Luzerne County Historical Society

06/16/2026

Special thanks to Carpinet Plumbing and Heating for sponsoring our 168th Annual Dinner on Tuesday June 16th. Carpinet Plumbing & Heating has been serving the Wyoming Valley since 1947, and are plumbing, heating, and cooling experts. They are proud to provide top-quality service and products to Luzerne County and the surrounding areas. Whether your needs are big or small, simple or complex, they can help.

We hope you will join us for the Annual Dinner this year. The program for the evening is Celebrating America 250 and will include Cassandra Coleman, Executive Director of America 250 PA as our keynote speaker. As well as a raffle, artistic portraits, Revolutionary War artifact display, and much more!

06/15/2026

Special thanks to Becker and Frondorf for sponsoring our 168th Annual Dinner on Tuesday June 16th. Bill Becker and John Frondorf, both trained as architects, founded the firm in 1998 with the ultimate goal of protecting an owner's interests during construction projects. Dedicated to advocating on their clients' behalf, they worked for many prominent companies and institutions in the Greater Philadelphia area.

We hope you will join us for the Annual Dinner this year. The program for the evening is Celebrating America 250 and will include Cassandra Coleman, Executive Director of America 250 PA as our keynote speaker. As well as a raffle, artistic portraits, Revolutionary War artifact display, and much more!

06/14/2026

Special thanks to the Westmoreland Club for sponsoring our 168th Annual Dinner on Tuesday June 16th. The Westmoreland Club is a private social club with a rich heritage and a progressive future. Since 1873, the Westmoreland Club has long reflected and embodied the warm, inviting character of Northeastern Pennsylvania, making it an exceptional place that members can proudly call a home away from home. The Westmoreland Club is recognized as a Platinum Club of America, Platinum Club of the World, Distinguished Club of the World and has earned Elite Status through Distinguished Clubs Special Designations.

We hope you will join us for the Annual Dinner this year. The program for the evening is Celebrating America 250 and will include Cassandra Coleman, Executive Director of America 250 PA as our keynote speaker. As well as a raffle, artistic portraits, Revolutionary War artifact display, and much more!

06/13/2026

We hope you'll join us (and many others) at Eckley Miners' Village Museum for Patch Town Days this June 20th and 21st.

One stop. Six museums. On June 20 & 21, Patchtown Days + Bluegrass Dispatch will bring together some of NEPA's leading heritage organizations for one weekend only.

Step into an 1850s miner's home to see the National Canal Museum's/Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor's traveling exhibit "Dynamo! Innovators, Inventors and Architects of Revolutionary Change." Visit the 1940s Nicholas House to check out "Carbon & Light: Anthracite as Subject and Medium," an exhibition by Bischoff Inn artists-in-residence Andrea Krupp and Michael Froio. The National Museum of Industrial History, Luzerne County Historical Society, and Mauch Chunk Museum and Cultural Center will also join us with artifacts, photographs, and stories from their collections.

Mark your calendars for this rare opportunity to experience the Coal Region's history and culture in a single visit!



Patchtown Days is generously sponsored by Blaschak Anthracite, Visit Luzerne County, and Reading and Northern Railroad - Passenger.

06/12/2026

Special thanks to Service Electric for sponsoring our 168th Annual Dinner on Tuesday June 16th. Service Electric is a 3rd generation company, started by John Walson in 1948. His son John E. Walson took over in 1993 until his untimely passing in 2012, at which time John E. Walson’s son, John M. Walson became president. Each generation of the Walson family has carried on the tradition of quality service and community involvement that is synonymous with Service Electric.

We hope you will join us for the Annual Dinner this year. The program for the evening is Celebrating America 250 and will include Cassandra Coleman, Executive Director of America 250 PA as our keynote speaker. As well as a raffle, artistic portraits, Revolutionary War artifact display, and much more

06/11/2026

Don't forget, our next Museum Sewing Circle will be from 12pm-2pm this Saturday, at the LCHS Museum, 69 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre.

