Norman Gasbarro | December 26, 2011
This is the second in a series of re-posts on the best and most popular blog entries on this Civil War Blog. Today’s re-post is actually a series of posts on the Pennsylvania Dutch that began at the end of the year 2010 and continued into continued into 2011. The first post in the series […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 25, 2011
Merry Christmas to all from Gratz, Pennsylvania! Many Christmas traditions celebrated today originated during the Civil War era, including that of Santa Claus. The Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia held a special program 2010 on how those traditions started and evolved over time. Catherine Wright, Collections Manager of the Museum of the Confederacy, […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 24, 2011
SILENT NIGHT (Stille Nacht) The facts of how and why Fr. Joseph Mohr wrote the poem in 1818 in Austria which was set to music by church organist Franz Gruber have been lost in time. What has not been lost is the tradition that evolved from the hymn, a tradition which exists down to the […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 23, 2011
Church of the Brethren Cemetery is located just north of Route 209 in Upper Paxton Township. In traveling west from Rife, the Free Grace Church appears on the left and within a short distance, on the other side of the road, there is a sign for Keefer’s Road. Turn right at Keefer’s Road and the […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 22, 2011
Church of the Brethren Cemetery is located just north of Route 209 in Upper Paxton Township. In traveling west from Rife, the Free Grace Church appears on the left and within a short distance, on the other side of the road, there is a sign for Keefer’s Road. Turn right at Keefer’s Road and the […]
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