Tag Archives: Camp Security

POW camps: How many have operated in York County, 2 or 3 or 4?

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Jim McClure

Nineteenth-century artist Lewis Miller captures the façade of York, Pa.’s, Washington Hall, built in 1849. The building, sometimes referred to as the Independent Order of Odd Fellows or IOOF hall, housed overflow prisoners after the Battle of Gettysburg. Chief Surgeon Henry Palmer had threatened to resign, rather than treat Rebel wounded, according to letter writer Cassandra Small. The hospital and its satellites were military posts, so Washington Hall can be viewed as a prisoner of war camp site.

Posted in All politics is local, Civil War, Explanations/controversy, Famous York visitors, Genealogy/research, Local journalism & Web, Notable images, Pain & trauma, Unsung/obscure sites, War | Tagged Camp Security, Camp Stewartstown, Dan Meckley, military hospital, old Fairgrounds, Penn Park, U.S. Army General Hospital, Washington Hall, Wrightsville | Leave a comment

Delta-Peach Bottom slate splitter (say that fast 3 times) coming to Stewartsown

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Jim McClure

Author and historian Roger Wilson will demo the practice of slate splitting (say that fast three times) at a Stewartstown, Pa., Historical Society demonstration on May 8. Wilson will talk about the Welsh and their slate quarrying in the Delta-Peach Bottom area in the 19th century.

Posted in American Revolution, Archives, all posts, Books & reading, Delta Welsh quarryman, Events, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, Linked in/neat stuff, Local landmarks, Mail bag, Small-town life, War | Tagged Camp Security, Delta, Delta-Peach Bottom, Hoke farmhouse, Hoke House, Peach Bottom, slate, Spring Grove, Welsh | Leave a comment

Rita Mae Brown in York for Camp Security fundraiser: ‘We lose our history so fast in this country’: Linked in to history, 4/18/13

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Jim McClure

Yorktownsquare.com covers Rita Mae Brown’s appearance in York on behalf of Camp Security, interest in the Hex Murder and the story of a Civil War drummer boy.

Posted in American Revolution, Archives, all posts, Books & reading, Civil War, For photo fans, Hex murder, Linked in/neat stuff, Music and musicians, Nostalgia & memories, People, War | Tagged 'Trials of Hex', Camp Security, Hex murder, J. Ross McGinnis, Rita Mae Brown | Leave a comment

York County’s British POW Camp Security was not that secure, drawing shows

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Jim McClure

This scene of Springettsbury Township’s Camp Security is one of several drawn by British prisoner Roger Lamb incarcerated at this American Revolution POW camp. It will go on display at a public fundraising event to purchase land where the camp sat in 1781 to 1783. York, County, Pa.’s, Camp Security is the last remaining undeveloped POW camp from the American Revolution.

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Lafayette Club bowling ball is on auction list, but what is to become of its paintings? Linked in to history, 4/5/13

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Jim McClure

Mugs, plates and a pair of bowling shoes are among the items to be auctioned from the longtime Lafayette Club in York, Pennsylvania. The former private men’s club closed its doors last year

Posted in American Revolution, Archives, all posts, Civil War, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, Linked in/neat stuff, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Nostalgia & memories, The Pennsylvania Dutch, Uncategorized, War | Tagged Camp Security, Dunkers, Friends of Camp Security, Lafayette Club, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Marquis de Lafayette | Leave a comment

William C. Goodridge: ‘One of the coolest guys you’d ever want to learn about’ – York County treasures, Part III

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Jim McClure

The William C. Goodridge Freedom House and Underground Railroad Museum, one of several historic sites relating to minorities in women in York County, is undergoing renovations

Posted in Archives, all posts, Black history, Books & reading, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, Genealogy/research, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, People, Uncategorized, Underground Railroad, Unsung/obscure sites, Women's history | Tagged Camp Security, Goodridge House, Native Lands Park, Penn Park, Susquehannocks, Underground Railroad, William C. Goodridge, William C. Goodridge Freedom House, Willis House | Leave a comment

Wanted in Gettysburg: $250,000 to buy 112 acres of prime Civil War land – Linked in to history, 2/5/13

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Jim McClure

Yorktownsquare.com covers efforts to acquire land important to the Civil War and American Revolution, a bit of opposition to Steam into History and the exploration of artspace in York City.