Protests Against Birth of a Nation, 1915 (4)
A scene from The Birth of a Nation, 1915, depicting the speaker of the South Carolina Legislature and other officers during a Reconstruction session in 1871. The scene was part […]
Was Wiconisco Home Destroyed by Meteor or Lightning?
The Lykens Standard, published on Friday, September 10, 1926, claimed it was a meteor, and gave the most extensive coverage to the event. The Elizabethville Echo, published the day before […]
Pottsville Newspaper Publishes Photo of K. K. K. Funeral, 1925
A photograph taken at Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D. C., depicting members of the Ku Klux Klan along with members of the American Legion jointly participating in a funeral. The […]
Protests Against Birth of a Nation, 1915 (3)
An undated portrait of Congressman William W. Griest (1858-1929), who served in Congress from 1909 until his death in 1929, representing the Pennsylvania district that included Lancaster, the home town […]
More News Briefs About the Ku Klux Klan, 1928
By 1928, the Ku Klux Klan presence in the Lykens Valley area had begun to fade away. However, some additional news briefs have been located from 1928 and are given […]
Protests Against Birth of a Nation, 1915 (2)
Today’s blog post looks at the initial response to the news that The Birth of A Nation, D. W. Griffith‘s photoplay about the Civil War and the rise of the Ku […]
Protests Against Birth of a Nation, 1915 (1)
A screen capture from the silent film Birth of a Nation, D. W. Griffith‘s photoplay about the Civil War and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan after the war. […]
Ralph Koppenhaver – Millersburg Santa Claus
A photograph taken in 2019 of the honorary plaque in Central Square, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, for Ralph “Koppy” Koppenhaver (1906-1991) who served as Millersburg’s “official” Santa Claus for 41 […]