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 […]
Lykens Township Veterans Monument, 2010
On a grassy bank just off Specktown Road in Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, is the Lykens Township Veterans Monument – which also could be called the first Gratz […]
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 […]
White Supremacist Breaks Ground for New Halifax High School, 1913
An interesting story appeared in the Harrisburg Telegraph, 18 August 1913, about Civil War veteran and avowed white supremacist of 1866, Godfrey Sammet: GROUND BROKEN FOR NEW HIGH SCHOOL Halifax’s […]
Williamstown G.A.R. Post Severely Rebuked for Bigotry
An article that appeared in the Harrisburg Patriot of 18 September 1906, stated that “Mandamus is Refused in Williamstown Matter.” The article referred to an opinion handed down by Judge […]
Rev. Joseph H. Schlappig – Reformed Minister of the Lykens Valley Area
Rev. Joseph H. Schlappig was the first Reformed minister of St. Michael’s Church, Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, from 1890 to 1896, as part of the Line Mountain Charge. ________________________________ Joseph Schlappig […]
Charlemagne Tower, Founder of Tower City
CHARLEMAGNE TOWER, FOUNDER OF TOWN Charlemagne Tower, the founder of Tower City, was born April 6, 1839, near Waterville, New York. He attended private elementary schools, graduated from Harvard University, […]