Monsignor John Bendik, left, blesses the Knox Mine Disaster momument outside the Baloga Funeral Home in Port Griffith during a 2015 ceremony. King’s College is set to host a screening of the Knox Mine Disaster documentary on Monday, Jan. 22 to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the tragic accident that killed 12 mineworkers. Other events also will be held this month, including the annual memorial Mass.
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Other events also set for Anthracite Heritage Month
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WILKES-BARRE — King’s College is set to host a screening of the Knox Mine Disaster documentary on Monday, Jan. 22 to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the tragic accident that killed 12 mine workers.
Doors open at 6 p.m. and music courtesy of Lex Romane will start at 6:30, with the film beginning at 7 p.m.
The screening will take place in the Snyder Room on the third floor of the Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center located on campus at 133 N. River St.
Tickets are $10 and can be purchases at eventbrite.com.
Other events
Additional events commemorating the mine disaster include the annual Knox Mine Disaster Memorial Mass, which will take place on Jan. 21 at 9 a.m. at St. John the Evangelist Church, located at 36 William St., Pittston.
Following the mass, the Knox Disaster Commemoration will take place from 10:30 to 11 a.m. at the site of the Knox Disaster Monument outside of the Baloga Funeral Home in Jenkins Township.
Other upcoming events taking place around Luzerne County in celebration of Anthracite Heritage Month include:
On Jan. 24 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the First Welsh Baptist Church, located at 168 W. Shawnee Ave. the Plymouth Historical Society will host public program entitled, “The Powell Squibb Factory Explosion, February 25, 1889, Plymouth, PA,” featuring several speakers.
King’s College will host the Anthracite Heritage Foundation’s public program, The Annual Msgr. John J. Curran Lecture, on Jan. 25 at 7-8:30 p.m. inside the Burke Auditorium at the McGowan Business School.
The lecture will feature speaker Breandan MacSuibhne of the University of Galway, Ireland on the topic of: “From The Potato Patch to the Mine Patch: The Irish of Northeastern Pennsylvania, c. 1820–1920.”
Following the lecture, the Anthracite Heritage Foundation will present 2024’s Book Award to Philip Mosley, Emeritus, Penn State University-Scranton, for The Telling of the Anthracite (2023).
On Jan. 29 from 6:30 to p.m. the Greater Pittston Historical Society will host a public program on the topic of Organized Crime in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Several speakers will be featured including Robert Wolensky, of King’s College, on the topic of “Organized Crime in Anthracite Mining.”
The program will take place at St. Joseph Morello Hall located at 237 William St. in Pittston.
All events are free and open to the public except for the screening of the Knox Mine Disaster documentary.
For a full list of events visit anthracitemuseum.org.