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Upcoming Events and Programs

 

A Conversation with Eleanor & Lucretia

 
Portrayed by

Linda Laronge & Debbie Weinkamer

for the

Willoughby Woman’s Club

Willoughby City Hall (Lower Level)

1 Public Square, Willoughby, OH 44094

Friday, February 10, 2012

12:30 p.m.

Please contact Marie Francis at 440--942-3742

 for more information. 

President & Mrs. James A. Garfield,

President & Mrs. Abraham Lincoln,

Presidents Ulysses S. Grant, Theodore Roosevelt,

& William H. Taft,

& First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt

request the honor of your presence at

Yours Truly Restaurant

6675 Wilson Mills Rd. – Mayfield Village

 Sunday, February 12, 2012

3:00 to 5:00 p.m.

for

Dinner with the Presidents

Come celebrate Presidents’ Day in a most entertaining and thought-provoking manner!

** No reservations necessary **

Order from the regular menu

 Dress as your favorite President or First Lady!

 Presidential Trivia & Prizes for all Ages!

 Children are encouraged to attend!

 For more information, visit www.WeMadeHistory.com,

http://www.ytr.com, or call Yours Truly-Mayfield Village

 at 440-461-0000

“Dear Wife & Mother”

Widow Lucretia R. Garfield

Portrayed by Debbie Weinkamer

for the

Gamma Rho Chapter ~ Delta Kappa Gamma

Baldwin-Wallace College ~ Colony Room

120 East Grand St., Berea, OH 44017

http://www.bw.edu/resources/foodsvc/facilities/colony/

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

6:00 p.m.

Please contact Peggy Ciolek, Vice President, at (440)785-3959 or

pciolek@cox.net for more information.

 

William Howard Taft ~

“Our Reluctant President”

Portrayed by Dale Liikala

for

Presidents’ Day

Monday, February 20, 2012

1:00 p.m.

at the

William Howard Taft National Historic Site

Education Center

 2038 Auburn Avenue

Cincinnati, OH 45219-3025

 Please contact E. Ray Henderson, Chief of Interpretation, at 513-684-3262

or e_ray_henderson@nps.gov for more information,

or visit www.nps.gov/wiho

 President & Mrs. James A. Garfield,

President & Mrs. Abraham Lincoln,

Presidents Ulysses S. Grant, Theodore Roosevelt,

& William H. Taft,

& First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt

request the honor of your presence at 

Yours Truly Restaurant

7280 Center Street - Mentor

  Monday, February 20, 2012

5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

for 

Dinner with the Presidents

 Come celebrate Presidents’ Day in a most entertaining and thought-provoking manner!

** No reservations necessary **

Order from the regular menu 

Dress as your favorite President or First Lady!

Presidential Trivia & Prizes for all Ages! 

Mentor Public Library will provide

Presidential books & activities

 Children are encouraged to attend! 

For more information, visit www.WeMadeHistory.com,

http://www.ytr.com, or call Yours Truly-Mentor at
440-255-3003

 “A Sunday Afternoon with President & Mrs. Garfield”

 

Portrayed by Ed Haney & Debbie Weinkamer

for the

Shaker Heights Historical Society

16740 South Park Blvd. ~ Shaker Heights, OH 44120

Sunday, February 26, 2012

3:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Brief program, followed by mingling & refreshments

For more information, please contact

Lynne Hutchison,

Educational Director, at 216-921-1201

or visit http://shakerhistory.org

“Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of the World”

  
Portrayed by Linda Laronge

for the

Park Synagogue Sisterhood

Park Synagogue East

27500 Shaker Blvd., Pepper Pike, OH 44124

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

12:00 p.m. ~ Lunch, followed by Program

For more information

please contact Geraldine Powers at 216-464-9166 or visit

 http://parksyn.businesscatalyst.com/index.html

 “From Log Cabin to White House”

The Life of President James A. Garfield

 Portrayed by Ed Haney

for the

Crystal Waters Retirement Community

Thursday, March 15, 2012

2:15 p.m.

18960 Falling Water Rd. ~ Strongsville, OH 44136

 Please contact Kathy at 440-238-3600

 or visit http://www.crystalwatersrc.com for more information.

