Dedication of the Carnegie Heroes Monument
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time
- Saturday, Jun 27, 2026 1pm
Location
Alley Center for Health Sciences at King's College
20 Public Square
Details
On June 27, 2026, at 1:00 pm, the Anthracite Heritage Foundation (AHF), in conjunction with King’s College, will dedicate a marble monument containing the names of the forty anthracite medalists. The list includes the late miner Amadeo Pancotti of Pittston, hero of the Knox Mine Disaster of 1959.
The dedication program will take place in the auditorium of The Alley Center at King’s College on Public Square in downtown Wilkes-Barre, followed by the monument’s unveiling and blessing in The Miners Park at the front of The Alley Center.
The program speakers will include Fr. Thomas Looney, President of King’s College; George Brown Mayor of Wilkes-Barre; Jewels Phraner of the Carnegie Heroes Commission; Thomas Lowther Bell, great grandson of John Tennant Brown, who was awarded the Carnegie Medal for saving four men after an explosion on January 10, 1911, at Hoyt Shaft, near Pittston; and Professor Robert P. Wolensky of the AHF and King’s College. Tony Brooks of the AHF and the Wilkes-Barre Preservation Society will serve as the Master of Ceremonies.
We hope you can join us for this important local event commemorating a group of heroic anthracite mineworkers. The proceedings will be open to the public, and refreshments will be served.