\, 408 Jefferson Street\, New Castle PA 16101 \n\n\n\nFor more information. call the Society at 724 658-4022 \n\n\n\nPhoto courtesy of Public Domain\, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1917359 \n\n\n\n\nDoes this sound interesting? Share with your friends!
URL:https://www.lawrencechs.org/event/constant-pleasure-theodore-roosevelt-oyster-bay/
LOCATION:New Castle Country Club\, 511 Country Club Drive\, New Castle\, PA\, 16105\, United States
CATEGORIES:FREE Public Events,Open to the Public
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180714T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180714T220000
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SUMMARY:Annual Ice Cream Social and Children’s Program
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our annual Ice Cream Social and Children’s Program “Toys on Parade” – FREE Museum Tours – and of course THE FIREWORKS\n\n\n\nEvent Schedule\n\n\n\n\n8 pm to 10 pm Ice Cream Social:  FREE ice cream\, cake and refreshments served on the front porch of the museum. From 8 pm until the start of the fireworks at 10 pm.\n\n\n\n7 pm to 9 pm Children’s program (and adults young at heart): “Toys on Parade.” A display of antique toys from the Society’s collection as well as from Jo Jo’s Treasures and Lou Palumbo’s toy collection from The Underground Railroad Shoppe. On display from 7 pm until 9 pm in the annex building.\n\n\n\n8 pm to 10 pm FREE museum tours throughout the evening including the most recent Crime Exhibit. Available until the start of the fireworks.\n\n\n\n10 pm Fireworks begin – Watch from our Front Porch and lawn. Fireworks by New Castle’s Fireworks Festival\n\n\n\n\nThe Front Porch and lawn of the Historical Society are wonderful locations to view the fireworks and enjoy social hours and ice cream. Come join the fun this July 14!\n\n\n\nPhoto credits: “Cherry Ice Cream Sundae” by “Steven Depolo” is licensed under CC BY 2.0 \n\n\n\n\nDoes this sound interesting? Share with your friends!
URL:https://www.lawrencechs.org/event/annual-ice-cream-social-childrens-program-2/
LOCATION:Lawrence County Historical Society\, 408 North Jefferson Street\, New Castle\, PA\, 16101\, United States
CATEGORIES:FREE Public Events,Open to the Public
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180509T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180509T203000
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SUMMARY:History of Local Greek Restaurateurs
DESCRIPTION:Join Us on Wednesday\, May 9 at 7pm. Presentation by Dr. Angelo Mitsos and George Stefanis.\n\n\n\nWe  present “The History of Greek Restaurateurs in Lawrence County”. \n\n\n\nDr. Angelo Mitsos\, the current owner of Coney Island\, and George Stefanis\, vice president of the Lawrence County Historical Society will be presenters of the program. They will have video and audio interviews of retired owners and children of original owners of present and long gone restaurants. \n\n\n\nThe STEAK HOUSE: One of the restaurants\, which is no longer around\, was The Steak House on E. Washington St. and was owned by the recently deceased Constantine (Gus) Mantinaos. Gus began his career as a teenage dishwasher at the New Castle Country Club and was driven to and from work by club members. Mantinaos also owned the Dog House in downtown New Castle until he retired. \n\n\n\nRESTAURANTS NO LONGER EXISTING: Other restaurants no longer existing are Whitefront Lunch\, Square Deal Café on W. Washington St.\, Hudson Lunch on E. Washington St. which was owned by brothers George and Sotiris (Sam) Kolovos\, G&H Restaurant on Liberty St. in Mahoningtown which was owned by brothers-in-law George Epitropoulos and Harry Diakovasilis\, New Life Restaurant of E. Long Ave. owned by Bill Pahoulis\, and the Pe’Wee Lunch in Ellwood City owned by Mena Gelles. \n\n\n\nRESTAURANTS STILL IN OPERATION: Other restaurants still in operation include Red Hot Restaurant in Ellwood City owned by John Katsadas. Capitol Grill on Mercer St.\, which was originally owned by Emmanuel Karatinos who partnered with Gus Marousis. Gus’ grandson\, Sotirios (Sam) Constant is the current owner. P.O. Lunch which was originally owned by Gregory Christos and Chris Stamos\, was then sold to Mike Theodorou in the 1960s. After his death\, it was taken over by his son George. It was located across the street from the post office in downtown New Castle\, hence the name. It is now located in Neshannock Township. Coney Island\, currently owned by Angelo Mitsos\, has two locations\, one on E. Washington St. and one on Wilmington Road in Neshannock Township. \n\n\n\nThe rich history of Greek Restaurants has made New Castle as famous for hot dogs as it is for fireworks.\n\n\n\nFREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC \n\n\n\nLOCATION: Lawrence County Historical Society\, 408 Jefferson Street\, New Castle PA 16101 \n\n\n\nFor more information. call the Society at 724 658-4022 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nDoes this sound interesting? Share with your friends!
