Saturday, August 3
11:30am
Alliance Senior Citizens Center
Tickets are $15.00 and available at
CompuTek Computers
703 S. Union Ave Alliance, Ohio.
CompuTek Computers
703 S. Union Ave Alliance, Ohio.
The Greater Alliance Carnation Festival Board is excited to announce the keynote speaker for the Greater Alliance Carnation Festival Community Luncheon will be Mr. Mike Lamborn, great-great nephew to Dr. Levi Lamborn.
Dr. Levi Lamborn was a politician, physician, and horticulturist born in Pennsylvania and then later moving to Alliance, Ohio to set up his medical practice. A serious student of horticulture specially dealing with carnations he grew some of the first carnations in the United States.
Before a political debate against William McKinley in 1876, Dr Lamborn presented him with a red carnation which McKinley wore and adopted as a good luck token. Instrumental in locating Dr. Lamborn’s great-great nephew Mike Lamborn, was Alliance Board of Education member Mr. Bill Koch, a self proclaimed collector of all things Alliance, Koch found a picture at his home and donated it to the Mabel Hartzell Historical Home and approached the festival board.
Dr. Levi Lamborn was a politician, physician, and horticulturist born in Pennsylvania and then later moving to Alliance, Ohio to set up his medical practice. A serious student of horticulture specially dealing with carnations he grew some of the first carnations in the United States.
Before a political debate against William McKinley in 1876, Dr Lamborn presented him with a red carnation which McKinley wore and adopted as a good luck token. Instrumental in locating Dr. Lamborn’s great-great nephew Mike Lamborn, was Alliance Board of Education member Mr. Bill Koch, a self proclaimed collector of all things Alliance, Koch found a picture at his home and donated it to the Mabel Hartzell Historical Home and approached the festival board.
Past Community Breakfast Photos
Photos by Michael Skolosh