A World War II patriotic cover machine canceled at Herndon, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, on August 11, 1945. “We’ll Be There By the Tune of Yankee Doodle” _______________________________________ Corrections and additional […]
Previously on this blog, newspaper articles from the Pottsville Republican on the murder of Helen E. Horn, a founding member and treasurer of the Gratz Historical Society, were presented here. […]
On October 11, 1924, the Ku Klux Klan held a giant demonstration or rally at Packer’s Island Park in the Schuylkill River near Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. The event drew […]
A World War II patriotic cover machine canceled at Herndon, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, on August 11, 1945. “We Praise the Land for the Rights of Men” _______________________________________ Corrections and additional […]
The “Alma Mater” of the Line Mountain High School, Herndon, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania: Hail to thee dear royal eagle Guard the land below; Where now stands our Alma Mater That […]
During the Civil War, John S. Bottomstone served as a Private in the 36th Pennsylvania Infantry (Emergency of 1863), Company C, and as a Private in the 192nd Pennsylvania Infantry, […]
An example of how the Ku Klux Klan used terroristic methods in acting as “moral police” in area community. In addition to its opposition to African Americans, Jews, Catholics, immigrants, […]
An article that appeared in the Sunbury Daily Item of October 17, 1924, reported that a major cause of forest fires in Pennsylvania was the burning of crosses by the […]