- Last Updated on Sunday, 01 June 2014 02:06
The Greater Monessen Historical Society will sponsor an afternoon of Syrian food-making and tasting with various cooks, along with a discussion of the Syrian church by the Very Rev. Father Fred Pfeil on Sunday, June 1, at 12:30 p.m. at the Heritage Museum.
Free admission. The Syrian Exhibit continues to be available for viewing until July each Wednesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. in the Museum.
Arcadia Publishing has approached the society to create a book for their new "Images of Modern America" series. It will feature color photos of events in Monessen during the time period 1950 to present. Matt Shorraw has volunteered to facilitate the project. Color photos can be scanned and emailed to: Monessen@verizon.net or brought in to the museum for scanning. The photos can be either loaned or donated.
GMHS is looking for an individual or individuals interested in constructing a model of one of the industrial plants that once lined the banks of the Monongahela River. The Society is also interested in having models constructed of the various church or store buildings in town. If interested, contact Gary at 724-684-8460.
When cleaning out closets, attics or old trunks in the basement, think of the Monessen Heritage Museum. Bring any unknown photographs to the museum! Contact the Museum before throwing away our heritage.
GMHS will once again celebrate Founders Day at Monessen City Park. It will be held on Saturday, August 16 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and feature Civil War re-enactors in camp and food booths. Please mark your calendars. The celebration will salute the 150th anniversary of the birth of William Henry Donner, as well as the 150th anniversary of Colonel James Schoonmaker's cavalry charge at the Third Battle of Winchester in 1864, for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor. If interested in having a booth at the festival, please contact the museum at 724-684-8460.
Jack Bergstein, Monessen Attorney, will be the speaker at the Mon Valley Genealogy Forum on Monday, June 23. The group, that is co-sponsored GMHS and Monessen Public Library, will meet in the library at 5:30 p.m. Jack will speak on his own family research, as well as the history of the Jewish community in Monessen and the Mon Valley. Admission is free and refreshments will be served.
