Norman Gasbarro | April 10, 2012
In 1915, the Vitagraph Corporation released a silent film entitled “The Battle Cry of Peace.” The film played in theaters throughout the country, including Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This film’s direct connection with Abraham Lincoln and the Lincoln assassination is justification for a series of posts on this blog about one of it actors, […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 9, 2012
After 72 years, the 1940 United States Census has finally been released by the National Archives and Records Administration and is available on the NARA website. However, the demand for searching this important census and obtaining copies of the enumeration sheets has caused problems at the NARA website and corrections and improvements are presently being […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 8, 2012
Easter, celebrated on 20 April 1862, was the first opportunity of Philadelphia’s Roman Catholics to worship in the nearly completed Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul on Logan Square. This Easter marks the 150th anniversary of the first time the building was used for worship. The picture of the basilica is from around 1970 […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 7, 2012
The first floor of the building at 324 Center Street, Millersburg, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, will have a new and updated Civil War exhibit when it opens to the public for the 2012 season in early May. The building, an old fire house built in 1918, is the headquarters of the Historical Society of Millersburg and […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 6, 2012
MRS. E. A. CHESTER WILLIAMSTOWN, 6 May 1904 — Mrs. Esther A. Chester, who was stricken with paralysis at her home in Williamstown on Sunday evening, died on the following day, aged 59 years and 25 days. Deceased, whose maiden name was Esther Garland, was born in Llewellyn, Schuylkill County, and shortly after her marriage […]
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