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Gettysburg 150th: The observance is gaining interest in York County, Pa. – Linked in with neat history stuff, May 20, 2012
Lona Full and her husband Art, of Stewartstown, dressed for a Civil War-era church service in nearby Cross Roads, Pa., in 2006. “Being the ham that I am, wore it today,” she told the York, Pa., Daily Record/Sunday News at the Cross Roads United Methodist Church, where hymns and preaching in the style of the 1860s greeted parishioners. The 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg will cause re-enactors, living historians and just people who want to dress in period garb to done their uniforms and dresses. The Stewartstown Historical Society, in thatr southeastern York County borough, plans a program on the Civil War on June 5.
Posted in Archives, all posts, Civil War, Events, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, Linked in/neat stuff, Local journalism & Web, Mail bag, Small-town life, Uncategorized, War, Women's history
Tagged 'Echoing Still: More Civil War Voices from York County, Art Glatfelter, Cross Roads, Gettysburg 150th, Hanover, Pa., Stewartstown, Stewartstown Historical Society
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Utz Arena at the York Expo Center: We’ll get used to it – Linked in with neat history stuff, May 16, 2012
Toyota Arena at York (Pa.) Expo Center is becoming the Utz brand one letter at a time as suggested in this photograph, one of a series captured by York Daily Record/Sunday News photographer Paul Kuehnel. Hanover-based snack food maker Utz secured naming rights to this multi-use building at the old York Fairgrounds.
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Tagged Gettysburg Seminary, Gettysburg Seminary Ridge Museum, Hex murder, Pa USA, Randolph Harris, Randy Harris, Rivertownes, Stackpole Books, Underground Railroad, Utz, York Expo Center
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Amish and Mennonites: Don’t know much about Pennsylvania Dutch history? Linked in with neat history stuff, May 14, 2012
The Amish and Mennonites fascinate folks but how often do you have an opportunity to increase your understanding of these Pennsylvania Dutch denominations? Old Order Amish and Mennonite historians who will discuss the topic of “Amish and Mennonite: History of Growing Faith Communities” on Monday, June 10, 7:00 PM at Martindale Mennonite Fellowship Center, in Ephrata, Lancaster County.
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Tagged Amish, Cornwall Inn, East Berlin, Frankie Muniz, Gettysburg, Josh Gibson, Mennonites, Utz
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Hanover car promised to get 40-50 miles a gallon in the 1920s: Linked in with neat York County history stuff, May 13, 2012
Yorktownsquare.com covers conservation work at Harley-Davidson’s Springettsbury Township plant, a discovery involving Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train, a story about pop artist Jeff Koons and a memorial suggestion for the late George Leader
Posted in Abe Lincoln was here, All politics is local, Archives, all posts, Civil War, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, Linked in/neat stuff, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Made in York, Mail bag, People, Unsung/obscure sites, War, Wheels of York, York celebrities, York High achievers
Tagged George Leader, Hanover, Harley-Davidson, Jeff Koons, Leader Heights, Lincoln Funeral Train, Springettsbury Township, Stewartstown
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Gettysburg’s old Electric Map: How many lights dotted the battlefield? Linked in to York County, Pa., history, 5/7/13
Yorktownsquare.com covers a new book touching on the Hex Murder, the status of the old Gettysburg Electric Map now in Hanover and a query about the Susquehanna River ferry at Wrightsville.
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Tagged Columbia, David Putglia, Electric Map, Gettysburg, Hanover, Hex murder, Steam into History, Susquehanna River ferries, Wrightsville
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Distelfink? So now we all know the meaning of the strange Pennsylvania Dutch name
Distelfink Drive-in Restaurant was known as Sandoe’s Distelfink Drive-In on this postcard from York, Pa., Daily Record/Sunday News’ files. This picture from the undated postcard shows three cars from the early 1960s and one from the late 1950s. All this raises the question. What is a Distelfink?
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Tagged Adams County, Distelfink, Distelfink restaurant, Gettysburg, Glattfelder
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Gettysburg 150th: Casper Glattfelder’s family and the Civil War
This year’s reunion of the Casper Glattfelter Association of America focuses on the Glatfelders in the Civil War in connection with Gettysburg 150th.
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Tagged Art Glatfelter, Casper Gladfelder, Casper Glattfelder Association of America, Charles H. Glatfelter, Heimwald Park
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Hollywood meets Hanover over pretzels: Linked in to York County history, 5/2/13
Yorktownsquare.com covering Hanover pretzelmaking, ‘East of Gettysburg on e-book, Jeb Stuart’s ditch and a preservation talk by Scott Butcher
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Tagged 'East of Gettysburg, Charles T. Mahan Jr., Hanover, Historic York Inc., Jeb Stuart, Ma & Pa Railroad, Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad, pretzel-making, Scott Butcher, York College of Pennsylvania
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York-area Remembrance Day marks early observance of Gettysburg 150: Linked in to history, 4/30/13
Yorktownsquare covers Gettysburg Sesquicentennial Remembrance Day, the Casper Glattfelter family, Tom Wolf’s run for Pennsylvania governor and Loganville Fire Chief Rodney Miller’s death in the line of duty.
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Tagged Glatfelter family, Glattfelter family, Good News Jail & Prison Ministry, Joe Shafer, Loganville, Rodney Miller, Sprenkle House, Stillmeadow Church of the Nazarene, Tom Wolf
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In search of Potato Town, York County’s agricultural ghost town, Part Last: Linked in to history, 4/25/13
Yorktownsquare.com covers Brook Leaf Love Nest Tree House, more about Gettysburg 150, how to crack a safe and more about Potato Town, in North Codorus Township.
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Tagged Brook Leaf Love Nest, Eugene Segro, Fred Beihl, Gettysburg 150, Jimmy Sheets, North Codorus Township, Potato Town, Queen Elizabeth II, York Safe & Lock
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