Spotlight
Earth Day 2018 – A View of Hope from the Pit of Despair, by Patricia M. DeMarco
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...
Volunteer!
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 clean up? Check folks in, sell some of our materials? Just fill in the...
Actor Mark Rylance Commemorates 125th Anniversary Of Battle Of Homestead
From KDKA TV. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63iXIRIWbuU
1968: The Heart of the Matter
Vietnam: A Working Class WarSaturday, September 22, @ 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, at the CCAC Allegheny Campus and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial The goal of this program is to provide an opportunity for the present generation of young people, students, elders, and...
Mark Rylance “Battle of Homestead Remembered”
This is a documentary film about the July 6, 2017 Battle of Homestead foundation event “Ceremony at the Gravesites Battle of Homestead Heroes”. This event commemorates the six fallen workers killed during the infamous 1892 Homestead Strike in Homestead, PA. The Battle...
The Homestead Strike of 1892 – an Original Play by Mark Clayton Southers – Live at the Historic Pump House!
We were pleased to present this original play to sell-out crowds at the Historic Pump House! From the City Paper, Sept. 20, 2017 Click Here for full article! And This Article from Pittsburgh in the Round! A new original work by Pittsburgh...
We Commemorated July 6, 1892, Paying tribute to the Workers of the Battle of Homestead.
July 6, 2017, Actor Mark Rylance came to Homestead and helped us keep alive the story of 125 years ago. Read these articles about our 125th Commemoration Events: – BHF Co-Founder Charlie McCollester writes, “The Next Page: The change Homestead wrought.” – Pittsburgh...
Travels with Ghosts, by Bill Yund
You may have seen artwork here, in our emails, on the note cards and bookmarks we sell, and certainly on the banners at the Pump House. All are original creations of BHF member Bill Yund. And Bill writes too ~ here's his story: Travels with Ghosts “…People do not see...
The Banners at Pump House
The Project The many, large windows posed a problem for events at the Pump House during the day - we needed shades. BHF had the shades do double duty with informational images painted on them by our resident artist, Bill Yund. There are fifteen banners. Eleven banners...
Press Releases
2020 Press Releases Battle of Homestead Foundation premieres podcast exploring future work trends in America HOMESTEAD, PENNSYLVANIA — The new public affairs podcast from Battle of Homestead Foundation explores a wide range of social and economic topics affecting the...