FANNIE SELLINS On August 26, 1919,
Fannie Sellins, organizer for the mine
workers’ union was […]
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The 2018 PLHS Conference was held
September 22, 2018 at Community College
of Allegheny College […]
2018 Pennsylvania Labor History Conference
The Pennsylvania Labor History Society recognized
four labor activists at their 2018
Annual Banquet for […]
Pennsylvania Labor History Society 2018 Annual Awards Dinner
Battle of Homestead Board Meeting
Minutes August 6, 2018 Present:
Sharon Beattie, Bob Beattie, […]
Latest Board Minutes
Date: 19 Sept 2018 Attendees:
22 Visitors: 4+ • Mike
and Rose called meeting […]
BHF Wednesday Breakfast Notes
The 2018 theme was Conflict and
Compromise in History. A group exhibit
in the Junior […]
Young Historians Honored for their National History Day Winning Exhibit ...
On August 24, 2018 we held
our first outdoor concert at the
Historic Pump House. […]
Jazz, Live at the Pump House!
James Hohman, a now-retired graphic artist
from Pitt, and a two-decades member
of the Battle […]
Pump House Gang and What They Do
From the late August Wilson,
one of America’s greatest playwrights
and creator of award-winning […]
How I Learned What I Learned ~ August Wilson’s Autobiography ...
Saturday, September 1, 2018, 10 AM
– 5 PM To be held
at the Wheeling Academy-Law […]
The Reuther-Pollack Labor History Symposium II
WASHINGTON, D.C—Around the world middle and
high school students are taking their
learning beyond the […]
National History Day and the Battle of Homestead ~ Local ...
The world’s largest steel-producing plant is
gone, replaced by a shopping complex,
but those who […]
Homestead Works Remembered
Patricia M. DeMarco, a BHF Board
member, is a native of Pittsburgh, PA.
with a doctorate […]
Earth Day 2018 – A View of Hope from the ...
Seniors Brooke Batyi, Ricci Wright, Paige Mooney,
and eighth grader A’Ja Morant received cash
prizes for writing […]
Steel Valley students recognized for their outstanding contributions to the ...
The Battle Of Homestead Foundation (BHF)
received a $20,000 DCNR grant to conduct
a feasibility study […]
Feasibility Study Funds Approved!
October, 2017 was the opening of
the Battle of Homestead art exhibit:
“Working Class Images”. […]
Working Class Images Art Exhibit
This short promotional video was commissioned
for use prior to formal fundraising
for the restoration […]