The Greater Kent Historical Society, Kent Museum and historical partners celebrate the 150th anniversary of the telegraph with a series of free programs.

Tied By Lightning – through exhibitions, demonstrations and community conversations – celebrates the beginning of high tech with the arrival of the telegraph in King County 150 years ago.

The programs, which span Sept. 30 to Oct. 28, are scheduled for Kent, Federal Way, SeaTac and Tukwila. They are free and open to the public.

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EXHIBITIONS AND DEMONSTRATIONS

• Telegraph Exhibit and Hands-on Demo: Sept. 30-Oct. 9 (open Tuesday-Thursday), 10 a.m.-2 p.m., and Saturday, Oct. 4, 12-4 p.m., Federal Way Historical Society, 2645 S 312th St., Federal Way. Also: Oct. 1-11, (Wednesday-Saturday), 12-4 p.m., Kent Historical Museum, 855 E. Smith St., Kent

• Hands-On Telegraph Demo: Oct. 5, 12:30-5 p.m., Church By the Side of the Road, 3455 S 148th St., Tukwila

• Telegraph Exhibit: October-November, Hands-On Telegraph Demo: Oct. 2 and 3, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., SeaTac City Hall, 4800 S 188th St., SeaTac

Hands-on telegraph demos funded by 4Culture

COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS

Learn about the history of Military Road and share your own stories of the road.

• Tied by Lightning (Tukwila/SeaTac): Oct. 15, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Mike’s Community Cup, 16260 Military Road S, SeaTac. Also: (Kent/Federal Way): Oct. 28, 7-8:30 p.m., Iglesia Rey de Reyes (Old Star Lake School), 3212 S 272nd St., Kent

Community Conversations funded by Humanities Washington

The programs are a collaboration among: SouthKingCountyCulturalCoalition-SoCoCulture.org; Tukwila Historical Society – www.tukwilahistory.org; Highline Historical Society – www.highlinehistory.org; Greater Kent Historical Society – www.gkhs.org; Historical Society of Federal Way – www.federalwayhistory.org; Seattle-Tacoma “Evergreen” Chapter – Morse Telegraph Club.