Bradford House symposium to honor former board member
An upcoming symposium hosted by Washington’s Bradford House Historical Association (BHHA) will honor a longtime board member and educator.
“Symposium on 18th Century Living and Customs,” which will be in the Old Main Chapel at Washington & Jefferson College Friday, April 17, will have educational programming and tip the hat to Kathryn Teagarden. A member of the historical association’s board of directors from 2015 until shortly before her death in February 2023 at age 74, Teagarden taught in the Avella and Bethlehem-Center school districts and was the inaugural chair of the BHHA’s education committee.
“The ‘Symposium on 18th Century Living and Customs’ is a fitting opportunity to celebrate Kathy’s many contributions,” according to Tracie Liberatore, the BHHA’s executive director. “Her passion for education and her dedication to this organization helped shape who we are today.”
Teagarden was recognized as an all-star educator by the University of Pittsburgh and by the service organization Zonta International for her contributions to education in Washington County. Members of Teagarden’s family have been invited to attend the symposium, which will coincide with the dedication of a newly acquired podium that will support BHHA’s ongoing educational mission.
The featured program of the symposium will be the one-woman show “An Evening with Mrs. Hancock.” Kim Hanley, an actor, historian and reenactor, will play Dorothy Quincy Hancock, the wife of Founding Father John Hancock, and a witness to many of the events amid America’s struggle for independence 250 years ago.
Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and the program will start at 7 p.m. For additional information, go online to BradfordHouse.org.