Have a project you are working on? Stuck and need help? Want to socialize and get inspiration and ideas? Then bring your sewing, knitting, crocheting or whatever else you are working on to the museum and join others in a relaxing setting.

The Sewing Circle is free, but we only have a few spots left, so reservations are required. Call 570-823-6244 x3, or email [email protected] to set aside your spot.

06/11/2026

Special thanks to the Tambur Family Foundation for sponsoring our 168th Annual Dinner on Tuesday June 16th. The Tambur Family Foundation is a philanthropic trust founded in NEPA in 2005 by Bob and Ginny Tambur.

We hope you will join us for the Annual Dinner this year. The program for the evening is Celebrating America 250 and will include Cassandra Coleman, Executive Director of America 250 PA as our keynote speaker. As well as a raffle, artistic portraits, Revolutionary War artifact display, and much more!

06/10/2026

A big 'Thank You!' to our friends at UGI Utilities, Inc. for volunteering their time today cleaning up the grounds of the Swetland Homestead and Darling House as part of United Way of Wyoming Valley 's Day of Caring 2026!

Volunteers spent the morning mulching beds, planting flowers, trimming trees and bushes, and weeding the Victorian Garden. The grounds haven't looked this good in years!

06/10/2026

Special thanks to the Benco Family Foundation for sponsoring our 168th Annual Dinner on Tuesday June 16th. The Benco Family Foundation is dedicated to improving the dental health and quality of life in our local communities and around the world. Established in 2005, the foundation supports oral health solutions and community organizations that are innovative, sustainable, measurable and impactful.

We hope you will join us for the Annual Dinner this year. The program for the evening is Celebrating America 250 and will include Cassandra Coleman, Executive Director of America 250 PA as our keynote speaker. As well as a raffle, artistic portraits, Revolutionary War artifact display, and much more!

06/09/2026

On June 27th, our friends at the Anthracite Heritage Center and King's College will be dedicating a new monument in Miner's Park. See the release below for all the info!

For Immediate Release
The Anthracite Heritage Foundation and King’s College
Dedication of the Carnegie Heroes Monument on June 27, 2026
Contact: Professor Robert P. Wolensky, King’s College; 715 252 6742

Andrew Carnegie, the Scottish immigrant, industrialist and philanthropist, established the Carnegie Heroes Fund Commission in 1905 in Pittsburgh. His motive was to award the Carnegie Medal to individuals who had engaged in extraordinary acts of courage.

Over 10,000 medals have since been conferred on persons from throughout the U.S. and Canada. Forty of them have been bestowed on persons whose heroism occurred within the anthracite coal industry of Northeastern Pennsylvania.

On June 27, 2026, at 1:00 pm, the Anthracite Heritage Foundation (AHF), in conjunction with King’s College, will dedicate a marble monument containing the names of the forty anthracite medalists. The list includes the late miner Amadeo Pancotti of Pittston, hero of the Knox Mine Disaster of 1959.

The dedication program will take place in the auditorium of The Alley Center at King’s College on Public Square in downtown Wilkes-Barre, followed by the monument’s unveiling and blessing in The Miners Park at the front of The Alley Center.

The program speakers will include Fr. Thomas Looney, President of King’s College; George Brown Mayor of Wilkes-Barre; Jewels Phraner of the Carnegie Heroes Commission; Thomas Lowther Bell, great grandson of John Tennant Brown, who was awarded the Carnegie Medal for saving four men after an explosion on January 10, 1911, at Hoyt Shaft, near Pittston; and Professor Robert P. Wolensky of the AHF and King’s College. Tony Brooks of the AHF and the Wilkes-Barre Preservation Society will serve as the Master of Ceremonies.

The public is cordially invited to attend this important local event commemorating a group of heroic anthracite mineworkers. The dedication will be open to the public, and refreshments will be served.

Free parking will be available in the street, and in the high-rise ramp at the rear of The Alley Center, with the entrance on North Main Street.