Every month at Harmon Museum (105 S. Broadway, Lebanon, OH), we host a hot catered meal followed by a talk on a historical topic. The topics vary from month to month but are always presented by a speaker fluent on the subject being covered.
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SCHEDULE: 11:00am - Seating/Open Museum | 11:30am - Lunch Served | 12:00pm (noon) - Speaker
​The programs usually last one hour.
There are a limited number of seats so please purchase your tickets before the event.
COST: $20 for WCHS members or $25 for non-members. (Includes lunch, lecture and museum admission)
Program without lunch is $10 for members or $15 for non-members.
See below for a list of upcoming topics and click here to view a recent Lunch and Learn lecture.
**If you have dietary restrictions, please make us aware before the event. 513 932-1817.**

December 11, 2019 | Christmas Concert "the Bones of Cincinnatus"

TOPIC: The Bones of Cincinnatus is 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 will consist 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.
SPECIAL PRICE: $27 for non-WCHS members, $22 for members (Includes lunch, performance and museum admission)
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the Bones of Cincinnatus

December 18th | LHS Choir Concert

We are excited to be having TWO holiday concerts this year, the second of which features the talent of the LHS Choir. Guests will enjoy a buffet lunch from Stengls Catering at the Lebanon Conference and Banquet Center. This event will support the LHS Choir Program as well as Harmon Museum.

​​Cost: $25
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January 15, 2020 | Dining with Abe and Mary Todd Lincoln

TOPIC: At this Lunch & Learn we will share our midday meal with President and Mrs. Abraham Lincoln. President Lincoln will discuss the progress and pressure of putting down the rebellion in the war between the states from what amounts to a southern city - Washington, DC. Mrs. Lincoln will tell of the stress and hardship that fell upon her and the Lincoln family in the Executive Mansion during the terrible time of the American Civil War.
SPEAKERS: Jim Crabtree and Teena Baldrige portray President Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln. Both currently live in Springboro, Ohio and are members of the National Association of Lincoln Presenters and the Lincoln Society of Dayton. Jim taught school for 31 years and has been appearing as Abe Lincoln for over 20 years. Teena, a military wife for 30 years, has been performing in community and military functions for many years.
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Jim Crabtree and Teena Baldrige
- image credit Channel 7 News

February 12, 2020 | Bedle Station and the Shakers of Union Village

TOPIC: With the recent uncovering of a Bedle Station log cabin within the walls of a 19th century house a few miles west of Lebanon new interest has developed in what was the first settlement in Warren County in September 1795. Few know that the founding of Union Village, the first Shaker community in the West in 1805, led to Bedle Station’s destruction. Families were torn apart, mobs marched, arrests were made, and the fledgling pioneer community, along with its influential church, disappeared. We will explore this little-known conflict and what happened to the two communities.
SPEAKER: John J. Zimkus is the Historian and Education Director of the Warren County Historical Society. He is the author of Historical Footnotes of Lebanon, Ohio. John is also the house historian of The Golden Lamb in Lebanon, Ohio’s oldest continually operated business.
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The recently uncovered, last remaining, Bedle Station log cabin.
Previous Lunch and Learn Topics
Local author and historian Fred Compton discussed his 35 years at the Golden Lamb
Character actor Joyce Lovins Browning portrayed Mary Cunningham: 1870s Cincinnati Body Snatcher
The Little Miami’s "Scenic River" Status​
100 Years of Bridal Fashion in "Brides of Yesteryear"
​The Secrets of the Infirmary Time Capsule
Guadalcanal: A Turn Point in WWII
Historian John Zimkus spoke on Lebanon’s William E. Harmon