THE SOCIETY
NEWS
All the latest information
on the Monroeville
Historical Society.
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By Robert Elms
MHS Greets
a New Year
A
s we transition out of 2018 and
into 2019, the Monroeville
Historical Society would first
like to thank the Monroeville Public
Works Department for help with saving
the annual fall 2018 Heritage Festival. In
August, an essentially dead tree on the
historical homes’ property was losing
branches, dropping them on the ground.
The tree threatened the safety of the 200
residents who would ultimately come to
the festival. When the tree was removed,
the trunk was found to be hollow. The
public works cleaned up the property and
Heritage Festival visitors had a good time.
Hollow Tree Trunk
The Society proudly closed out 2018—
hosting twenty weddings and the 49th
Tree Lighting Event at the Old Stone
Church.
In 2019, the first order of Society
business is to elect new Historical Society
Celebrating another wonderful holiday season with MHS at the
49th Tree Lighting Event.
leadership to take the society and its
events forward into the new year. If you
have an interest in local history, please
consider coming to a historical society
meeting at the Monroeville Library on the
third Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m.
Twenty-five years ago, the Society and
the community came together to save the
McCully Log House. New to the Society
website this year will be video, written and
picture documentation of the
preservation of the McCully Log House.
The website, monroevillehistorical.org,
has links to YouTube videos of this
community effort. Also on the Society
website is information on Society annual
events: the Monroeville Fourth of July
Parade, the Fall Heritage Festival and the
50th Anniversary Tree Lighting event at
the Old Stone Church. And finally, the
Society’s website has hundreds of
historical pictures. Please browse through
the website and enjoy this rich
documentation of local history.
For more information about the Monroeville Historical Society, visit monroevillehistorical.org,
e-mail info@monroevillehistorical.org or call 412.856.1000.
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