Results tagged “George M. Leader” from York Town Square

John F. Kennedy meets fans during his 1960 presidential campaign visit to York County. His younger brother, Ted, will be in York today to stump for Barack Obama. Background posts: Doris Kearns Goodwin gives tips to analyze presidential hopefuls, York-based historian shakes hands with 8 U.S. presidents and Hillary Clinton's rally site a little odd.

When Ted Kennedy arrives in York, Pa., today, he will not be the first of that clan to make a campaign stop in York, Pa.

Ted Kennedy will be here stumping for Barack Obama, but his older brother John F. stopped at the York Fair campaigning for himself in 1960.

Gov. George M. Leader signs plans on March 19, 1958, for constructing the dam which formed the lake that became the centerpiece of Gifford Pinchot State Park in northern York County. Legislative aid and brother Henry B. Leader looks on. The location was chosen, according to The Gazette and Daily where this photograph was taken, because it was equidistant between York and Harrisburg.

The picture shows two York County brothers signing final dam plans for the lake that would keynote Gifford Pinchot State Park.

Gov. George M. Leader and legislative aide Henry B. Leader looked proud in a photograph published nearly 50 years ago in The Gazette and Daily on March 19, 1958.

They were doing something good for their home county... .

In remarks at this week's banquet to honor George M. Leader, someone -- I think it was a banker -- opined about one of the former Pennsylvania governor's most significant accomplishments.

It was during his four-year term, starting in 1955, that I-83 was completed from Baltimore through Harrisburg, the speaker stated. The linking of those two key cities meant an economic development boom that York County has enjoyed ever since.

The ode to former governor George M. Leader banquet Monday night raised $64,000 to start a foundation to educate county students on local history.

A good lesson emerged... .