On September 23, 2023, the Lawrence History Center (LHC) held its 45th Annual Meeting and Open House. LHC board treasurer Mark Svendsen, in LHC board president Mark Cutler's stead, presided over the meeting at which Mark Cutler became immediate past president, Sara Morin Barth was installed as LHC board president, Andy Kelley moved into the LHC board vice president role, Karen Van Welden Herman took on the role of LHC board secretary, and one new board member -- Stelvyn Mirabal -- was elected by the membership to his first three year term. The meeting and open house marks 45 years since LHC was founded and took place in the Essex Company Stable, part of the Essex Company Office & Yard, a site listed on the National Register of Historic Places.