JOIN THE Battle of Homestead Foundation for an in-person program “Stories behind the Stones: A Local History Evening with Homestead Cemetery“

FEATURING: Historians Kim Farrah, Kyra Mangold, Russ Firestone as they spotlight historic figures buried in Homestead Cemetery in Munhall, Pennsylvania

DATE: Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024 from 7:00-8:30 pm

PLACE: The Pump House, 880 E. Waterfront Drive, Munhall PA 15120

ADMISSION: Free – but Eventbrite reservation required — REGISTER HERE

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WALK THROUGH the 34 pictureque acres of Homestead Cemetery along Main Street in Munhall, and you will see a snapshot of American life over the last 150 years.

Buried here are Civil War veterans, immigrants workers in the mills, strikers killed during the 1892 Battle of Homestead, Negro League baseball stars, young children who died of smallpox.

Homestead Cemetery is a testament and memorial to the great men and women of the Steel Valley who shaped the communities we live in today.

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