Gratz Area Veterans Monument, 2010
The Gratz Area Veterans Monument, located in front of the Gratz Community Center, Center Street, was dedicated on Memorial Day, 2005. The ceremony was in memory of Mr. Harry Walter […]
A Brief History of the Ku Klux Klan in Pennsylvania, to 1965
On April 22, 1965, the Sunbury Daily Item published an Associated Press piece by Lee Linder which gave a brief history of the Ku Klux Klan in Pennsylvania. Although it […]
A Black-Face Play in Elizabethville Directed by P. Kerwin, 1935
A newspaper photo of the seven female cast members of a production of a racist play, A Southern Cinderella.* Note the character at left, a white woman in “black-face and […]
Line Mountain High School – Queen & Her Court, 1968
A 1968 photograph of the homecoming queen and her court, Line Mountain High School, Herndon, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Front (seated): Lois Deppen, queen. Back (standing): Linda Welker; Drinda Straub; Teresa […]
Cross Burnings & Explosions Signaled New Ku Klux Klan Era in Northumberland County, 1924
An article that appeared in the Sunbury Daily Item on February 24, 1924, told of two large explosions followed by two burning crosses in the area around Sunbury, Northumberland County, […]
George T. Leebrick – White Supremacist, 1866
During the Civil War, George T.homas Leebrick, served in the 46th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company D, Private. He was a bookkeeper from Halifax and was a charter member of the G.A.R. […]
Old Soldiers Ousted from Pottsville Armory, 1922
Imagine how many times this must have happened throughout the country? “State officials… oust… Gowen Post G.A.R. from its headquarters in State Armory. The Civil War veterans, who have extensive […]
Klingerstown – Oldest Picture?
An undated photograph believed to be one of the oldest of the main street of Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The hotel is identified as the dark shaded building on the […]