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Welcome to York Town Square, 9 years of daily posts about history/journalism, topics that can easily become plodding and self important. My goal is to keep this blog fun and accessible. And I try to say something in each post. I welcome your comments and respond to every one you write. Please contact me at jem@ydr.com.
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B.F. Willis design + J. Horace Rudy stained glass windows = Beautiful Zion Church on York’s Penn Park
Linked in/Neat stuff, below: Skateboard deck art?/When Devers paraded through York, Pa. Ah, a beautiful site from the camera of the York, Pa., Daily Record’s Jason Plotkin. Those are Zion United Church of Christ’s windows made a century ago by … Continue reading
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Tagged Benjamin F. Willis, Jacob L. Devers, Jacob Loucks Devers, The Bond, Woolworth building, Woolworth's, Zion United Church of Christ
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Change in York, Pa.: Compelling photo tells the story of an old neighborhood coming down
Linked in/Neat stuff: Jacob Devers & Ike Eisenhower/Reuse for Met Ed’s old steam plant We hear from former Yorkers living elsewhere that photos of change in real time – like this one by the York, Pa., Daily Record’s Paul Kuehnel … Continue reading
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Tagged 210 York Street, bookmobile, Chestnut Street Prison, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ike Eisenhower, Jacob L. Devers, Jacob Loucks Devers, Martin Library, Med Ed steam plant, York County Heritage Trust, York County Prison
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This York, Pa., building, mysterious for years, now is used as a crematorium
This York County, Pa., building and its smokestack have brought up all kinds of stories, often spooky, over the years. It’s now used as a crematorium. So where does this building stand? Btw, what was its original use?
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Tagged Cadillac, Country Club of York, crematorium, Dempwolf architectural firm, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Cyclorama, Gettysburg National Military Park, Jacob L. Devers, Jacob Loucks Devers, Norman Wood Bridge, smokestack, Susquehanna River
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The Haineses of York County: Many have been prominent, so how is this Harry L. Haines known?
History Mystery: Harry L. Haines is known to history for many things. For example, he was a major #YorkCountyPa… Posted by York Daily Record/Sunday News on Sunday, May 3, 2015 When this quiz appeared on YDR Facebook and my own … Continue reading
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Tagged Emig Mansion, Farquhar Park, First St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Harry L. Haines, Harry S. Truman, Hawn Home, Jacob Loucks Devers, John F. Kennedy, Rosie the Riveter
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Gen. Jacob Loucks Devers in WW II: Did his quick smile count against him?
Gen. Jacob Loucks Devers, a York High and West Point graduate, talks to Army Chief of Staff George Marshall in World War II. Devers carried three stars then but gained a fourth star later in the war. He is the highest ranking military man to come from York County, Pa.
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Tagged George Marshall, George Patton, Jacob Loucks Devers, Rich Robinson
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Royal Square extending its realm northward on Duke Street in York, Pa.
Linked in/Neat stuff: Antique road show rolling in/Whitewater on the Susquehanna Not all Royal Square buildings are, well, in Royal Square. This one sits at 101 E. Market St., a short distance north from the Duke and King Street epicenter … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Musone, Holtwood whitewater park, Jacob Loucks Devers, Manchester Township Historical Society, Royal Square, Stauffer's animal crackers
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The Roosevelts: A York County, Pa., history
Eleanor Roosevelt is among the First Ladies – or First Ladies to be – who have stayed at the Yorktowne Hotel over the decades. She’s pictured in the venerable hotel in 1942, in the early months of World War II.
Posted in All politics is local, All presidential stops, Archives, all posts, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, People, War, World War II
Tagged Franklin Roosevelt, Jacob Loucks Devers, Roosevelt Avenue, Roosevelt School, Teddy Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt
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Quiet Arles Park teaches active lessons about York, Pa.
This marker, with plaque, marks Arles Park in York, Pa.’s, east end. The plaque gives a brief history of the city park at East King and Pattison streets. It was dedicated in 1961, six years after the formation of York … Continue reading
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Tagged Arles, Arles Park, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Jacob Loucks Devers, Marguerite Eriksson, Victoria Lyles, York Twinning, York Twinning Association
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Highpoint, as few have seen it: At dawn during summer solstice
‘Local Lens’, a photo show to benefit Olivia’s House is tonight. The work of photographers from the York Daily Record and Hanover Evening Sun will be on display tonight and available for purchase.
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Tagged Cliff Satterthwaite, Jacob Loucks Devers, Local Lens, Phillis Wheatley, Tannenberg organ
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