 

“Portrait of a 19th Century Marriage”

 

Portrayed by

Ed Haney & Debbie Weinkamer

for the

McKinley Memorial Library

Saturday, April 14, 2012

2:00 – 3:00 p.m.

40 N. Main St. ~ Niles, OH 44446

www.mckinley.lib.oh.us

For more information

 please contact Patrick Finan at 330-652-1704, ext. 203,

“Portrait of a 19th Century Marriage”

Portrayed by

Ed Haney & Debbie Weinkamer

for the

Clyde Heritage League’s

Annual Meeting

Sunday, April 22, 2012

2:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Held at the Clyde Public Library

 222 W. Buckeye St. ~ Clyde, OH 43410

http://www.clydelibrary.org/

 Please contact Grace Schoenfeld at 419-547-0165

 or for more information visit

http://www.clydeheritageleague.org/

 First Lady Lucretia R. Garfield presents

“Dear Wife & Mother”

for the

N.E. Ohio Church & Synagogue Library Association Spring Meeting

 Mentor United Methodist Church

Mentor, OH

Saturday, April 28, 2012

 Details to follow…

 “Memoirs of U.S. Grant”

 

 

Saturday, May 5, 2012

Louisville-Nimishellen Historical Society

 

Louisville, OH:

Details to follow…

“A Conversation with Eleanor & Lucretia”

 
Portrayed by

Linda Laronge & Debbie Weinkamer

for the

Friends’ Ladies Tea

Peninsula Library

6105 Riverview Rd., Peninsula, OH 44264

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

1:00 p.m.

Please contact Anne Matusz at 330-657-2291 or

visit http://www.peninsulalibrary.org/index.php

for more information. 

 

“Meet the Presidents”

   

Presidents Abraham Lincoln, U.S. Grant, & James A. Garfield

Portrayed by

John W. King, Don Miller, & Ed Haney

for the

Munson Elementary School Third Graders’

“Night at the Museum” Preview

12687 Bass Lake Rd. ~ Chardon, OH  44024

Thursday, May 17, 2012
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
For more information, please visit

http://www.chardon.k12.oh.us/munsonelementary_home.aspx

 

 “From Log Cabin to White House”

 

 Portrayed by Ed Haney

for the

Forest City Yacht Club’s Ladies Auxiliary Meeting

Friday, May 18, 2012

7:30 – 9:00 p.m.

Held at the Forest City Yacht Club

5301 N. Marginal Rd. ~ Cleveland, OH 44114

http://www.forestcityyachtclub.com/

 Please contact Debbie Burns, Program Chairman,

 at 216-524-9771  for more information.

 

 “Log Cabin to the White House”

Portrayed by John W. King

 for the

 Greenville, PA Historical Society’s

Annual Meeting

 held at the

 Zion’s Reformed United Church of Christ

260 Main Street
Greenville, PA 16125-2058
(724) 588-6940

Sunday, May 20, 2010

2:00 p.m.

For more information, please contact John Moore at 724-877-6398  or visit http://www.greenvillehistoricalsociety.org/b_board.aspx

President & Mrs. Garfield

will visit the Garfield Memorial Church

 in Pepper Pike, OH

for Heritage Sunday in the United Methodist Church

Sun. 05/20/2012
 

Details to follow…

 

 “Memoirs of U.S. Grant”

Sunday, May 20, 2012

 

Ashtabula Genealogical Society

 

Geneva, OH:

 

Details to follow…

“A Visit with the Garfields”

 

Portrayed by

Ed Haney & Debbie Weinkamer

for the

Moreland Hills Historical Society’s

J.A. Garfield Memorial Cabin Season-Opening

 Saturday, June 2, 2012

10:00 a.m.– 1:00 p.m.

 4350 S.O.M. Center Rd. ~  Moreland Hills, OH 44022

 Please contact the M.H. City Hall at 440-248-1188

 or for more information visit

http://morelandhills.com/?page_id=497

 

Come to the

Bainbridge Township Heritage Park Dedication
&

The Old Settlers Bi-Centennial

To be Rescheduled 

Meet and greet former Presidents and First Ladies:

Abraham & Mary Todd Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant,
Theodore Roosevelt, & William Howard Taft

 17826 Chillicothe Road

(South of the I-422 freeway)

 

   
 

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