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A Message from Bob Wolensky

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Breaker Boys (Scranton)
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The Patchwork Kitchen Breadmaking Workshop
10 Jan
January 10, 2026    
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Eckley Miners' Village Museum
Do you love fresh, baked bread? Warm, cinnamon rolls? Ever wondered how to make it, how your ancestors may have made it in the past? Join [...]
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Movies in the Mines
17 Jan
January 17, 2026    
12:00 am - 5:00 am
Brooks Mine
Experience a truly unique opportunity to watch the Knox Mine Disaster Film from inside a coal mine! This will take place during anthracite history month [...]
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Anthracite Photography with Michael Froio
18 Jan
January 18, 2026    
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
National Museum of Industrial History
Join photographer Michael Froio at NMIH https://www.nmih.org/ as he showcases his recent work documenting anthracite coal mines and culture.  https://michaelfroio.com/  
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Huber Breaker Preservation Society
20 Jan
January 20, 2026    
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
St Leo The Great Church Hall
Presenters: Robbie Flowers, "Mining Tools and Techniques of the 1800s" Bobby Hughes (EPCAMR), "Mosaics, Mine Maps, and Multi-Colliery Hydrogeologic Units: Efforts to Advance Mine Pool [...]
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From the Mines to Rails
22 Jan
January 22, 2026    
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
1st Welsh Baptist Church
Joseph Slusser of The Plymouth Historical Society will present on railroad moving coal over the Ashley Planes , Mr. Norm Barret will present on working [...]
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Meet the Author - Lorena Beniquez - “Lost Coal Country of Northeastern Pennsylvania”
23 Jan
January 23, 2026    
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
LCHS Museum
The Luzerne County Historical Society will host Lorena Beniquez author of “Lost Coal Country of Northeastern Pennsylvania” on Friday, January 23rd, 2026 at the LCHS [...]
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Anthracite Insurgents
24 Jan
January 24, 2026    
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
National Museum of Industrial History
Professors Robert Wolensky and Thomas Mackaman will give a presentation about their new manuscript "Anthracite Insurgents." The volume deals with labor-management, labor-labor, and labor-government conflict [...]
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The Annual Knox Mine Disaster Commemoration
24 Jan
January 24, 2026    
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Anthracite Heritage Museum
The annual Knox Mine program will feature speakers focusing on history of the Anthracite Region broadly and events that occurred following the Knox Mine Disaster.  [...]
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Knox Mine Disaster Memorial Mass
25 Jan
January 25, 2026    
9:00 am - 10:00 am
St. John the Evangelist Church
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Knox Mine Disaster Memorial Commemoration
25 Jan
January 25, 2026    
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Baloga Funeral Home
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Knox Mine Disaster Annual Walk
25 Jan
January 25, 2026    
10:45 am - 11:45 am
Baloga Funeral Home
Annual walk to the Knox Mine Disaster break-in site at the Susquehanna River in Pittston. Weather permitting. Walk Leaders: Bill Best and Bill Landmesser
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Anthracite Labor History
27 Jan
January 27, 2026    
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Anthracite Heritage Museum
Lucia Dailey, Independent Scholar, "Msgr. John J. Curran: The Labor Priest of Anthracite" Robert Wolensky, King's College, "The Industrial Workers of the World in Anthracite, [...]
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The Annual Msgr. John J. Curran Lecture & Book Prize
29 Jan
January 29, 2026    
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Burke Auditorium, Business School, King's College
Mitch Troutman will deliver the annual Msgr. John J. Curran Lecture in the Burke Auditorium at King's College on January 26, 2025.  The topic of [...]
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Breaker Boys
31 Jan
January 31, 2026    
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Catlin House
Charlie Kumpas will present a power point on Breaker Boys 
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Events on January 10, 2026
10 Jan
The Patchwork Kitchen Breadmaking Workshop
10 Jan 26
Weatherly
Events on January 17, 2026
17 Jan
Movies in the Mines
17 Jan 26
Scranton
Events on January 18, 2026
18 Jan
Anthracite Photography with Michael Froio
18 Jan 26
Bethlehem
Events on January 20, 2026
20 Jan
Huber Breaker Preservation Society
20 Jan 26
Ashley
Events on January 22, 2026
22 Jan
From the Mines to Rails
22 Jan 26
Plymouth
Events on January 23, 2026
23 Jan
Meet the Author - Lorena Beniquez - “Lost Coal Country of Northeastern Pennsylvania”
23 Jan 26
Wilkes-Barre
Events on January 24, 2026
24 Jan
Anthracite Insurgents
24 Jan 26
Bethlehem
24 Jan
The Annual Knox Mine Disaster Commemoration
24 Jan 26
Scranton
Events on January 25, 2026
25 Jan
Knox Mine Disaster Memorial Mass
25 Jan 26
Pittston
25 Jan
Knox Mine Disaster Memorial Commemoration
25 Jan 26
Pittston
25 Jan
Knox Mine Disaster Annual Walk
25 Jan 26
Pittston
Events on January 27, 2026
27 Jan
Anthracite Labor History
27 Jan 26
Scranton
Events on January 29, 2026
29 Jan
The Annual Msgr. John J. Curran Lecture & Book Prize
29 Jan 26
Wilkes-Barre
Events on January 31, 2026
31 Jan
Breaker Boys
31 Jan 26
Scranton

AMHM Planning Commitee

Bob Wolensky, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (emeritus)
Mary Ann Savakinus, Lackawanna Historical Society
Bode Morin, Anthracite Heritage Museum
Eric Bella, Lehigh Engineering
Mike Korb, Tetra Tech