The Old York Road Historical Society will resume their historical lectures series this spring in The John Barnes Room at Abington Friends Meeting, 520 Meetinghouse Road, Jenkintown.

The following presentations will be offered both in-person and on Zoom:

• March 13, 2024: The Philadelphia Motor Speedway – Warminster: An Unrealized Dream by Jim Rubillo
• April 10, 2024: Landscapes of the Lord’s New Churchby Chris Mendel
• May 8, 2024: Philadelphia’s Strawbridge & Clothier: From Our Family to Yours by Margaret Strawbridge Butterworth

Lectures are free and open to the public. Programs begin at 7:30pm. Refreshments will be available at the conclusion of the lecture.

Zoom links with registration details will be available on our website and Facebook pages. Zoom presentations are live and not recorded for later playback due to copyright restrictions on the images used in the presentations. 

The lecture series is sponsored by a grant from the Jenkinstown Lyceum. For more information, please call the Old York Road Historical Society at 215–886–8590 or visit www.oyrhs.org. You can also follow OYRHS on Facebook (oldyorkroadhistoricalsociety) and Instagram (oldyorkroadhistory).

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