URL:https://www.lawrencechs.org/event/history-of-local-greek-restaurants/
LOCATION:Lawrence County Historical Society (Medure Building)\, 408 North Jefferson Street\, New Castle\, PA\, 16101\, United States
CATEGORIES:FREE Public Events,Open to the Public
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180314T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180314T203000
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SUMMARY:Women in the Law
DESCRIPTION:“Women in the Law” is a presentation by LeeAnn Fulena\, Esq\, as part of our Women’s History Month programs. \n\n\n\nLeeAnn Fulena\, a cum laude graduate of Westminster College\, obtained her Juris  Doctor degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. She is a partner at Robb Leonard Mulvihill LLP\, Pittsburgh. Ms Fulena is the first woman to be elected Chairperson of the Lawrence County Housing Authority and has been a guest speaker at the Lawrence County Women’s Conference for the past three years. \n\n\n\nOpen to the Public. FREE to attend. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nDoes this sound interesting? Share with your friends!
URL:https://www.lawrencechs.org/event/women-in-the-law/
LOCATION:Lawrence County Historical Society (Medure Building)\, 408 North Jefferson Street\, New Castle\, PA\, 16101\, United States
CATEGORIES:FREE Public Events,Open to the Public
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180222T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180222T123000
DTSTAMP:20260502T163324
CREATED:20180126T011800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251127T010326Z
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SUMMARY:Lawrence County Trivia Competition (2018)
DESCRIPTION: Students from all county schools are invited to participate in this academic competition\, answering history\, geography\, business\, people\, and sports questions about Lawrence County.\n\n\n\nBoxes of questions may be purchased at the Historical Society’s GIFT SHOP and in our ONLINE eSTORE. \n\n\n\nFor over 30 years\, the Lawrence County Historical Society has provided an opportunity for all Lawrence County students in grades 7 – 12 to learn local history with its “LCHS Trivia Game.” This year’s competitions will be held at Northminster Presbyterian Church on Feb. 22\, 2018. \n\n\n\nThe facts\, covering local history\, geography\, people\, buildings\, industry\, and sports\, are written on a set of cards created by the Historical Society. After practices in school and at home\, the activity culminates with four competitions – Junior High Individual\, Junior High Team\, Senior High Individual\, and Senior High Team. \n\n\n\nHistorical Society members and school advisors serve as judges for the competitions. LCHS Board member\, Stephanie Fulena\, coordinates and moderates the event each year. \n\n\n\nPlaques for first place winners are given to the winning schools and first through fourth place students win cash prizes. \n\n\n\nThis challenging game (for children and adults) can be purchased at the Society or online on our website. \n\n\n\nEvent details will also be published in the New Castle News. \n\n\n\nCoordinator & Moderator: Stephanie Fulena\, LCHSSponsor: the Almira Foundation \n\n\n\nTo see previous winners\, visit our website Youth Education page. \n\n\nDoes this sound interesting? Share with your friends!
URL:https://www.lawrencechs.org/event/lawrence-county-trivia-competition-2018/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:FREE Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180207T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180207T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T163324
CREATED:20180120T022500Z
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SUMMARY:The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen
DESCRIPTION:JOIN US 7 pm On Wednesday\, February 7\, 2018 when Jean Speight\, local historian and a retired New Castle School District teacher\, presents\, “The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen.” The program features a power point and lecture. FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.\n\n\n\n“In 1925\, an Army War College Study of black troops in World War l concluded that “blacks would never have what it takes to fly aircraft of any type.” It stated that “they lacked intelligence and were cowards under combat conditions.” The War Department tradition and policy mandated segregation of African Americans into separate units staffed by white officers. These units were limited to specific jobs\, such as cooks\, truck drivers\, and construction workers.” J. Speight \n\n\n\nTuskegee Pilots World War II\n\n\n\nThe Tuskegee Airmen were the very first African American U.S. Army Air Force unit to fight in World War II. The unit was comprised primarily of African Americans flyers and the other African American soldiers necessary to keep the aircraft in the air. These men had to fight for the right to serve as pilots in the U.S.Military. A large number of soldiers in this unit came from Western Pennsylvania. \n\n\n\nFor more information\, call the Society at 724 658-4022. \n\n\n\n\nDoes this sound interesting? Share with your friends!
URL:https://www.lawrencechs.org/event/story-tuskegee-airmen/
LOCATION:Lawrence County Historical Society (Medure Building)\, 408 North Jefferson Street\, New Castle\, PA\, 16101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Black History,FREE Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171202T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171202T160000
DTSTAMP:20260502T163324
CREATED:20171101T233900Z
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SUMMARY:Open House with SANTA (2017)
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n\n\nSanta will visit the mansion to check out our decorations. Children can visit with Santa for that “old fashioned” Christmas feeling. And even better yet\, the kids can have their picture taken with Santa.\n\n\n\nFree tours of the mansion included.\n\n\n\n\nFREE TOURS of our mansion that is beautifully decorated in a Victorian Christmas style\n\n\n\nFREE REFRESHMENTS\n\n\n\nFREE TREAT BAGS from Santa for the children\n\n\n\nFREE PHOTO: children can get a photo with Santa by our photographer\n\n\n\nFREE and OPEN to the public (young and young at heart)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nDoes this sound interesting? Share with your friends!
