Historic Rock Fords lecture series presents A Landscape of Incalculable Advantage: How the Lime Industry Shaped Everyday Life in 18th and 19th Century Southeastern Pennsylvania. Presenter Peter Glogovskys lecture will explore how the limestone and lime industries in southeastern Pennsylvania were critical in shaping everyday life in the 18th and early 19th century. This program highlights the people who quarried stone, burned lime, and used these commodities to demonstrate the extent to which this industry contributed to Pennsylvanias rural and urban cultural landscapes and industrial development. The lecture will take place on Sunday, Aug. 17, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Langmuir Education Room located on the first floor of the Rock Ford Barn. Before the lecture,the Snyder Gallery will be open from 5 to 6 p.m. so that attendees may visit the 2025 Focus Exhibit 1825: Lafayette in Lancaster. Peter Glogovsky is a public historian and museum professional whose work focuses on Pennsylvania industrial history, cultural landscapes, and public memory. He received his doctorate in 2022 in American Studies from Penn State University. His dissertation examined the people, cultural landscapes, and business networks that shaped the 19th-century limestone and lime industries in southeastern Pennsylvania. He earned his M.A. in Museum Studies from the Cooperstown Graduate Program and his B.A. in Art History and Anthropology from Franklin & Marshall College. Glogovsky first discovered his interest in historic landscapes while growing up in rural Berks County where he explored old farmsteads, fields, and woodlands. Admission will be $10 general admission. Tickets may be purchased at www.HistoricRockFord.org/special-events. Historic Rock Ford, located at 881 Rock Ford Road, Lancaster, Pa., is comprised of the General Edward Hand Mansion and the John J. Snyder, Jr. Gallery. It is owned and operated by the Rock Ford Foundation, a private, not-for-profit corporation.