2009 Programs

January Blues Program:  Eric “Joker” Baker and the Cigar Box Guitar

ACHS January Program:  Randall L. Buchman, “A Sorrowful Journey”

ACHS February Program:  Joe Dunkle, “The Life and Times of James Grosjean”

ACHS March Program:  Ben Rose, “A New Navy for a New Nation: the Birth of the US Navy in the American Revolution”

ACHS April Program:  Mrs. Jeanne Porreca, “Something in the Water”

ACHS May Program:  Mr. Chuck Siferd, “How the States Got Their

Shapes”

ACHS June Program:  Concert in the Children’s Garden, Lima Area Concert Band

ACHS July Book Signing:  When the Whistle Blows

ACHS July Children’s Program:  Life of a Civil War Soldier

ACHS July Program:  Mr. John Carnes, “When Destinies Collide: the Sarber-Dillinger Story”

ACHS August Program:  Mr. Gary P. Bensman, “A Lifetime of Steam Locomotives”

ACHS September Program:  Mr. Bob Mayer, “Mysteries, Miracles, and Interesting Stories About World War II”

October - Historic Demonstration:  “Bear Claw Jeb” will prepare a deer skin for tanning outside of the log house

October - Open House and Tours of the John H. Keller Memorial Lincoln Park Railway Exhibit and Lima Firefighter’s Memorial Museum

ACHS October Program:  Mr. Doug Brookhart, “The B & O Doodlebugs”

December - 37th Annual Christmas Tree Festival

Welcome to Paddy’s Place

About the Allen County Historical Society

Tea Programs

Historical Society Programs

Minutes of History

Spirit of Allen County

M4 Sherman Tank

Scrapbooks

Allen County Museum