Christmas Day

December 25, Friday, Christmas Day, Museum and Iron Furnaces closed.

Mining History Month, January 9, 2016

Kings College 133 N River Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States

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…

Plymouth Historical Society-Public Program: F. Charles Petrillo

Dan Flood Apartments 150 East Main St, Plymouth, PA, United States

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,…

Lackawanna Historical Society-Public Program: James Guthrie

Catlin House 232 Monroe Ave., Scranton, United States

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,…

Greater Pittston Historical Society-Public Program: Craig Robertson

Pittston Memorial Library 47 Broad St., Pittston, United States

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,…

Knox Mine Disaster Memorial Service

St. John the Evangelist Churc 35 William St., Pittston, PA, United States

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,…

Anthracite Heritage Museum Marks Knox Mine Disaster’s 57th Anniversary

Anthracite Heritage Museum McDade Park, Scranton, PA, United States

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…

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