Join us on Friday, June 3rd at 5:30 at the Beaumont Inn in Dallas, PA for the Luzerne County Historical Society’s 164th Annual Meeting. This year’s theme is “The USS Wilkes-Barre: A Celebration of the Willie-Bee”. Join us as we mark the 80th anniversary of the keel being laid down in 1942, as well as the 50th anniversary of its sinking off the Florida coast in 1972. The evening will feature a multimedia presentation by Brent E. Jones, author of Days of Steel Reign: The Epic Story of a WWII Vengeance Ship in the Year of the Kamikaze.

Tickets are $90 for LCHS Members and $100 for nonmembers and include your choice of pork chops, chicken, salmon, or vegetarian dinners. Cocktails start at 5:30, with dinner at 6:30 and the program beginning at 7:00. For more information call 570-823-6244 ext. 3 or email reservations@luzernehistory.org.