Category Archives: Navy

York Workers Pause for D-Day Prayers

Posted on June 6, 2011 by june lloyd

D-Day Service for York Naval Ordnance workers (Courtesy York County Heritage Trust) A couple of my recent posts were taken from the World War I newsletter/magazine Connecting Links, put out for former employees serving in the military and home front … Continue reading →

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Employers Kept York County World War I Soldiers in Touch with Home

Posted on May 10, 2011 by june lloyd

First issue of ACCO’s Connecting Links York County Heritage Trust will open a new exhibit on June 14: From Front Porch to Front Lines: York County Goes to War. Through a sampling of objects, clothing, documents and photographs from the … Continue reading →

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York County African American Civil War Veteran Details Navy Service

Posted on April 10, 2010 by june lloyd

Recruitment poster, courtesy National Archives & Records Administration Elijah Berry was 70 years old and living in Peach Bottom Township, York County, Pa. in February 1907 when he filed an application to have his Civil War pension increased. As time … Continue reading →

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