Bedford County Historical Society Accepting Noms For Historian of the Year

The Bedford County Historical Society is seeking nominations for “Historian of the Year” for 2022. The nominee will be honored at the Annual History Banquet on Saturday, April 22, 2023, held at the Hall at Kinton’s Knob.

Any resident/group/citizen of Bedford County or member of the Historical Society of Bedford County can be nominated.

To qualitfy, nominees have to have been involved in the past year (2022) with the history of Bedford County through research, restoration, writing, collection, preservation, etc. This may be a cumulative work over a period of years, but it needs to have been finished, accomplished, or completed in 2022.

Please submit nominations in the form of a letter or essay stating why you feel the nominee is worthy of this title. Please send nominations no later than Jan. 27, 2023, c/o Chairperson “Historian of the Year” Committee, Bedford County Historical Society, 6441 Lincoln Highway, Bedford, PA 15522.