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Christmas Tree Decorating Contest Results

12/14/2019

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We'd like to announce the winners of this year's Christmas Tree Decorating Contest! The winners will be contacted with information on their prizes and how to collect them. We want to thank everyone who took part in this year's event whether you decorated a tree, purchased a tree, voted or visited the display, we thank you for your support.
On December 7th, the day of Lebanon's Carriage Parade, the doors of Harmon Museum were open and admission was free to all. The Christmas Tree Display was in full view and guests were invited to vote on their three favorite trees. The winners of this year's Christmas Tree Contest, as voted upon by the guests that day are:
1st - Jack Frost Brook by The One Hair Salon
2nd - The Tree That Stole Christmas
by 
Lebanon Junior High Staff
3rd - Sweets for Santa by Dana Cropper​
The 53 donated decorated trees were up for auction online to support Harmon Museum’s children’s education programs. The three trees with the highest bids are the winners of the Highest Bid Contest. The winners this year are:
1st - Yankee Doodle Christmas 
by 
Mary Jo Baumeister
2nd - The Joy and Gifts of Christmas 
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by 
Jim & Donna Norris
3rd - Miami Merger by Kris Merr & Liz Kent
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Sold out crowd enjoys a special Lunch & Learn Christmas concert by The Bones of Cincinnatus

12/11/2019

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A sold out crowd enjoyed a special Lunch & Learn Christmas concert put on by The Bones of Cincinnatus, a trombone ensemble with members from all over the Greater Cincinnati area. It is named after the Revolutionary War officers’ organization the Order of Cincinnatus, as is the city of Cincinnati. The order was named for farmer and the Roman General Cincinnatus. In 458 B.C., after defeating an enemy, he resigned from the most powerful position in the army to return to his farm. In 1783, General George Washington, following the signing of the Treaty of Paris, resigned as commander in chief of the Continental Army and retired to his home at Mount Vernon, Virginia following the example of the order's namesake.
The trombonists that make up this group, after coming together for the enjoyment of audiences and the fellowship of making beautiful trombone music, return, like Cincinnatus, to their private lives when their performance ends.
The Bones of Cincinnatus program for the December Lunch & Learn consisted of some well-known Christmas music, as well as some holiday season classics, arranged for the unique capabilities of the trombone ensemble.
PERFORMERS: The performers in Bones of Cincinnatus are active musicians in over a dozen other ensembles in the Greater Cincinnati area. The size of the trombone ensemble varies from 4 to 12 or more, depending on the nature of the event or performance and the availability of the performers. Those performing for the December Lunch & Learn will be Bob Coil, Mark Doan, Jim Eastman, Charlie Jacobson and Dan Stenger.
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Pearl Harbor Day

12/7/2019

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Seventy-eight years ago today, at 7:50 a.m, Sunday, Dec. 7, Japanese aircraft appeared on the horizon over Pearl Harbor. Two hours later, 2,403 American troops were dead at what would remain the largest loss of American life in an attack until the September 11th terrorist attacks. It's one thing to recite facts but another to recall memories. Below is a video of some of the veterans that survived the attacks, recounting their personal experience during the events in their own words.
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About the Speaker: Fred Compton

12/4/2019

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Life-long Warren County resident, author and historian, Fred Compton, spent the more than half his life working at The Golden Lamb. Starting in 1966, as a busboy, Fred worked there throughout high school and college, graduating from Miami University in 1973 with a journalism degree. After graduation, he continued at The Golden Lamb for what he thought would be the summer.
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​He would stay for 35 years.

Compton has been collecting and chronicling Lebanon history for over forty-five years. Author of several books, including
Tales from the Innside and Acadia Publishing's Lebanon: Images of Lebanon and Lebanon's Bicentennial book (availible in our gift shop). A much sought after speaker, Compton has presented throughout Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. He lives in Lebanon with an ever expanding collection of Golden Lamb memorabilia and cheap Chinese watches.
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Decorated Christmas Tree Display & Auction

12/1/2019

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​For the second year, WCHS is holding its Christmas Tree Decorating Contest and Auction at Harmon Museum. Businesses, organizations and families from all over Lebanon have decorated 53, three-foot artificial trees. The finished trees are on display at the museum and up for auction, December 1st - 10th. The proceeds will go toward Harmon Museum’s children’s education programs. The display will be open during normal business hours but the auctions will be open online, continuously, until they close at at midnight on the 11th.

We'd like to thank our generous tree sponsors.

Ambassadors Antiques
Amber Andreaco & Genevieve Lucas
Amy Hanser
Bowman Elementary
Broadway Antique Mall
Cate Eby
Church Venture
Connie Neeley
Cory Bowers
Country Manor
Dana Cropper
Debbie Fisher
Donna Ruzzelle
Donovan Elementary
Girdwood Orthodontics
Glad Rags
GMI
Green Country Market
Helen English
Jane Duning & Debbi DePaul
Jeanne & Mark Doan
Jim and Donna Norris
Kris Merr & Liz Kent
L, L & M
Lamp Post Cheese
Lavish
LCS’s Central Office
LHS Tech Department
Lebanon Junior High
Lebanon Public Library
Lebanon Student Special Services
Lebanon Woman’s Literary Club
Louise Borden
Lucid Salon
Lydia, Natalie & Caroline Moeller
Marta Ogle & Lisa Koch
Mary Jo Baumeister
Mason Community Players
Production Services
Sharon Eisenhut
Sue Koch
Testerman Dental
The Black Barn
The Country Manor
The One Hair Salon
The Yellow House
YMCA
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    • Harmon Museum >
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      • The Museum Shop >
        • Finnegan Book
      • Group Tours
      • History of Harmon Museum
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      • History of Glendower Mansion
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      • Relocation & Restoration
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      • History of the Beedle Log Cabin
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      • Historical Artifacts
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      • Documents
  • Events
    • ⭐ Events Calendar ⭐
    • Art Contest: Golden Lamb 220 Years
    • Art Exhibitions
    • Class - Architecture History
    • Flea Market - Attic Treasures
    • Lebanon Garden Tour
    • Lunch & Learn >
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