Norman Gasbarro | November 15, 2011
OBITUARY LYKENS, 31 October 1902 — Daniel Israel of Wiconisco, who with his wife went to the home of their daughter, Mrs. Charlotte I. Stone, at Youngstown, Ohio., on the 9th of September last, with the hope of finding relief from asthma, from which he had been a sufferer for years, died at that place […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 14, 2011
Today, the blog post will begin to feature members of the 177th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I, who served the full term of nine months and received honorable discharges on 5 August 1863. The research results presented here are based on preliminary data gathering on each of the members of the company and searches for Pension […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 13, 2011
Last Sunday, the first part of the story of the Union League of Philadelphia was presented. Today, the final part is given. Future posts will present other patriotic organizations that were organized or grew in the days before, during and after the Civil War. In 1865, the new Union League House in Philadelphia was opened […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 12, 2011
The house on this on this lot, known as Lot #23, was originally built as a residence for Simon Gratz some time before 1822 and therefore it one of the oldest houses in the borough. Whether Simon Gratz actually lived or syayed here is not known, but on the 75th anniversary of the founding of […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 11, 2011
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Memorial, by Herman Atkins MacNeil, 1927. Designed as a formal gateway to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, these 40-foot pylons commemorate military men of the Civil War. The figures at the base of the north column portray soldiers and the group at the south column honor sailors. Carved in relief a […]
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