URL:https://www.lawrencechs.org/event/open-house-santa-2017/
LOCATION:Lawrence County Historical Society\, 408 North Jefferson Street\, New Castle\, PA\, 16101\, United States
CATEGORIES:FREE Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171108T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171108T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T163324
CREATED:20171006T013800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251203T022255Z
UID:24207-1510167600-1510173000@www.lawrencechs.org
SUMMARY:Uncles At War
DESCRIPTION:Uncles at War: the Pacific\, Panama Canal & the Atlantic\n\n\n\n“Uncles at War” While doing research on family history\, Dr. Nichols discovered information on his uncles that focused not only on their experiences but the details of World War II on three different theaters of the war: The Pacific Islands\, the Panama Canal\, and the Atlantic Ocean. The program will be more than their story because their experiences in the air force\, on the islands\, and in the canal zone\, provide an insight to what many persons who fought in this war had to deal with as well as its impact on their families at home. \n\n\n\nJohn A. Nichols\, PhD\n\n\n\nDr. John A. Nichols\, professor emeritus of History (Slippery Rock University)\, currently is a destination/special interest speaker on cruise ships of topics as diverse as the Ephesus in the time of St. Paul or Native Americans on the Caribbean islands to more modern events such as the building of the Panama Canal and tourism in the 21st Century. \n\n\n\n Photos provided courtesy of Dr. John A. Nichols. Photo of Eldred Gray\, 2nd lieutenant in the USA Air Corp. Photo of Dr John A. Nichols. \n\n\n\n\nDoes this sound interesting? Share with your friends!
URL:https://www.lawrencechs.org/event/uncles-at-war/
LOCATION:Lawrence County Historical Society (Medure Building)\, 408 North Jefferson Street\, New Castle\, PA\, 16101\, United States
CATEGORIES:FREE Public Events,Open to the Public
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171011T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171011T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T163324
CREATED:20171010T022300Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251203T023607Z
UID:24216-1507748400-1507753800@www.lawrencechs.org
SUMMARY:Genealogy Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an interactive workshop and discover what possibilities might lie in your family history!\n\n\n\nThe Dr. Seuss book\, Are You My Mother? pokes fun with a baby bird trying to find his mother. But what about a grandmother\, or great-grandmother\, or great-great-grandmother? When trying to trace your family history\, where do you start? By laying some groundwork\, we can find our ancestors who were able to place themselves in situations that would eventually land us here today. \n\n\n\nHenley Bros. & Paden Company circa 1890 Hillsville\, Pennsylvania.\n\n\n\nOur heritage is valuable if we are to understand the social grouping from which we have come and to which we belong. One of the late board members of the county’s Historical Society\, Anita DeVivo\, stated that heritages act as geological layers\, upon which new layers of society are built. Each layer is a representation of a much larger group. To have a foundation of belonging to the larger group\, we must find our place in these layers and allow ourselves the opportunity to study the Native American and immigrant populations who have allowed us to live today. The value of heritage is expressed as we locate ourselves within those layers\, and we discover how each ancestor influenced who we are today. \n\n\n\nOn October 11 at 7:00 p.m. in the Medure Annex of the Lawrence County Historical Society\, Executive Administrator Andrew Henley will be instructing a free Genealogy Workshop which will allow you to figuratively place a trowel in your hands and begin digging up some of your family’s history. Through this process\, you will be able to set foundations for yourself and your family\, educate yourself on what the Society has to offer\, and troubleshoot questions about genealogical barriers. Henley will be exhibiting what possibilities you might uncover in the layers and how you are able to showcase them. \n\n\n\nCome and find out more and what possibilities might lie in your family’s history! \n\n\n\nThe Historical Society is located at 408 N. Jefferson St. in New Castle. \n\n\n\nPhoto credits:  “Henley Bros. & Paden Company” c. 1890 Hillsville\, PA\, Henley Family Archives \n\n\n\n\nDoes this sound interesting? Share with your friends!
URL:https://www.lawrencechs.org/event/genealogy-workshop/
LOCATION:Lawrence County Historical Society (Medure Building)\, 408 North Jefferson Street\, New Castle\, PA\, 16101\, United States
CATEGORIES:FREE Public Events,Open to the Public
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170814T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170814T210000
DTSTAMP:20260502T163324
CREATED:20170714T200800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251210T222647Z
UID:24237-1502737200-1502744400@www.lawrencechs.org
SUMMARY:"Fall" Into Holistic Health with Young Living Essential Oils
DESCRIPTION:Bring a friend for a night filled with fun\, essential oil education & application!\n\n\n\nRSVP is necessary as this particular class is most popular and typically fills up fast!  RSVP ON OUR EVENTBRITE PAGE. \n\n\n\nEssential oils\, or aromatic oils as they were once called\, have been used by many cultures around the world for centuries. Their uses varied between cultures from religious purposes to healing the sick. It is difficult to pinpoint exactly when essential oils gained notoriety as effective healing agents\, but eventually the knowledge of essential oils spread around the globe. \n\n\n\nThe earliest evidence of human knowledge of the healing properties of plants was found in Lascaux\, located in the Dordogne region in France. There\, cave paintings suggest the use of medicinal plants in everyday life that have been carbon dated as far back as 18\,000 B.C.E. \n\n\n\nLove the natural scents of essential oils\, but not sure how to really use them? What oils are safe and what should you know as a consumer? Do you know how to distinguish a therapeutic-grade essential oil from a harmful synthetic? This class will give you an introduction to the incredible world of therapeutic-grade essential oils so that you can use them with confidence. \n\n\n\nLearn about Seven Specific Summer to Fall Transitions and the 14 purest oils on the planet that support\, promote\, and maintain the health of your body. You will “Make & Take” a Natural Cinnamon Bark and Clove Potpourri Spray that is sure to get your senses aroused in the mornings!! \n\n\n\nWe will have a FREE 5ml bottle of Cinnamon Bark Essential Oil for the person who brings the most guests! \n\n\n\nComplimentary Cinnamon Cake with Cinnamon Bark Oil. Coffee Will Be Served. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nDoes this sound interesting? Share with your friends!
