The White Church
Welcome to the Jefferson Township Historical Society's
(JTHS) webpage. Here you will find all of the upcoming events and news on the White Church, Heritage Hall and the Veterans Memorial. The JTHS meets every third Saturday at 10:00 a.m. at the White Church.
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May's meeting will be held on May 19, 2012. It will
be on the importance of history and museums.
The guest speaker will be Lauren Yost who
attends Westminster College, majoring in history.
An interesting topic you wont want to miss!
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*******ATTENTION*******
A field trip is tentatively being planned to tour the
Bradford House (www.Bradfordhouse.org) and
the Washington County
Historical Museum. lunch is being discussed and
currently is being planned at the Union Grill on
East Wheeling Street in Washington. For those
wishing to take part in the yearly field trip, please
notify Barb Zianni with a head count of those in
your party wishing to attend. Further information
will be forthcoming after the May meeting.
Veterans Memorial
Thoughts of Freedom
This spring morning as I sat outside
My thoughts turned to those who've fought and died
To keep our country free and strong
They walked into battle, and all along
Were aware that they might give away
Their families and friends if they chose to stayT
In battles and wars where they may never see
How their sacrifices gave us the right to be free
And I thought this day how blessed I've been
That I've never had to see the sights they've seen;
Never felt the pain of losing comrade and friend,
As I watched them fight until the end
While the tears I cried must be silent to prove
That with strength intact I must still move
In direction to win this battle I've fought
To be worthy of my country in each countryman's
thoughts.
Each battle, each war has brought us to be
The most powerful country in the world, so you see,
Each serviceman's life that we've seen lost
Has paid part of the price, at such a high cost,
To give us our freedom, our strength, our power
Let's not take them for granted, not for one brief hour.
A few we have known, but most we have not,
Though they all gave their lives without second thoughts
So let's honor them, each one, as we walk through our days,
And thank them with grace, for our freedom they've saved.
©Laura Baltich Docherty 2006
Heritage Hall
Heritage Hall and Museum is looking for any photos, books and artifacts of the area to preserve for generations to come. If you have any and are interested in donating them, please contact the President. Any item(s) donated will be given a number and properly logged into the permanent Museum Record Book and a receipt will be given to you. All donations are tax deductible. Please consider donating any artifacts and items of and around the area. Items are accepted any time of the year.
NEW NEWS CONCERNING THE MUSEUM:
Are you the person that we are looking for to contact local teachers to invite them to see what we have in the Museum? If teachers had a tour of the Museum, they may want to bring their students on a field trip to see the museum and learn about local history. If you are interested , please contact the President, Barbara Zianni at (724)947-9111.
****Recently, the Westminster Preschool children visited the museum in the Heritage Hall. They were able to learn about the community wayback when and seemed to thoroughly enjoy themselves.****
Currently the Museum is availble for tours by appointment only. Please contact Barbara Zianni to make arrangements.
