James Hayney, portraying President Abraham Lincoln, gives a speech at the Hanover Junction Train Station in 2008 as part of the remembrance of Lincoln's passing through on his way to and from Gettysburg. The station, located about 10 miles south of York, is open from 1-5 p.m. today - the Fourth of July. A complete schedule is available at York County parks site. Background posts: Jefferson borough's Center Square in the middle of history and Abe Lincoln stopped at Hanover station:"We want to preserve history ... so it doesn't disappear' and John Adams: 'Yesterday the greatest question was decided'.
I've labeled the post: "This working list details presidential visits to York and Adams counties" and you can get to it by clicking here.
Working list is right.
I keep finding times when U.S. presidents or candidates stopped or passed through York County. (And many of their visits were, well, eventful in a quirky way.)
So I've reworked the working list... .
The peg to do this comes in preparation for a speech I've scheduled to give this month to the Codorus Valley Area Historical Society.
I'll be giving that illustrated talk - about the visits to York County by more than 20 U.S. presidents - around York County in the months ahead.
And if you're a following the U.S. presidency, visit these posts:
- New blog category introduced to honor Abe's 200th birthday in 2009. Click here.
- To see scores of posts detailing all presidential visits to York County, click here..
- Trivia quiz: Test your U.S. presidential smarts quiz. Click here.
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