by Rosemary Trump | Jun 22, 2018 | Exhibit, History, Latest Postings, National History Day, Projects, Student Participation
WASHINGTON, D.C—Around the world middle and high school students are taking their learning beyond the textbook with the annual National History Day Contest. This project-based contest provides students an opportunity to demonstrate their historical research...
by Rosemary Trump | May 17, 2018 | Mike Stout, History, Latest Postings, Uncategorized
The world’s largest steel-producing plant is gone, replaced by a shopping complex, but those who worked in the mills want people to remember what once was. The Homestead Works of U.S. Steel, which at one time produced nearly a third of all the steel used in the...
by Rosemary Trump | May 17, 2018 | Latest Postings, Stories by BHF members - Our Blog
Patricia M. DeMarco, a BHF Board member, is a native of Pittsburgh, PA. with a doctorate in Biology from the University of Pittsburgh. She has spent a thirty -year career in energy and environmental policy in both private and public sector positions, including...
by Rosemary Trump | Apr 16, 2018 | History, Student Participation
Seniors Brooke Batyi, Ricci Wright, Paige Mooney, and eighth grader A’Ja Morant received cash prizes for writing about local markers of historical significance, including the Homestead Steel Strike of 1892, the Great Steel Strike of 1919, the Carnegie Library of...
by Rosemary Trump | Apr 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
The Battle Of Homestead Foundation (BHF) received a $20,000 DCNR grant to conduct a feasibility study that will look into creating a Center in Homestead / Munhall, PA where labor’s past will be honored and the future of work explored. Following a review of highly...
