2017 Eartha Dengler History Award Ceremony to Honor Jim Beauchesne, Joseph G. Bella, Linda & Jurg Siegenthaler
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It is with great pleasure that the Board of Directors of the Lawrence History Center announces the recipients of the 2017 Eartha Dengler History Award:
Jim Beauchesne, Joseph G. Bella, Linda & Jurg Siegenthaler
Rooted in Lawrence from birth or by marriage…bearing Sicilian, French Canadian, Russian, Polish, or Swiss heritage…shaped by childhoods in the city’s triple deckers, its neighborhoods, its parishes, and its schools… our honorees have worked tirelessly, to nurture and sustain the organizations most vital to the dignity and story of our Immigrant City. Working apart and often together, Jim Beauchesne, Joe Bella, Linda and Jurg Siegenthaler have added incalculable value and staying power to the work of Lawrence Heritage State Park, the Bread and Roses Festival and Centennial Committees, the Lawrence History Center, and many others. Their work has provided the steady and unshakable long term response to Eartha Dengler’s vision in founding the Immigrant City Archives. And they have all answered the call that artist Ralph Fasanella made to one of our honorees when asked to autograph a poster. Looking the requester in the eye, Fasanella said simply “Lawrence Needs You.”
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