Grove City Area Historical Society and Museum, 111 College Avenue, Grove City opens its doors for the 2023 season and celebrates its 25th anniversary of incorporation this year. Events will
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Grove City Area Historical Society and Museum, 111 College Avenue, Grove City opens its doors for the 2023 season and celebrates its 25th anniversary of incorporation this year. Events will be scheduled throughout the year.
The first event is the May Speaker Series event scheduled for May 23,2023 at 6:30 p.m. The subject matter for this night’s presentation is “Amish Societies.” Dr. Kristin Park, Professor of Sociology at Westminster College, will present basic statistics, social organization, values and religious beliefs, and lifestyles of the Old Order Amish settlements in the United States. Some information also will be provided on our local settlements in Lawrence and Mercer counties. She will include common misconceptions about the Amish and the major changes that different settlements negotiate in today’s world.