Hi Diane, My name is Shawn Presner. I am the gg gdaughter of John Harris, victim of Avondale. I have learned of the memorial from Jeff Thomas and my husband and I will attend the cememonies. Thank you for advising the LIST of the event. I appreciate all of your efforts. Shawn > [Original Message] > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 8/29/2005 8:36:00 PM > Subject: [PA-LAC] Avondale Mine Disaster Commemoration Events ��� September 10 > > > Would like to invite everyone to attend one or both days of the events > honoring the 136th anniversary of the 1869 Avondale Mine Disaster in Plymouth > Township, Luzerne County, PA, in which 110 miners perished. > On Saturday, September 10 from 11AM to 1PM please join us for a ceremony at > the site of the disaster, off Route 11 in Plymouth Township, Luzerne County. > Saturday���s event includes music, live breaker boys, recognition of miners > and their families and the descendents of the deceased, tours and exhibits on > the Avondale site, the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, discussions of > the significance of the site and more. Proceeds from Avondale memorabilia > sold by the Plymouth Historical Society will be donated to community efforts to > preserve the mine disaster site. From 1PM to 4PM there will be refreshments > and a reception at the Plymouth Township Rec Park. > On Sunday, September 11 from 1PM to 3PM, join us at Washburn Cemetery in > Scranton, where 61 of the men who died in the Avondale disaster are buried. In > addition to much of Saturday���s program, Sunday���s event will also include a > reading of the original eulogy for the men, a cemetery tour and flower > placements at the graves, and a presentation by the Amvets Honor Guard of Dupont. > Refreshments will follow the ceremony. > These events are sponsored by the Anthracite Living History Group with > support from a long list of local historical, genealogical, governmental, and > preservation groups. Both events are free to the public. Help us honor and > preserve the memory of these men and the site where they died. > For agenda, directions, and full list of supporters please visit > _http://www.avondale1869.org/_ (http://www.avondale1869.org/) . This is a new website > created to provide information on the Avondale and its history as well as > information on site preservation efforts. > Please join us! It is sure to be a wonderful event that will fill your > spirit with pride, a sense of community and a chance to be proud of our coal > region cultural heritage. Don���t miss it! > Questions: Contac Robert Hughes at Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for > Abandoned Mine Reclamation at 570-674-7993 or Joe Keating, founder of the > Anthracite Living History Group, at 570-779-2526. > Thank you, > Diane R > > > ==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== > Subscribers -- Off topic postings (particularly political, advertising, or just plain rude) > AND responses on the list are grounds for being Unsubscribed > Please forward any offending email to <mailto:[email protected]> >