Some of the programs the society typically offers are:

logo for our events calendar Monthly lecture series with guest speakers • Museum tours • Walking tours of historic New Castle • Lawrence County Trivia Competition • Sports Hall of Fame • Fireworks exhibits • Ice cream social • Membership & Friends Dinner • Haunted History Walking Tour • Mistletoe Magic • Open House with Santa

Latest Past Events

Traveling Shoes: Looking at African American Migration

Lawrence County Historical Society 408 North Jefferson Street, New Castle

The migration saw the relocation of more than 6 million African Americans from the rural South to parts of the North, Midwest and West. The year 1910, when 7 million […]

FREE - Open to the Public

Twenty Extraordinary African American Women!

Lawrence County Historical Society 408 North Jefferson Street, New Castle

"The history of women's contributions to this nation has not been limited to the struggle of women's right alone. Our nation owes whatever prosperity, enlightenment and success it has achieved […]

FREE - Open to the Public

They Also Served: Women During WWII

Lawrence County Historical Society 408 North Jefferson Street, New Castle

Guest Speaker: Ruth Fairchild Ruth Fairchild joined the Army in 1982, serving for 12 years as an Operating Room Technician in Alabama, Texas, New Jersey, Germany, and Saudi Arabia. Upon […]

FREE - Open to the Public