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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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This granite bear stands primed for action: Where in York County, Pa., can you see this artwork?
Here’s this week’s History Mystery question: This is surely one of York County, Pa.’s most unusual tombstones. Where does this granite bear stand? But here’s a tougher one: Do you know its story? Answer. This question on the YDR’s Facebook … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, all posts, Art & artists, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, J. Horace Rudy, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Pets & animals, Quizzes & (fun) tests, Unsung/obscure sites
Tagged Citizens Bank, Dr. Martha Bailey, First National Bank, Harrisburg, J. Horace Rudy, McCrory's, Paul Snyder, Penn Park, Rebecca at the Well fountain
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Gettysburg’s compelling annual Sacred Trust series has become a must-visit at the battlefield
Jennifer Murray speaks on ‘ “From These Honored Dead” ‘: Gettysburg and World War II’ at the Sacred Trust’s Talks and Book Signings that concludes today. (Check out today’s schedule). The three-day annual event features big-league Civil War experts speaking … Continue reading
Posted in All politics is local, Archives, all posts, Books & reading, Civil War, Events, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, Local journalism & Web, War, World War II
Tagged Camp Stewartstown, Children's Home of York, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Foundation, Gettysburg National Military Park, National Park Serivce, Penn Park, Sacred Trust Talks and Book Signings, U.S. Army General Hospital, World War II, World War II scrap drives, York County Almshouse
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York County enjoys its big anniversaries – and there’s a lot of history to enjoy
This mega York County, Pa., celebration came in 1927, the 150th anniversary of the adoption of the Articles of Confederation. It looked back to the days when Continental Congress met in York. It included a pageant, seen here, and the posting of large paintings of patriots around York’s square.
Posted in All politics is local, American Revolution, Archives, all posts, Events, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, War
Tagged 250th anniversary of York County, Articles of Confederation, Centre Square, Continental Congress, Continental Square, Declaration on Independence, Gettysburg 150, Kim Bracey, Penn Park
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This York, Pa., building has housed a market and BizTown. But why was it built?
Post by York Daily Record/Sunday News. In commenting on this YDR Facebook History Mystery post (click on comments icon to see), some people think this is the old Stetler Dodge building. Close – as in across the street – but … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, all posts, Explanations/controversy, Farms, fields & mills, For photo fans, Local landmarks, Nostalgia & memories, Unsung/obscure sites, Wheels of York
Tagged 'Picturing History', East Hopwell Township, Hannah Penn Middle Schooll, Jeffrey Bortner, Penn Park, Reservoir Hill, Stetler Dodge, Susan P. Byrnes Health Education Center
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This photo surely shows York County at its best, Part III
Linked in/Neat stuff: Spring Grove Museum /White Rose Photo Engravers This postcard scene shows a rite of all around York County, Pa. – wagon rides through the countryside. This scene shows such a scenic trip at Brown’s Orchards Yellow Church … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Falkler, Brown's Orchards, Brown's Orchards and Farm Market, Glen Rock, Hanover, Henry Seitz, Main Street Hanover, Penn Park, Spring Grove, Spring Grove Museum, White Rose Photo Engravers, William Falker
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Foodstrucks have been rolling along York streets for decades
Linked in/Neat stuff: Dead Red Bats/Bury’s burgers in Springettsbury Long before Foodstruck invaded York County for two events, food trucks – or food cycles – patrolled the streets of York County, Pa. The Yorkco Ice driver sits on a Harley-Davidson … Continue reading
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Tagged Alonzo Cushing, Bierman's Ice Creams & Oysters, Bury's burgers, Dead Red Bats, Foodstruck, Harley-Davidson, Penn Park, Yorkco Ice
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Picturing history, then & now: Soon-to-be-reopened Hannah Penn Middle School
Picturing History offers this before-and-after, then-and-now look at Hannah Penn Middle School. Some quick facts: This York, Pa., school, soon to be reopened with New Hope Academy Charter School shutting down, was not the first to bear the Hannah Penn name. The west end schoolgrounds also represent the site where Poorhouse Run goes underground as it crosses under the city to the Codorus Creek. Its grounds also were on or near the site of the old York Fairgrounds, site of a Union training camp early in the Civil War. But all this brings on the question: Who was Hannah Penn?
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Tagged Cliff Satterthwaite, Foustown, Hannah Penn, Hannah Penn Middle School, Harold Campbell, Penn Park, Throwback Thursday, York High
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How 2016 can serve as coming-together moment for York, Pa. If it would just come together.
The Elk rockery stood tall in York, Pa.’s, Penn Park until about 25 years ago when vandalism spelled the end of this monument. The park, York’s oldest, will celebrate its 200th anniversary in 2016.
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Tagged Elk rockery, Golden Plough Tavern, Penn Park, York Water Company
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Of a potter’s field, mass exhumation and a Figian cannibal’s reburial
Before York High School could be built at the turn of the 20th century, a cemetery for the indigent – Potters Field – had to be moved. So that exhumation project became what was probably the biggest such removal on York County, Pa.’s, record.