Pillow, PA

11/29/2025

It's time for the annual Pillow Historical Society Christmas Wrap Fundraiser.

11/29/2025

10/29/2025

The Pillow Historical Society is an official Wreaths Across America sponsor, and we will be hosting a wreath laying ceremony at the Grand View Cemetery and the Union Cemetery on December 13, 2025.
The events will begin at 11am at the Grand View Cemetery on Union Street in Pillow where we will have a short ceremony followed by volunteers placing wreaths at the headstones of the fallen service members laid to rest there. Immediately following this ceremony, a group of volunteers will travel to the Union Cemetery on Cemetery Hill Road, Herndon, to honor the fallen service members there as well. We recognize that many Pillow service members are buried at other locations, so we will place a special wreath in honor of all Pillow service members wherever they may be laid to rest.
These two Pillow cemeteries are official Wreaths Across America (WAA) locations and will join more than 4900 other locations across the country for National Wreaths Across America Day. Coordinated and led by local volunteers, over 100 veterans’ wreaths will be placed on the headstones of our fallen service members. This annual event seeks to further the WAA mission of Remember, Honor, Teach, ensuring that the memory of those who served our country endures.
If you would like to contribute to this event, you can:
• Sponsor a wreath: The cost is $17 each, and checks can be made out to Pillow Historical Society, and sent to PO Box 193, Pillow, PA. Please designate the contribution to be used for Wreaths Across America. You may sponsor as many wreaths as you would like. Any excess money received will be reserved for the 2026 ceremony.
• Help place the wreaths: We will need volunteers to assist with placement at the two cemeteries. It may be cold, so you need to come prepared to walk through the cemetery. Please contact Kaye Thoma at [email protected] or call 717-362-9885 if you would like to help place the wreaths.
• Bake some cookies: We will have hot soup, hot chocolate, hot spiced cider, coffee, and some sweets to offer our guests. If you would like to contribute anything, please contact Sandra Lamenza at [email protected] or call/text 717-307-8396.
• Help with clean-up: At a designated time, the wreaths will have to be removed and transported to an appropriate location. I have been told that the goats like them!!
• Just come and enjoy the opportunity to Remember, Honor and Teach.
The Pillow Historical Society Museum will open following the ceremony and remain open until 2pm. Refreshments will be available. We hope to see you there,

08/25/2025

Dog Days of Pillow is less than a month away on Saturday, September 20. You still have time to participate as a vendor, an advertiser, or donate a prize/basket to the basket raffle. Events start at 9am.
Come and join us with or without a pup. This is a community event, and a fundraiser for the Pillow Historical Society. You may have noticed that the PHS museum just got a new roof. We were able to afford the roof because of the generosity of people like you who participated in some way to make this annual event an important part of our community. See you at the park!! Rain or Shine

12/01/2024

This event will be live streamed on the Pillow Historical Society page.

11/11/2024

The Pillow Historical Society is an official Wreaths Across America sponsor, and we will be hosting a wreath laying ceremony at the Grand View Cemetery and the Union Cemetery on December 14, 2024.
The events will begin at 11am at the Grand View Cemetery on Union Street in Pillow where we will have a short ceremony followed by volunteers placing wreaths at the headstones of the fallen service members laid to rest there. Immediately following this ceremony, a group of volunteers will travel to the Union Cemetery on Cemetery Hill Road, Herndon, to honor the fallen service members there as well. We recognize that many Pillow service members are buried at other locations, so we will place a special wreath in honor of all Pillow service members wherever they may be laid to rest.
These two Pillow cemeteries are official Wreaths Across America (WAA) locations and will join more than 3,700 other locations across the country for National Wreaths Across America Day. Coordinated and led by local volunteers, over 90 veterans’ wreaths will be placed on the headstones of our fallen service members. This annual event seeks to further the WAA mission of Remember, Honor, Teach, ensuring that the memory of those who served our country endures.
If you would like to contribute to this event, you can:
• Sponsor a wreath: The cost is $17 each, and checks can be made out to Pillow Historical Society, and sent to PO Box 193, Pillow, PA. Please designate the contribution to be used for Wreaths Across America. You may sponsor as many wreaths as you would like. Any excess money received will be reserved for the 2024 ceremony.
• Help place the wreaths: We will need volunteers to assist with placement at the two cemeteries. It may be cold, so you need to come prepared to walk through the cemetery. Please contact Kaye Thoma at [email protected] or call 717-362-9885 if you would like to help place the wreaths.
• Bake some cookies: We will have hot soup, hot chocolate, hot spiced cider, coffee, and some sweets to offer our guests. If you would like to contribute anything, please contact Sandra Lamenza at [email protected] or call/text 717-307-8396.
• Help with clean-up: At a designated time, the wreaths will have to be removed and transported to an appropriate location. I have been told that the goats like them!!
• Just come and enjoy the opportunity to Remember, Honor and Teach.

The Pillow Historical Society Museum will open following the ceremony and remain open until 3pm. Refreshments will be available. We hope to see you there,

09/18/2024

Please join us for
Dog Days of Pillow
on Saturday, Sept 21, 9am to 2pm. Maple Dale Park in Pillow.

08/16/2024