2018
The Rebecca Lukens Award honors individuals who exhibit the qualities of Rebecca Lukens
— resilience, leadership, courage, and strategic outlook.
2017
The National Iron & Steel Heritage Museum hosts the 2017 Coatesville Remembers
September 11, 2001 Commemoration ceremony.
The Lukens Concert Band and the Forty Niners Chorus present a concert of remembrance
of the events of September 11, 2001.
The Rebecca Lukens Award honors individuals who exhibit the qualities of Rebecca Lukens
— resilience, leadership, courage, and strategic outlook.
2016
The National Iron & Steel Heritage Museum hosts the 2016 Coatesville Remembers
September 11, 2001 Commemoration ceremony.
The 2016 Rebecca Lukens Award presented to Barbara Cohen honors individuals who exhibit
the qualities of Rebecca Lukens — resilience, leadership, courage, and strategic
outlook.
2015
The National Iron & Steel Heritage Museum presents its 2015 award to Mary Ann
Rossi, Partner at MacElree Harvey.
2014
The annual Lukens Reunion Barbecue and Service Awards honoring current ArcelorMittal
Coatesville employees.
The National Iron & Steel Heritage Museum hosts the 2014 Coatesville Remembers
September 11, 2001 Commemoration ceremony.
On August 28, 1984 Bill Fischer, Mary Sullivan, Rosie Long and Gene DiOrio signed
the Articles of Incorporation creating The Graystone Museum Society of Coatesville.
Join Gene as he remembers the beginning.
An evening of great food, drink and music on the beautiful grounds of the Lukens Historic
District.
This year's keynote speaker Sheila Fleming, Senior Planner for Conservation Design
at the Brandywine Conservancy, presents :The Brandywine Creek Greenway: the Heart
and Soul of Chester County". Other highlights are the presentation of the 2014
Eugene L. DiOrio Volunteer of the Year Award to Sharon Bower, and the presentation
of the Charles Lukens Huston Scholarship Award to two graduating seniors from Coatesville
Area Senior High School, Morgan Flynn and Steven McFarland.
President Scott Huston, Program Manager Juliette Honsinger, Collections Manager Kathy
Bratton, and Executive Director James Ziegler with an insider's look at activities
at the National Iron & Steel Heritage Museum.
The National Iron & Steel Heritage Museum presents its 2014 award to Molly Keim
Morrison, President of the Natural Lands Trust.
2013
The National Iron & Steel Heritage Museum hosted the 2013 Lukens Reunion and brought
back a long standing tradition, service pins honoring active employees at the Coatesville
steel mill.
The National Iron & Steel Heritage Museum hosts the fourth annual Coatesville
Remembers September 11th commemoration.
The Graystone Society, Inc. holds it's
2013 annual meeting April 19th
The National Iron & Steel Heritage
Museum presents the 2013 award to Regina Horton Lewis.
2012
The National Iron & Steel Heritage Museum hosts the fourth annual Coatesville
Remembers September 11th commemoration.
The National Iron & Steel Heritage Museum's
2012 Garden Party, held June 16th on the grounds of the Lukens National Historic District.
The National Iron & Steel Heritage Museum presents
the 2012 award to Tamara (Tammy) C. Cansler.
2011
The Lukens National Historic District hosts Coatesville's 2011 commemoration of the
terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
The Graystone Society's 2011 Members Garden Party, held June 18th on the grounds of
the Lukens National Historic District.
The Graystone Society presents the 2011 Rebecca Lukens Award award to the late Nancy
Penn Smith Hannum.
2010
The National Iron & Steel Heritage Museum hosts its Inaugural 9/11 Memorial Event
at Gateway Park in Coatesville, Pennsylvania. 7:30 AM until 10:30 AM.
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of iron & steel production in Coatesville the
Graystone Society plants a rose garden at Brandywine Mansion, home of Rebecca Lukens.
The Graystone Society celebrates the 200th anniversary of iron & steel production
in Coatesville, PA, with the dedication of a historical marker in the Lukens National
Historic District.
Over Forty years ago, the last trainload carrying the structural shapes (known as
"trees") destined for the World Trade Center in New York City pulled out
of Lukens Steel in Coatesville, PA. They were the last, of many, which would
frame the first nine floors and soaring lobbies of the North and South Towers of the
world's tallest buildings at that time.
Welcome ceremonies for the steel "trees", still standing after the collapse
of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, returned to Coatesville PA the home
of the former Lukens Steel Company who made and cut the steel shapes used to manufacture
the "Trees".
The National Iron & Steel Heritage Museum presents the 2010 award to Gladys Flamer.