TCHS announces 2025 Zeisberger Heckewelder recipients

The Tuscarawas County Historical Society has announced the recipients of the 2025 Zeisberger Heckewelder Medals: the Friends of Fort Laurens Foundation, Jack Ream, Scott Robinson, Jeff and Heidi Ross, and Mildred “Millie” Weston.

The Founders Day Banquet and Zeisberger Heckewelder Awards will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 13, at the Streetside Center, 415 Center St., Dennison. The cost for the banquet is $30 per person. Reservations are required and are due by May 1. To reserve a spot, send payment and a list of attendees to the Tuscarawas County Historical Society, P.O. Box 462, New Philadelphia, OH 44663.

Friends of Fort Laurens Foundation
Founded in 1994, the Friends of Fort Laurens Foundation has played a pivotal role in preserving and promoting the history of Fort Laurens, the only Revolutionary War fort built in Ohio. Constructed in 1778 as an outpost for the Continental Army, the fort was soon abandoned.