Alexander Graham Bell’s Centennial Telephone 150th Anniversary Celebration

Be a part of history on June 25, 2026 at the Fairmount Park Horticulture Center: join the 150th anniversary celebration of Alexander Graham Bell’s triumphant unveiling of his newly patented telephone at the 1876 Centennial in Philadelphia.

Historian and author Shawl Lobree will recreate the events from exactly 150 years ago when unknown 29-year-old inventor and elocution professor Alexander Graham Bell took the technologic and scientific world by storm when he demonstrated his telephone on June 25, 1876 at the massive Centennial Exposition at Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Fairmount Park Horticulture Center is 500 yards from the original Centennial building where Bell held his demonstration (the building was demolished in 1881).

Doors open at 6:30 pm.

Celebration and presentation start at 8:00 pm.

Question and answer session following presentation.

Conclusion at 10:00 pm.

Tickets are general admission and include:

• ebook copy of the upcoming book The Inventors: Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and the Race to Create the Modern World

• complimentary parking at the off-street lot of The Horticulture Center

About the Speaker

Shawl Lobree is the author of the upcoming book The Inventors: Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and the Race to Create the Modern World. Edison and Bell are two of the most well-known inventors in history, but many do not know about their rivalry. The Inventors is the first book to delve deeply into their intense competition, which was triggered by Bell’s unveiling of his telephone at the Centennial. Visit www.theinventorsbook.com for more information.

Don’t miss this chance to celebrate the 150th anniversary, to the day, of the launch of one the most far-reaching inventions ever made!

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