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Sunday October 19 2008, 1:30 PM
@ Washburn Cemetery, 1915 Wasburn St, Scranton, PA
Attendees: @Jerry Williams
There have been nearly 30,000 lives lost in mining accidents in NEPA since records have been kept. This event is to commemorate the 139th anniversary of the Avondale Mine Disaster which claimed the lives of many local residents.
Robert P. Wolensky who serves as Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point an author of several books about NEPA history will deliver the keynote remarks at the Washburn Cemetery. The cemetery was the target of vandals in recent months which prompted a fund raising project lead by Linda Scott and assisted by the Lackawanna Historical Society,"Avondale was the most deadly of all anthracite disasters, with 110 men and boys lost, most of them of Welsh descent. The sorry condition of the gravestones, and the need for a visible marker facing Washburn Street, deserves our full attention. With continuing community support, the 61 Welsh victims buried there will receive their deserved respect." Prof. Bob Wolensky
"While this event highlights one disaster, we need to remember the sacrifice of every anthracite worker lost. We need to understand how these early Americans of diverse ethnic backgrounds created the economic wealth and cultural richness that is the core America's exceptionalism."-Jerry Williams, President, Saint David's Society of Lackawanna County
@ Washburn Cemetery, 1915 Wasburn St, Scranton, PA
Attendees: @Jerry Williams
There have been nearly 30,000 lives lost in mining accidents in NEPA since records have been kept. This event is to commemorate the 139th anniversary of the Avondale Mine Disaster which claimed the lives of many local residents.
Robert P. Wolensky who serves as Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point an author of several books about NEPA history will deliver the keynote remarks at the Washburn Cemetery. The cemetery was the target of vandals in recent months which prompted a fund raising project lead by Linda Scott and assisted by the Lackawanna Historical Society,"Avondale was the most deadly of all anthracite disasters, with 110 men and boys lost, most of them of Welsh descent. The sorry condition of the gravestones, and the need for a visible marker facing Washburn Street, deserves our full attention. With continuing community support, the 61 Welsh victims buried there will receive their deserved respect." Prof. Bob Wolensky
"While this event highlights one disaster, we need to remember the sacrifice of every anthracite worker lost. We need to understand how these early Americans of diverse ethnic backgrounds created the economic wealth and cultural richness that is the core America's exceptionalism."-Jerry Williams, President, Saint David's Society of Lackawanna County
