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Welcome to York Town Square, 8 years of daily posts about journalism and history, 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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- Corina on Del-Chords continue to jar York County memories
- Buffy's World | Don’t miss: Amish and Mennonites to 150th Gettysburg app to free Revs tickets on Amish and Mennonites: Don’t know much about Pennsylvania Dutch history? Linked in with neat history stuff, May 14, 2012
- Stephen H. Smith on Did you know Farquhar Estates is a section of Violet Hill? Linked in with neat York County history stuff, May 22, 2012
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- Civil War 150th: Central York students fuse art and history in quilt
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- Did you know Farquhar Estates is a section of Violet Hill? Linked in with neat York County history stuff, May 22, 2012
- Story of slain black soldier at Wrightsville reminds reader of cause behind the Civil War – slavery
- Gettysburg 150th: The observance is gaining interest in York County, Pa. – Linked in with neat history stuff, May 20, 2012
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York artist illustrates Creativity Unleashed: Linked in to history, 1/21/13
Yorktownsquare.com covers Earl Weaver memories, Perdue’s soybean processing plant, Creativity Unleashed and MLK Day observances.
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