URL:https://www.lawrencechs.org/event/fall-holistic-health-young-living-essential-oils/
LOCATION:Lawrence County Historical Society (Medure Building)\, 408 North Jefferson Street\, New Castle\, PA\, 16101\, United States
CATEGORIES:FREE Public Events,Open to the Public
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170510T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170510T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T163324
CREATED:20170411T015500Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251210T215549Z
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SUMMARY:Dante DiThomas and his 50 Suitcases
DESCRIPTION:Join us May 10 from 7-8:30 pm when Dr. Tom Zumpella\, retired New Castle High School music director\, presents “Dante DiThomas and his 50 Suitcases”\n\n\n\nEVENT DETAILS: After graduating from New Castle High School in 1932\, Dante DiThomas went on the road with a dance band. It was during this time that he learned to arrange music. In 1942 he was drafted into the US Army and played in the Army’s concert and dance bands until 1945. \n\n\n\nFor 23 years\, Dante worked in Hollywood at various movie studios\, including 10 years at Disney in Burbank. He worked on more than 200 motion pictures and television movies during his career. The most notable were\, “Beauty and the Beast”\, “The Little Mermaid”\, “Dick Tracy”\, “Dances with Wolves”\, “Rocky II”\, “Rocky III”\, “Batman”\, “The Right Stuff”\, “Out of Africa”\, “E.T.” and “Indiana Jones”. He also helped with the music for the Walt Disney MGM Tour. \n\n\n\nFor the last ten years of his life\, he was the leader of the Dante DiThomas Orchestra playing swing music in New Castle and the tri-state area. Dante died in 2008 in his 90s. \n\n\n\nEVENT SPEAKER:  Dr. Tom Zumpella is the director of the Red Coat Band\, an Italian Symphonic marching band\, and is the musical director of The New Castle Playhouse. He is a board member of the Renova Music Festival. Zumpella worked and played with DiThomas locally. He is cataloging DiThomas’s music. \n\n\n\nMark your calendar now for our FREE May 10 program\n\n\n\n\nDoes this sound interesting? Share with your friends!
URL:https://www.lawrencechs.org/event/dante-dithomas-50-suitcases/
LOCATION:Lawrence County Historical Society (Medure Building)\, 408 North Jefferson Street\, New Castle\, PA\, 16101\, United States
CATEGORIES:FREE Public Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170405T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170405T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T163324
CREATED:20171202T190300Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251210T214759Z
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SUMMARY:History of Judaism in Lawrence County
DESCRIPTION:Join us April 5 from 7-8:30 pm when Eric Lidji\, a representative of the Heinz History Center\, presents on the History of Judaism in Lawrence County.\n\n\n\nEVENT DETAILS: In the early 20th century\, Western Pennsylvania had more small town Jewish communities than any other region in America. In fact\, it had almost ten percent of all the small town Jewish communities in the country. Lawrence County was home to two of these communities\, in New Castle and Ellwood City. By looking at the specific example of these two communities\, this talk will try to explain what made this region so attractive to Jewish immigrants and so conducive to Jewish communities. \n\n\n\n\nWhat led to the growth of these communities in the early 20th century and their decline in the late 20th century?\n\n\n\nAnd\, most importantly\, what was life like in the decades in between?\n\n\n\n\nEVENT SPEAKER:  Eric Lidji is a researcher based in Pittsburgh. For the past five years\, he has been an archival consultant for the Rauh Jewish History Program & Archives at the Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh\, where his research has focused on Jewish families\, businesses and communities in Western Pennsylvania. He is the curator of the family history website Generation to Generation and a researcher for the Small Towns Jewish History Project\, which is documenting Jewish life in small towns throughout Western Pennsylvania. Lidji is the author of the book John Riegert and an editor of Her Deeds Sing Her Praises: Profiles of Pittsburgh Jewish Women. \n\n\n\nMark your calendar now for our April 5th free program\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nDoes this sound interesting? Share with your friends!
URL:https://www.lawrencechs.org/event/history-judaism-lawrence-county/
LOCATION:Lawrence County Historical Society (Medure Building)\, 408 North Jefferson Street\, New Castle\, PA\, 16101\, United States
CATEGORIES:FREE Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170308T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170308T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T163324
CREATED:20170225T033100Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251210T215429Z
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SUMMARY:"Plants Past and Present" with Gary Church
DESCRIPTION:Join us March 8 from 7-8:30 pm for “Plants Past and Present” with Gary Church.\n\n\n\nEVENT DETAILS: Plants Past and Present is a presentation about local plants from the Devonian period (millions of years ago) to modern times. \n\n\n\nEVENT SPEAKER:  Gary Church is a columnist and blogger for the New Castle News. Formerly a local greenhouse grower\, Church is well known for his witty columns about gardens\, plants\, and plantings. \n\n\n\nWe hope to see you March 8. All LCHS programs are free and open to the public.\n\n\n\n\nDoes this sound interesting? Share with your friends!
