Warren County Historical Society

Lantern Light Cemetery Tour
July 30 & 31, 2010
8:30 to 10:00 pm.
The Warren County Historical Society presents its first ever Lantern Light Cemetery Tours led by its Historian, Mr. John Zimkus. The tour includes re-enactments of past citizens of Warren County who are buried in Lebanon Cemetery. Guests will be lead through cemetery via the cemetery roads carrying only a candle lantern to light their way. The tour will visit the graves of seventeen prominent citizens where guests will meet the “spirit” of the departed.

Designed to be part history lesson, part ghost tour, the Lantern Light Cemetery Tour will thrill and educate at the same time. Volunteers from the Glendower Historic Characters group will play the parts of the citizens of old. Dressed in costume, each character will emerge from the shadows from behind his or her tombstone and speak to the guests about their character’s lives and life in old Lebanon.

The tours will begin at dusk (approximately 8:30 pm at the end of July) and end approximately at 10:00 pm. Guests should plan to park on Silver Street and other surrounding streets, not in the cemetery.

This event is a fund raiser for the Warren County Historical Society and all proceeds will go to benefit Glendower historic mansion.

Tickets will cost $20.00 each for adults, students under 18 are $10.00. Maximum number of tickets for each evening is 35. Tickets must be purchased in advance.

Contact the Warren County Historical Society at 513-932-1817 or email at wchs@wchsmuseum.org.

Shaker Supper
Friday, August 6
Lebanon Conference & Banquet Center, 121 S. Broadway, Lebanon
Doors open at 6 p.m.
Help us celebrate the anniversary of Mother Ann Lee’s coming to America with an authentic Shaker supper and lecture. Fee: $25

Civil War Encampment
on the Lawn at Glendower Historic Mansion
105 Cincinnati Avenue, Lebanon, OH
August 7 & 8
10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday
No admission to events on the lawn.
House tours charge regular admission:
$5 adults, $4.50 seniors and $3.50 children
Free parking
This annual event features an authentic Civil War encampment by the members of the Ohio Valley Civil War Association.

Free Concert at Glendower Historic Mansion
7:30 p.m. Saturday August 14

Even if you can’t dance a jig, you’ll enjoy tapping your toes and just listening to the Roving Rogues Irish/Celtic players. Join us on the back lawn of Glendower historic mansion in Lebanon, Ohio for a free concert featuring Ken Roberts, Doug Mast, Rex Cochran and Tim Clark, also known as the Roving Rogues.

The concert starts at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 14th. Guests should bring lawn chairs or blankets for seating. Picnics, wine and cheese, and snacks of all kinds are encouraged. The museum’s staff will be selling soda, water and ice cream. Glendower will be open for tours from noon until 4 p.m. and 6 until 7:30 p.m. Admission to the house is adults $5, students under 18 $3.50, and seniors 65 and over $4.50.

The Roving Rogues formed in 2006 to share their passion for traditional Irish dance music. The group began as two fiddles and a bodhran, and has grown over the years to include concertina, piano, accordion and bouzouki. They met through the Riley School of Irish Music in Cincinnati, Ohio, where they learn, play and teach Irish/Celtic music.

The Roving Rogues are: Fiddle: Ken Roberts
Piano, Accordion, Bouzouki, and Mandolin: Doug Mast
Bodhran: Rex Cochran
Concertina: Tim Clarke

Lunch & Learn
Wednesday, August 18, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Glendower Mansion
105 Cincinnati Avenue, Lebanon, OH 45036
In conjunction with Sinclair Community College, the Warren County History Center offers a lecture and lunch. August’s topic will be “Tea with Ms. Manners.”
Fee $15 – includes box lunch and lecture
Call 513-932-1817 for reservations
E-mail: wchs@wchsmuseum.org

WCHS Flea Market
Friday & Saturday, September 24 & 25
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Lebanon Conference & Banquet Center
121 S. Broadway, Lebanon, OH
In the museum’s Old Post Office addition
This annual museum fundraiser offers a variety of items for great value. Proceeds benefit the Warren County Historical Society.
Donations of household goods, books, collectibles, toys and decorative accessories will be accepted throughout the summer. Drop off your items in our lower-level entrance anytime during regular museum hours.

