AN OLD TIME PICNIC

AN OLD TIME PICNIC

Sunday August 24th
1-4 pm
At the Pavilion at Lima’s Mark Tubbs Park

 

Hots, Hamburgs, Beverages and Fun Provided
A Dish to Pass Welcome (but not required)  

 

RSVP with number of attendees required for us to plan
Limahistoricalsociety@gmail.com
or
call 585-329-7675

The Air Traffic Control Response To the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks

The Air Traffic Control Response
To the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks

By Richard Kettell
Senior Air Traffic Control Manager
Cleveland Air Route Traffic Control Center

 

Lima Town Hall
Monday, September 8, 2025 : 7PM

 

On September 11, 2001, Rick Kettell was the senior Federal Aviation Authority official in charge of Cleveland ARTCC—the busiest air traffic control facility in the world. When news of multiple hijackings reached him, Kettell established a command post at the facility and led the FAA response to the terrorist attack in the skies of US Airspace.  He witnessed firsthand the flight path and altitude changes of Flight 93 and shared radio messages mistakenly broadcast by the hijackers. He gave the order at Cleveland Center to shut down the airspace—an order never practiced or planned for.  Kettell has since retired from the FAA, but remains active in teaching managers at the FAA Learning and Leadership Institute.

Please come and hear this intriguing personal narrative of how FAA officials responded  to the terrifying events of the hijackings of 9/11, in particular, Flight 93 which ultimately crashed in Pennsylvania killing all the passengers and crew.

Quilt Raffle

Lima Historical Society
Quilt Raffle

 

“Mechanical Genius”

 

Win A Beautiful Queen-size Quilt
Handmade by Quilt Designer/Artist
Lima’s Own Sandi Shusda

Raffle Tickets
$5 each / 3 for $10

 

Purchase Tickets Online Here (link)

 

The American Hotel; The We Shop;
Tennie Burton Museum: Sundays 2-4 pm this summer  

 

Drawing:  August 24th -LHS Picnic

LHS Annual Dinner Meeting

LHS ANNUAL DINNER MEETING
at Pinehurst Senior Living Community
1000 Pine Trail Honeoye Falls, NY 

 Sunday, May 18th
Dinner at 12:30 PM / Program at 2:00 PM

 

  

The Music of the Women of the Civil War
By Don Dwyer

 

Don Dwyer, musician, singer, and songwriter from Buffalo is back in Lima by popular demand to share more of his stories of the Civil War with music about Civil War era women.  He played as part of the Irish Civil War band for many years. Attendees at a previous Lima performance by Don will attest to how informative, lively and enjoyable his shows are. His 2:00 pm performance will follow a brief Annual Meeting and a delicious pork loin or vegetarian lasagna dinner (12:30 ) in the lovely Pinehurst dining room. Dinner is all inclusive—salad, main course, dessert and beverages for $20 (please see attached reservation form).

Download a Printable Reservation Form (PDF)