URL:https://www.lawrencechs.org/event/plants-past-present-gary-church/
LOCATION:Lawrence County Historical Society (Medure Building)\, 408 North Jefferson Street\, New Castle\, PA\, 16101\, United States
CATEGORIES:FREE Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170208T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170208T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T163324
CREATED:20170119T035700Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251210T214721Z
UID:24268-1486580400-1486585800@www.lawrencechs.org
SUMMARY:Traveling Shoes: Looking at African American Migration
DESCRIPTION:The migration saw the relocation of more than 6 million African Americans from the rural South to parts of the North\, Midwest and West.\n\n\n\nThe year 1910\, when 7 million of the 8 million African Americans lived below the cotton curtain. African Americans sought to build a new place for themselves\, to take control of their own destiny. They put on their “traveling shoes”\, pulled up roots and journeyed to places unknown. \n\n\n\nMost people have some reference of migration in their past\, but none that can match that of the African American. White Americans outside the south would be faced with a new culture and an opportunity to bridge the races in the new world. \n\n\n\nEvent Speaker Jean Speight offers a power point and lecture that addresses many absorbing questions during this presentation at the Lawrence County Historical Society. For example: \n\n\n\n\nDid the migration achieve the aim of those who put on those “traveling shoes”?\n\n\n\nWere the millions who left better off having done so?\n\n\n\nWas what they left behind worth what confronted them in the places to which they fled?\n\n\n\n\nEVENT SPEAKER: S. Jean SpeightFor several years\, Historical Society member\, S. Jean Speight\, has been creating exciting programs for the Society for Black History Month. Mrs. Speight\, a retired New Castle elementary school teacher\, has presented programs locally\, throughout Pennsylvania\, and in other states. \n\n\n\nJoin us on February 8 for this brand new program.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nDoes this sound interesting? Share with your friends!
URL:https://www.lawrencechs.org/event/traveling-shoes-african-american-migration/
LOCATION:Lawrence County Historical Society (Medure Building)\, 408 North Jefferson Street\, New Castle\, PA\, 16101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Black History,FREE Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161203T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161203T153000
DTSTAMP:20260502T163324
CREATED:20161115T012400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251203T171631Z
UID:24277-1480768200-1480779000@www.lawrencechs.org
SUMMARY:Open House with SANTA - he's back!!!!
DESCRIPTION:Santa will visit the mansion to check out our decorations. Children can visit with Santa for that “old fashioned” Christmas feeling. And even better yet\, the kids can have their picture taken with Santa.\n\n\n\nFree tours of the mansion included.\n\n\n\n\nFREE TOURS of our mansion that is beautifully decorated in a Victorian Christmas style\n\n\n\nFREE REFRESHMENTS\n\n\n\nFREE TREAT BAGS for the children\n\n\n\nFREE PHOTO: children can get a photo with Santa by photographer Laura Ruppersberger\n\n\n\nFREE and OPEN to the public (young and young at heart)\n\n\n\n\n\nDoes this sound interesting? Share with your friends!
URL:https://www.lawrencechs.org/event/open-house-with-santa-2016/
LOCATION:Lawrence County Historical Society\, 408 North Jefferson Street\, New Castle\, PA\, 16101\, United States
CATEGORIES:FREE Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161109T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161109T210000
DTSTAMP:20260502T163324
CREATED:20161024T161700Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251210T214205Z
UID:24314-1478718000-1478725200@www.lawrencechs.org
SUMMARY:Underground Railroad in Lawrence County
DESCRIPTION:Join us November 9 @ 7 pm as Susan Urbanek Linville discusses the African American community pre-Civil War\, abolitionist preachers\, free churches and the underground railroad.\n\n\n\nSusan Urbanek Linville\, author of In Hot Pursuit: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad in Lawrence County\, Pennsylvania\, will give a presentation about the Underground Railroad Wednesday\, November 9th at 7pm in the Greer-Clavelli Mansion of the Lawrence County Historical Society\, 408 N. Jefferson Street\, New Castle. \n\n\n\n“To use a slang phrase\, New Castle was a red hot Abolition town.” New Castle News: March 8\, 1899. Not only was New Castle “red hot\,” there were hundreds\, if not thousands\, of abolitionist supporters who either spoke out against slavery or acted upon their beliefs by sneaking slaves through Lawrence County. \n\n\n\nSusan Urbanek Linville\n\n\n\nLinville’s talk will include an overview of the African American community in Lawrence County before the Civil War. It will follow with the rise of Abolitionist Preachers and the development of the Free Presbyterian Church. It will also highlight abolitionists and conductors throughout the County. \n\n\n\n\nDoes this sound interesting? Share with your friends!
