Re-enactors re-create the surrender of York, Pa., in 1988, the 125th anniversary of the town's occupation to the invading rebels in late June 1863. Background posts: Invaders put off by earthy Pennsylvania women, Owner seeks info on old toll house and York County Civil War, by the numbers.
Continuing the series of telling York County, Pa.'s, history through images: ... .
When he was growing up, a longtime student of York County history said recently, he never heard about York's embarrassment after the town's fathers surrendered to the Confederates before the Battle of Gettysburg in late-June 1863.
He kind of scoffed at the debate about the pros and cons of the surrender going on now in the community.
I told him he was proving my point, that the unpleasantness some felt about the surrender was simply not discussed. York celebrated other kinder and gentler moments. As in many communities, we have a tendency to sublimate unpopular historical moments. But now it's part of community discourse along with the attendant topic of race.
That's healthy... .
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