Wyoming
161st Annual Meeting
Swetland Homestead 885 Wyoming Avenue, Wyoming, PA, United StatesThe 161st annual meeting of the Luzerne County Historical Society will take place on Saturday, April 27, 2019, at 1:30 p.m. on the grounds of the Swetland Homestead, 885 Wyoming Avenue, Wyoming, PA. The program will feature guest speaker Dr. R. Scott Stephenson, President and CEO of the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia.…
Festive Traditions 2019
Swetland Homestead 885 Wyoming Avenue, Wyoming, PA, United StatesThe Luzerne County Historical Society will present its holiday-themed Festive Traditions program at the Swetland Homestead on Saturday and Sunday, December 7 and 8, 2019, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Travel through time as you tour the house with costumed guides and explore how Christmas traditions evolved from the late 1700s through 1877. See…
Festive Traditions 2019
Swetland Homestead 885 Wyoming Avenue, Wyoming, PA, United StatesThe Luzerne County Historical Society will present its holiday-themed Festive Traditions program at the Swetland Homestead on Saturday and Sunday, December 7 and 8, 2019, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Travel through time as you tour the house with costumed guides and explore how Christmas traditions evolved from the late 1700s through 1877. See…
142nd Commemoration of the Battle and Massacre at Wyoming
Wyoming Monument Wyoming, PA, United StatesOn Saturday, July 4, 2020, the Luzerne County Historical Society will be attending the 142nd Commemoration of the Battle and Massacre at Wyoming, held at the Wyoming Monument at 10am. The Society will be selling books, DVDs and notecards related to the history of the Battle of Wyoming, the monument and local history. The LCHS…
Found in Collection Auction
Bishop Memorial Library 49 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, United StatesThe Luzerne County Historical Society will hold a second online auction on the virtual Auctria platform from Thursday, February 18th – Sunday, February 21st 2021. The auction will be entitled "Found in Collection" and will feature a wide variety of books, maps, lithographs and other ephemera, all of which were at one time in the…
Meet the Author: Kathleen Earle
Beaumont Inn 4437 PA-309, Dallas, PA, United StatesJoin us on May 14 from 2 pm - 4 pm at the Nathan Dension House as we welcome author Kathleen Earle, who will be discussing her new book: An Early History of the Wyoming Valley, The Yankee-Pennamite Wars, and Timothy Pickering. Learn about America's FIRST civil war, and the harrowing story of the kidnapping…
Civil War Encampment and “Meet the Generals”
Swetland Homestead 885 Wyoming Avenue, Wyoming, PA, United StatesJoin us on Saturday, August 6, at the newly restored Swetland Homestead, 885 Wyoming Avenue, Wyoming PA for a Civil War Encampment and “Meet the Generals” event featuring members of the 153rd PA Volunteer Infantry re-enactment group. The encampment will run from 10 a.m. to 4p.m. and admission is just $5 for LCHS members and…
Nathan Denison House Open Weekend
Luzerne County Courthouse Grounds 35 Denison Street, Forty Fort, PA, United StatesThe Luzerne County Historical Society announces that the Nathan Denison House (one of the oldest houses in the Wyoming Valley) will be open on Sunday, September 11, from 1 to 4 p.m. at 35 Denison Street in Forty Fort, PA. Admission is also free for LCHS members; $5 for non-member adults and $3 for non-member…
Annual Fall Festival at the Swetland Homestead
Swetland Homestead 885 Wyoming Avenue, Wyoming, PA, United StatesEarly American craftsmen and artisans will come to life on Sunday, October 2, 2022, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., at the historic Swetland Homestead in Wyoming. The Fall Festival features crafters in the arts of quill pen and ink, wood carving, wheat weaving, cane craving, blacksmithing, and much more. Hearth cooking methods will be…