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.
SCHEDULE: 11:00am - Seating/Open Museum | 11:30am - Lunch Served | 12:00pm (noon) - Speaker
The programs usually last one hour.
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.
There are a limited number of seats so please purchase your tickets before the event.
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.**
For Bootstrap Business Lunch, click here.
SCHEDULE: 11:00am - Seating/Open Museum | 11:30am - Lunch Served | 12:00pm (noon) - Speaker
The programs usually last one hour.
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.
There are a limited number of seats so please purchase your tickets before the event.
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.**
For Bootstrap Business Lunch, click here.
February 12, 2020 | Beedle Station and the Shakers of Union Village
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TOPIC: With the recent uncovering of a Beedle 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 Beedle 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. |
The recently uncovered, last remaining, Beedle Station log cabin.
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March 18, 2020 | Harriet Taylor Upton’s Fight for Women's Suffrage in Ohio
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TOPIC: Harriet Taylor Upton, from the city of Warren, Ohio, was the president of the Ohio Suffrage Organization, a political activist and an author. She will tell her own story as a major force in the Woman’s Suffrage Movement and as the first woman to become vice chairman of the Republican National Committee. As portrayed by Harriet Merriman, you will learn how the history of the woman’s suffrage movement in America can hardly be written without some reference and tribute to this Ohio woman.
SPEAKER: Harriet Merriman volunteers at the Ohio History Connection in their school and public programs and has performed in their Discovery Theatre. Last year at our Lunch & Learn in April she portrayed Ohio’s Jerrie Mock, the first woman to fly solo around the world. Harriet is a retired school teacher and lives with her husband Bill in Westerville, Ohio. |
Harriet Taylor Upton speaking at Ohio Statehous
- image courtesy of ohiomemory.org |
April 15, 2020 | Ohio Legends Revisited
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TOPIC: The very popular Jeff Wilson will once again pay us visit to discuss material covered in his books Ohio Legends and Ohio Legends Volume 2. Every page in his books has a short story with an original, expressive illustration drawn by Jeff that brings to life a bit of Buckeye trivia or an oddity about an Ohio inventor, ghost, visionary, hero, crackpot or criminal. Jeff will be showcasing a special “Librarian’s Edition” of his Ohio Legends series that features a “perfect bound” cover and includes many stories never published before.
SPEAKER: Jeff Wilson is a free-lance cartoonist, writer and illustrator. A life-long resident of the Buckeye state, he lives in Vandalia, Ohio with his wife Patti and enjoys any good, goofy story about Ohio. |
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Previous Lunch and Learn Topics
Jim Crabtree and Teena Baldrige portrayed President Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln.
The Bones of Cincinnatus performed holiday season classics, arranged for the unique capabilities of a trombone ensemble.
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
Jim Crabtree and Teena Baldrige portrayed President Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln.
The Bones of Cincinnatus performed holiday season classics, arranged for the unique capabilities of a trombone ensemble.
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