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Mining History Month, January 9, 2016
Mining History Month, January 9, 2016
The regional observance of Mining History Month will take place January 9-31, 2016, with programs in Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, Pittston, Port Griffith, Plymouth, Nanticoke, Ashley, and Wilkes-Barre Township. The annual event seeks to remember and honor the area’s anthracite mineworkers, their families and communities.\r\n\r\nThe programs are sponsored by the Anthracite Heritage Museum, Anthracite Heritage Foundation, King’s…
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Plymouth Historical Society-Public Program: F. Charles Petrillo
Plymouth Historical Society-Public Program: F. Charles Petrillo
The regional observance of Mining History Month will take place January 9-31, 2016, with programs in Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, Pittston, Port Griffith, Plymouth, Nanticoke, Ashley, and Wilkes-Barre Township. The annual event seeks to remember and honor the area’s anthracite mineworkers, their families and communities.\r\n\r\nThe programs are sponsored by the Anthracite Heritage Museum, Anthracite Heritage Foundation, King’s College, Wilkes University,…
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Lackawanna Historical Society-Public Program: James Guthrie
Lackawanna Historical Society-Public Program: James Guthrie
The regional observance of Mining History Month will take place January 9-31, 2016, with programs in Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, Pittston, Port Griffith, Plymouth, Nanticoke, Ashley, and Wilkes-Barre Township. The annual event seeks to remember and honor the area’s anthracite mineworkers, their families and communities.\r\n\r\nThe programs are sponsored by the Anthracite Heritage Museum, Anthracite Heritage Foundation, King’s College, Wilkes University,…
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Greater Pittston Historical Society-Public Program: Craig Robertson
Greater Pittston Historical Society-Public Program: Craig Robertson
The regional observance of Mining History Month will take place January 9-31, 2016, with programs in Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, Pittston, Port Griffith, Plymouth, Nanticoke, Ashley, and Wilkes-Barre Township. The annual event seeks to remember and honor the area’s anthracite mineworkers, their families and communities.\r\n\r\nThe programs are sponsored by the Anthracite Heritage Museum, Anthracite Heritage Foundation, King’s College, Wilkes University,…
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Knox Mine Disaster Memorial Service
Knox Mine Disaster Memorial Service
The regional observance of Mining History Month will take place January 9-31, 2016, with programs in Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, Pittston, Port Griffith, Plymouth, Nanticoke, Ashley, and Wilkes-Barre Township. The annual event seeks to remember and honor the area’s anthracite mineworkers, their families and communities.\r\n\r\nThe programs are sponsored by the Anthracite Heritage Museum, Anthracite Heritage Foundation, King’s College, Wilkes University,…
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Anthracite Heritage Museum Marks Knox Mine Disaster’s 57th Anniversary
Anthracite Heritage Museum Marks Knox Mine Disaster’s 57th Anniversary
Scranton—The Anthracite Heritage Museum in McDade Park will commemorate the powerful story of the Knox Mine Disaster on Saturday, January 23, 2015, at 2 p.m., marking 57 years since January 22, 1959, when the ice-laden waters of the Susquehanna River broke into the Knox Mine at Port Griffith, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania sweeping away twelve men.\r\n\r\nThe…