To all BHF Members, Contacts, and Organizations:Greetings and Happy New Year!The BHF Program Committee is seeking your proposal ideas and energy for our 2020 Pump House events. The Battle of Homestead Foundation is now requesting submissions for its 2020 programming…
The 2018 theme was Conflict and Compromise in History. A group exhibit in the Junior category became one of the most rewarded entries using the Battle of Homestead as the topic. Students Robyn, Sophia, and Amelia, eighth-graders at Peters Township…
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 skills through one of five…
We need help at all of our events! Let us know if you can offer a few hours for any of the programs or events taking place this season. Can you help with an early setup? Maybe stay afterwards and…
St. Nicholas Croatian Catholic Church in Millvale is the site of a national treasure - the murals of Maxo Vanka, painted in the 1930s and 1940s. Hurricanes Ivan and Frances roared through Millvale in 2004 and caused damage, as water…
"The murals were created by Maxo Vanka, an artist with a spiritual sense of social justice. He moved from his homeland of Croatia to New York City in 1934, and Father Zagar, pastor of St. Nicholas, having seen an exhibition…
A multimedia exhibit featuring influential women leaders in the Pittsburgh region’s labor movement during the 1970s and 1980s. The In Sisterhood multimedia exhibit highlights the work of local feminists to gain equal rights for women and girls in our region…
From dramatic strikes to the formation of the AFL, the CIO and the AFL-CIO, Pittsburgh’s labor movement has a rich and deep history. Fight Back Pittsburgh has released a new online, interactive map of Pittsburgh’s labor history. The map points…
We had a great gathering on August 25, 2016, at The Pump House with 58 people seeing the film Gaswork by Josh Fox and hearing first hand accounts. Workers in the fracking industry spoke and shared their very emotional experiences. Battle…
On July 6, 2017, we will mark 125 years since the Battle of Homestead took place. BHF is planning several events to commemorate this occasion, and we are also looking for financial support. Some of the thing we have…