URL:https://www.lawrencechs.org/event/underground-railroad-lawrence-county/
LOCATION:Lawrence County Historical Society (Medure Building)\, 408 North Jefferson Street\, New Castle\, PA\, 16101\, United States
CATEGORIES:FREE Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161012T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161012T210000
DTSTAMP:20260502T163324
CREATED:20160924T201700Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251203T185316Z
UID:24286-1476298800-1476306000@www.lawrencechs.org
SUMMARY:Interesting Discoveries in Oak Park Cemetery
DESCRIPTION:Join us October 12 @ 7 pm as Ed Petrus discusses his discoveries in the Oak Park Cemetery\n\n\n\nThe caretaker’s house at Oak Park Cemetery had fallen into disrepair and the cemetery board had plans to demolish it. Instead\, local residents\, Ed & Lorraine Petrus purchased it and from 2011 to 2013 worked on its restoration. \n\n\n\nAfter spending so much time in the cemetery\, Ed took an interest in the many epitaphs\, markers\, and interesting New Castle forefathers buried there. One of the citizens he will speak about is Harry C. Falls. Falls sold 126 acres of land to P.J. Watson and others to create Oak Park Cemetery. \n\n\n\nOak Park Cemetery\, New Castle\, Pennsylvania\n\n\n\nJoin us on Oct. 12th at 7 p.m. at the Society for Ed’s presentation. He will tell stories and show photos of his experiences there including: \n\n\n\n\nFall’s tombstone\n\n\n\nRestored caretaker’s home\n\n\n\nFog at the cemetery\n\n\n\nOld postcard pictures\n\n\n\n\nThis program is free and open to the public. For more information\, call 724-658-4022. \n\n\n\n\nDoes this sound interesting? Share with your friends!
URL:https://www.lawrencechs.org/event/interesting-discoveries-oak-park-cemetery/
LOCATION:Lawrence County Historical Society (Medure Building)\, 408 North Jefferson Street\, New Castle\, PA\, 16101\, United States
CATEGORIES:FREE Public Events,Open to the Public
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160709T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160709T200000
DTSTAMP:20260502T163324
CREATED:20160707T204900Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251203T194009Z
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SUMMARY:Book Signing at the Ice Cream Social
DESCRIPTION:Signing to Benefit Lawrence County Historical Society\n\n\n\nCoauthors\, Susan Urbanek Linville and Elizabeth Hoover DiRisio\, have scheduled a book signing for their new publication\, In Hot Pursuit\, The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad in Lawrence County\, PA. \n\n\n\nThe signing will take place Saturday\, July 9th\, 7pm-8pm\, at the Lawrence County Historical Society\, 408 N. Jefferson Street\, in conjunction with the Society’s Ice Cream Social \n\n\n\nThe book includes stories about abolitionists and conductors who operated in Lawrence County during the years preceding the Civil War. It also highlights the Free-Black community\, the importance of area ministers in rebuking slavery\, and the county’s national participation in the fight against slavery. \n\n\n\nBooks will be available for purchase: cost $20. \n\n\n\nCo Authors Susan Urbanek Linville & Betty Hoover DiRisio\n\n\n\n\nSusan Urbanek Linville\n\n\n\nBetty Hoover DiRisio\n\n\n\n\nSusan Urbanek Linville\, PhD\n\n\n\nSusan received her PhD in biology from the University of Dayton and has been writing science scripts for Indiana University’s “A Moment of Science” PODcasts for several years. She has also written non-fiction books\, children’s fiction\, newspaper and encyclopedia articles\, newsletters and short fiction. \n\n\n\nShe currently works part-time as Administrator for the Lawrence County Historical Society. \n\n\n\nBetty Hoover DiRisio\n\n\n\nBetty was born and raised in Lawrence County\, and graduated from Laurel High School. She attended George Washington University in Washington DC. where she worked on mass tort (asbestos)\, toxic tort and tobacco litigation for the U. S. Department of the Navy and the U.S. Department of Justice. \n\n\n\nShe currently serves on the Boards of the Lawrence County Historical Society and the Historic Warner Film Center.  \n\n\n\nPhoto Credits: DiRisio photo used with permission from the New Castle News. Other photos by S. Linville. \n\n\n\n\nDoes this sound interesting? Share with your friends!
URL:https://www.lawrencechs.org/event/book-signing-ice-cream-social/
LOCATION:Lawrence County Historical Society\, 408 North Jefferson Street\, New Castle\, PA\, 16101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Black History,FREE Public Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160511T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160511T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T163324
CREATED:20160306T083500Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251203T200258Z
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SUMMARY:Formation & Growth of Ellwood City
DESCRIPTION:Join us as Everett Bleakney\, Jr.\, 2nd Vice President of the Ellwood City Area Historical Society\, discusses the history of Ellwood City and the surrounding area. \n\n\n\nThose who wish to share their own stories are welcome to participate.\n\n\n\nWayne Township was created from a part of Beaver County when Lawrence County formed in 1849. Early settlements included Staylesville\, Chewton and Wurtemburg\, but none of them would achieve the prominence of Ellwood City. \n\n\n\nEllwood City is a borough of both Beaver and Lawrence counties. In 1900\, it was prosperous and thriving\, home to such plants as American Steel Car Forge Company\, Glen Manufacturing\, Ellwood Foundry\, Standard Engineering\, and National Tube. Ellwood City sustained many heavy industries throughout the years including: steel-tube mills\, steel-car works\, building-stone and limestone quarries\, foundries and machine shops\, and coal-mining. \n\n\n\nThis program is free and open to the public. For more information\, call 724-658-4022. \n\n\n\n\nDoes this sound interesting? Share with your friends!
