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April 2019
4th Annual Berks History Conference
Join us for our 4th annual history gathering featuring 4 informative lectures on Berks County’s Civil War history. Conference Topics Include: Three Cheers and a Ringgold Tiger! The Story of the First of the First Defenders: Mark Pflum All Manner of Petty Annoyances: Executing Federal Civil War drafts in Berks County: John M. Lawlor, Jr. Rare Images of Antietam: And the Photographers Who Took Them: Stephen Recker The Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad and the First Defenders: Scott Mingus Lunch will be…
Find out more »HJL Book Club – April 17
Join the Club! Read, learn and discuss fascinating historical books with other #berkshistorybuffs. You don’t need to be a member to join the discussion. Please bring a $5 donation and your dinner to enjoy! In April we will be discussing: Louisa: The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams, by Louisa Thomas Fee: $5.00 donation to the Adopt-A-Collection Fund You do not need to be a member of the Berks History Center to join the discussion. We will provide beverages. We kindly…
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HJL Book Club – June 19
Join the Club! Read, learn and discuss fascinating historical books with other #berkshistorybuffs. You don’t need to be a member to join the discussion. Please bring a $5 donation and your dinner to enjoy! In June we will be discussing: This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War, by Drew Gilpin Faust Fee: $5.00 donation to the Adopt-A-Collection Fund You do not need to be a member of the Berks History Center to join the discussion. We will…
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HJL Book Club – August 21
Join the Club! Read, learn and discuss fascinating historical books with other #berkshistorybuffs. You don’t need to be a member to join the discussion. Please bring a $5 donation and your dinner to enjoy! In August we will be discussing: Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, by Walter Isaacson Fee: $5.00 donation to the Adopt-A-Collection Fund You do not need to be a member of the Berks History Center to join the discussion. We will provide beverages. We kindly ask that…
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HJL Book Club – October 16
Join the Club! Read, learn and discuss fascinating historical books with other #berkshistorybuffs. You don’t need to be a member to join the discussion. Please bring a $5 donation and your dinner to enjoy! In October we will be discussing: Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, by J.D. Vance Fee: $5.00 donation to the Adopt-A-Collection Fund You do not need to be a member of the Berks History Center to join the discussion. We will…
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HJL Book Club – February 19
Join the Club! Read, learn and discuss fascinating historical books with other #berkshistorybuffs. You don’t need to be a member to join the discussion. Please bring a $5 donation and your dinner to enjoy! In February we will be discussing: Grant, by Ron Chernow Fee: $5.00 donation to the Adopt-A-Collection Fund You do not need to be a member of the Berks History Center to join the discussion. We will provide beverages. We kindly ask that you bring a brown…
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CANCELED: 5th Annual Berks History Conference
This event has been canceled and will not be rescheduled. Lunch provided. Cost: $25 Students/ $50 Members / $60 Non-Members / $90 for Admission and a Membership to the Berks History Center ($10 savings on individual level membership) Call 610-375-4375 to register or send your check and registration form to Berks History Center: 940 Centre Ave. Reading, PA 19601 Conference Topics & Speakers: Problems That Confronted the First Women Jurors in Berks County Brian Engelhardt, Esq. Although passage of the 19th…
Find out more »CANCELED: HJL Book Club – April 15
The April 15th meeting of the HJL Book Club has been canceled. The book "The Arsenal of Democracy" will be discussed at the next meeting scheduled on June 17, 2020. Join the Club! Read, learn and discuss fascinating historical books with other #berkshistorybuffs. You don’t need to be a member to join the discussion. Please bring a $5 donation and your dinner to enjoy! In April we will be discussing The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic…
Find out more »June 2020
POSTPONTED: HJL Book Club – June 17
Join the Club! Read, learn and discuss fascinating historical books with other #berkshistorybuffs. You don’t need to be a member to join the discussion. Please bring a $5 donation and your dinner to enjoy! In June we will be discussing: The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War by A.J. Baime Fee: $5.00 donation to the Adopt-A-Collection Fund You do not need to be a member of the Berks History Center to…
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POSTPONED: HJL Book Club – August 19
Join the Club! Read, learn and discuss fascinating historical books with other #berkshistorybuffs. You don’t need to be a member to join the discussion. Please bring a $5 donation and your dinner to enjoy! August's Book Club has been postponed until the next scheduled meeting on October 21, 2020. The club will be discussing: The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War by A.J. Baime Fee: $5.00 donation to the Adopt-A-Collection Fund…
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