Lebanon Antiques & Artisan Show
October 2 & 3
10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday
Warren County Fairgrounds, 665 North Broadway, Lebanon, OH
Admission $8 Free parking
Returning for its second year in this expanded format, the Lebanon Antiques & Artisan Show features antiques dealers and artisans of high-quality antique reproductions. Antique furniture, textiles, ceramics, metal wares, paintings and decorative items are displayed in room settings in the Antiques Show building. Artisans will exhibit quality reproductions in the Artisan building. Many of the artisans demonstrate their art. Gourmet food, musical entertainment and educational lectures round out the event. This show is also a great place for beginning collectors to learn about quality antiques as well as see some of the best artisans working today. The proceeds from the Lebanon Antiques & Artisan Show benefit the Warren County Historical Society’s three historic properties.

The “Ghosts in the Museums” Tours
Featuring Haunted Harmon Hall & Ghoulish Glendower
October 15, 16, 22, 23, 29, 30
Harmon Hall at the Warren County History Center, 105 S. Broadway
& Glendower Mansion, 105 Cincinnati Avenue, Lebanon, OH
The staff of the Warren County Historical Society and the Spiritual H.O.P.E. Society paranormal team are partnering in a ghoulish venture they like to call the “Ghosts in the Museums” investigations/tours.
Investigations/tours will be hosted at Glendower historic mansion Friday nights. Investigations/tours are also available at Harmon Hall Saturday nights. Harmon Hall is the main building that houses the Warren County History Center and its vast collection of Warren County artifacts and memorabilia.
Over the years, staff and volunteers at both the historic properties have reported sightings of historic figures and other ghostly happenings in both Glendower and Harmon Hall. After several paranormal investigations by two different paranormal organizations turned up many of the same phenomena, the staff decided to share their findings with the public.
Guests will get the opportunity to work with the very sophisticated equipment used by the Spiritual H.O.P.E. Society staff and conduct a real life paranormal investigation. Museum staff provides history and insight to past experiences.
The investigation/tour begins at 7 p.m. sharp and is limited to 12 guests. Reservations, at $45 per person, must be made in advance. You must be 12 or older to take the tour. Call 513-932-1817 for reservations before 4 p.m. Wednesday, June 2. MasterCard, Visa and Discover are accepted.

Tea Party with the Little Women
Saturday & Sunday, November 13 & 14
Lebanon Conference & Banquet Center, 121 S. Broadway, Lebanon, OH
First seating at noon. Second seating at 4 p.m.
Fee: To be announced
The teas are designed around the Girl Scouts of America’s history badge requirements. The Glendower Historic Characters will be on hand portraying the March family from Louisa May Alcott’s book “Little Women,” assisting with a social manners lesson and providing the opportunities for girls to “talk to history.” A scrumptious tea will be provided by Marilyn Carter, former pastry chef of the Elmwood Inn in Kentucky.

Santa’s Headquarters
Noon-4 p.m. Saturdays & Sundays,
December 5, 11, 12, 18 & 19
Warren County History Center,
105 S. Broadway, Lebanon, OH
Free admission
Santa will set up his headquarters inside the history center, and good girls and boys are invited to visit to make sure he learns of all their holiday wishes. The Warren County History Center will be open free of charge the first three weekends in December. Visit Santa and tour the history center’s special Christmas exhibit. Refreshments will be served.

Christmas at Glendower
105 Cincinnati Avenue, Lebanon, OH
Noon-8 p.m. weekends in December
Admission: $5 adults, $4.50 seniors, $3.50 children
Free parking
A long-standing tradition in Warren County, Christmas at Glendower historic mansion will feature “Christmas with Our Little Women” as they celebrate a war-time Christmas and await word from their beloved family members. Glendower will be decorated circa 1860s with handmade and purchased Christmas decorations. Also featured will be music, food and other entertainments of the era.

More details to come. Check back often!