URL:https://www.lawrencechs.org/event/formation-growth-ellwood-city/
LOCATION:Lawrence County Historical Society\, 408 North Jefferson Street\, New Castle\, PA\, 16101\, United States
CATEGORIES:FREE Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160409T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160409T110000
DTSTAMP:20260502T163324
CREATED:20160327T022200Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251203T233702Z
UID:24349-1460196000-1460199600@www.lawrencechs.org
SUMMARY:The Huffman Letters: Stories & Book Signing
DESCRIPTION:Talk and Book Signing – Meet the Author\n\n\n\n“He was a Union soldier\, but I believe he was also just a typical 16-year-old young kid from Beaver County”  – Author Jay Paisley about William Henry Huffman\n\n\n\nIn 1861\, sixteen year old William Henry Huffman of Darlington Township\, Beaver County\, enlisted in the Union Army. As part of the 100th PA regiment (Roundheads) based in Lawrence County\, he participated in over 20 battles\, including Fredericksburg and Vicksburg. \n\n\n\nJay Paisley\, author of The Huffman Letters: Civil War Letters to Beaver County\, Pennsylvania\n\n\n\nJay Paisley\, author of The Huffman Letters: Civil War Letters to Beaver County\, Pennsylvania\, will be taking his audience back in time to the Civil War\, Saturday\, April 9th\, 10am at the Lawrence County Historical Society\, 408 N. Jefferson Street\, New Castle. \n\n\n\nPaisley brings Huffman’s story to life through his discussion of the young man’s letters\, highlighting his experiences during the war. \n\n\n\nPaisley will also have a book signing at the end of his talk. Books are $20. \n\n\n\n\nDoes this sound interesting? Share with your friends!
URL:https://www.lawrencechs.org/event/huffman-letters-stories-book-signing/
LOCATION:Lawrence County Historical Society (Medure Building)\, 408 North Jefferson Street\, New Castle\, PA\, 16101\, United States
CATEGORIES:FREE Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160309T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160309T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T163324
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SUMMARY:History of Scouting in Lawrence County
DESCRIPTION:Join us for “The History of Scouting in Lawrence County”\n\n\n\nPresenter: Colleen Chamberlain\, Outdoor Activities Coordinator and Unit Trainer for BSA Troop 743. Chamberlain is also active at the District (King Beaver)\, and Council (Moraine Trails) levels of the Boy Scouts of America\, and is a District Award of Merit and Council Silver Beaver recipient. \n\n\n\nHer presentation will provide \n\n\n\n\nInsight on how the Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of America have made their mark here in Lawrence County\n\n\n\nHow their changes over the years have affected today’s youth and our community\n\n\n\nHow Scouting benefits our local area\n\n\n\nInsight from some of today’s Scouts\n\n\n\nDisplays of Scouting memorabilia\n\n\n\n\nMrs. Chamberlain is the proud mother of an Eagle Scout\, and continues to assist local Scouts and Scouters at all levels. \n\n\n\n\nDoes this sound interesting? Share with your friends!
URL:https://www.lawrencechs.org/event/history-scouting-lawrence-county/
LOCATION:Lawrence County Historical Society (Medure Building)\, 408 North Jefferson Street\, New Castle\, PA\, 16101\, United States
CATEGORIES:FREE Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160210T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160210T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T163324
CREATED:20160118T210000Z
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SUMMARY:Twenty Extraordinary African American Women!
DESCRIPTION:“The history of women’s contributions to this nation has not been limited to the struggle of women’s right alone. Our nation owes whatever prosperity\, enlightenment and success it has achieved to the hard work and dedication of millions upon millions of women who have given their lives and their efforts to its service”  \n\n\n\n… from Great Speeches by American Women (Ed. James Daley)\n\n\n\nTheir names are not familiar to most people. Their faces are not seen in our history books\, yet each of them played a valuable part in shaping America. \n\n\n\nThrough conversation and a Power Point presentation\, we can expand our knowledge of African American Women beyond Rosa Parks to include others that came before and paved the way for a Rosa Parks. \n\n\n\nAfrican American women like all women have spoken out and spoken up throughout American History. This involvement has spanned centuries. Event Speaker Jean Speight will share information and give a voice to twenty of these Extraordinary African American Women. \n\n\n\nEVENT SPEAKER: S. Jean SpeightFor several years\, Historical Society member\, S. Jean Speight\, has been creating exciting programs for the Society for Black History Month. Mrs. Speight\, a retired New Castle elementary school teacher\, has presented programs locally\, throughout Pennsylvania\, and in other states. \n\n\n\nJoin us on February 10 for this brand new program.\n\n\n\n\nFannie Lou Hamer 1964\n\n\n\nCharlayne Hunter Gault 2011\n\n\n\nUS Rep Barbara Jordan 1970s\n\n\n\n\nPhoto credits: “Fannie Lou Hamer 1964-08-22” by Warren K. Leffler\, U.S. News & World Report Magazine. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.  Charlayne Hunter-Gault 2011 photo by Anders Krusberg / Peabody Awards. Licensed under CC BY 2.0   Rep Barbara Jordan – 1970s. By U.S. Congress [Public domain]\, via Wikimedia Commons. All photos were cropped. \n\n\n\n\nDoes this sound interesting? Share with your friends!
