Thaddeus Stevens Society events on April 4 & 5, 2025

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     The Thaddeus Stevens Society has a full slate of events on Friday and Saturday, April 4 and 5, to mark the 233rd birthday of the Great Commoner. On April 4 at 4:30 p.m. the annual graveside ceremony will be held at Stevens's grave at the Shreiner-Concord cemetery at Mulberry and Chestnut Streets in Lancaster, PA, which will be followed at 6 p.m. by the Stevens Day dinner and membership meeting at the the Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology at 750 E. King Street in Lancaster. The dinner is free to members.

Before the graveside ceremony, there will be a tour at 2 p.m. for Society members and supporters of the future site of the Stevens/Smith museum at Queen and Vine Streets. Please come to the convention center entrance on Vine Street.

     Then on Saturday April 5 there will be the grand opening of the Annex of the Thaddeus Stevens Museum at 52 Chambersburg Street at 5 p.m. This will be followed by a presentation at Christ Lutheran Church, next door to the museum, at 6:30 p.m. about Thaddeus Stevens, the Emancipation Proclamation and the church itself.

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The events on April 4th and 5th are as follows:

Friday, April 4:

2:00 p.m. -- Tour of future site of Stevens/Smith museum at Queen and Vine Streets.

4:30 p.m. -- Graveside ceremony marking Thaddeus Stevens's birthday at Shreiner-Concord Cemetery at Chestnut and Mulberry in Lancaster, PA.

6:00 p.m. -- Stevens Day Dinner and Society membership meeting at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology at 750 E. King Street, Lancaster, PA

 

Saturday, April 5:

5:00 p.m. -- Grand opening of the Thaddeus Stevens Museum Annex at 52 Chambersburg St., Gettysburg, PA.

6:30 p.m. -- Program at Christ Lutheran Church, 30 Chambersburg Street, Gettysburg, PA, about the church, the Emancipation Proclamation, and Thaddeus Stevens

 

If you plan on attending any of these events, please send a reply email to info@thaddeusstevenssoiety.com