URL:https://www.lawrencechs.org/event/twenty-extraordinary-african-american-women/
LOCATION:Lawrence County Historical Society (Medure Building)\, 408 North Jefferson Street\, New Castle\, PA\, 16101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Black History,FREE Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151111T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151111T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T163324
CREATED:20151029T174200Z
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SUMMARY:"Over There” - An Overview of WWI
DESCRIPTION:Join us this Veterans Day\, November 11 at 7 pm\n\n\n\nVeteran and historian Chuck King presents a program about World War I along with a display of artifacts about the war and information on our local veterans. \n\n\n\nOne hundred years ago\, in 1915 this war became what was known as “a total war.” Originally\, November 11 was a celebration of Armistice Day 1917\, the end of WWI. While some countries still call the holiday Armistice Day\, others call it Veterans Day or Remembrance Day. \n\n\n\n“Over There.” Words and music by George M. Cohan.\n\n\n\nKing’s presentation includes: \n\n\n\n\nan overview of the circumstances which lead to World War I\n\n\n\nrationale for how America got into the war\n\n\n\ninformation about the military\n\n\n\nthe results and ramifications of the war\n\n\n\n\nKing\, a retired history teacher\, is an expert on military and wars and a collector of war memorabilia. He is a member of the Society and a frequent presenter there and elsewhere. His presentations are enthusiastic\, engaging and entertaining as well as providing a wealth of information. \n\n\n\nThe program is free and open to the public. \n\n\n\nFor more information\, call the society at 724-658-4022. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nDoes this sound interesting? Share with your friends!
URL:https://www.lawrencechs.org/event/over-there-an-overview-of-wwi/
LOCATION:Lawrence County Historical Society (Medure Building)\, 408 North Jefferson Street\, New Castle\, PA\, 16101\, United States
CATEGORIES:FREE Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151014T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151014T200000
DTSTAMP:20260502T163324
CREATED:20151008T180300Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251204T005323Z
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SUMMARY:Haunted History of Lawrence County
DESCRIPTION:Ghostly Tales – Present Day Hauntings\n\n\n\nSusan Linville will send chills up your spine with ghostly tales dating back to 1869. Come hear about ghosts of the past\, and present day hauntings. \n\n\n\nFREE to the Public. Come to our Museum and enjoy an hour of historical storytelling. \n\n\n\nDr. Susan Urbanek Linville has a PhD in Biology from the University of Dayton and has been doing genealogy research for several decades. Her “haunted history” walking tours have included tales of the Black Hand\, Mistaken Identities\, Haunted Buildings and tales of things that go bump in the nights. She is currently administrator of the Lawrence County Historical Society. \n\n\n\n\nDoes this sound interesting? Share with your friends!
URL:https://www.lawrencechs.org/event/haunted-history-of-lawrence-county/
LOCATION:Lawrence County Historical Society\, 408 North Jefferson Street\, New Castle\, PA\, 16101\, United States
CATEGORIES:FREE Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150711T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150711T220000
DTSTAMP:20260502T163324
CREATED:20150208T013100Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251210T213213Z
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SUMMARY:Annual Ice Cream Social\, Children’s Program & opening of The Underground Railroad Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a very special evening full of delicious events. Ice Cream social. Children’s Fair. Fireworks. And the opening of our Underground Railroad Exhibit. \n\n\n\nEvent Schedule\n\n\n\nThe following time schedule is tentative and subject to revision! The FREE children’s programs\, ice cream\, museum tours and fireworks are definite. \n\n\n\n\n7 – 8 pm Children’s program – make a quilt patch\n\n\n\n8 -10 pm Ice Cream Social\n\n\n\n8 – 10 pm Opening of the Underground Railroad Display\n\n\n\n10 pm (approx) FIREWORKS\n\n\n\nFREE ice cream\, cake\, and refreshments  – served on the front porch of the museum\n\n\n\nFREE tours of the museum\n\n\n\n\nThe Underground Railroad of Lawrence County\n\n\n\n“Hundreds\, if not thousands\, of abolitionist supporters … either spoke out against slavery or acted upon their beliefs by sneaking slaves through Lawrence County”  “To use a slang phrase\, New Castle was a red hot Abolition town.” (New Castle News: March 8\, 1899) \n\n\n\nOpening July 11\, this new exhibit highlights those who participated in helping fugitives escape to Canada and promoted the abolition of slavery. The exhibit includes \n\n\n\n\nintroduction to the Underground Railroad\n\n\n\noverview of the African American Community in Lawrence County before the Civil War\n\n\n\nfollows the rise of Abolitionist Preachers and the development of the Free Presbyterian Church\n\n\n\nhighlights Lawrence County politics before the war and illustrates its connection to the struggle against slavery in Kansas\n\n\n\nintroduces the community to the abolitionists and conductors throughout Lawrence County and brings to light the stories of slaves who passed through or settled in the area\n\n\n\n\nPhoto credits: “Cherry Ice Cream Sundae” by “Steven Depolo” is licensed under CC BY 2.0 \n\n\n\n\nDoes this sound interesting? Share with your friends!
URL:https://www.lawrencechs.org/event/ice-cream-social-fireworks/
LOCATION:Lawrence County Historical Society\, 408 North Jefferson Street\, New Castle\, PA\, 16101\, United States
CATEGORIES:FREE Public Events
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