Norman Gasbarro | February 12, 2011
Abraham Lincoln was born on 12 February 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. In years after his death, his birthday would be celebrated in many places in the United States, and in some places as an official holiday. Today, he is included in our “President’s Day” holiday. In 1861, no former president had been recognized with […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 10, 2011
(Part 10 of 12). Contents of Volume IX of The Photographic History of the Civil War: Poetry and Eloquence of Blue and Gray. The year 1911 was the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War. In a memorial to the war, a ten volume set of books was published entitled The Photographic History […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 8, 2011
(Part 8 of 12). Contents of Volume VII of The Photographic History of the Civil War: Prisons and Hospitals. The year 1911 was the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War. In a memorial to the war, a ten volume set of books was published entitled The Photographic History of the Civil War. […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 6, 2011
Previous posts on the subject of the Pennsylvania Dutch language noted the words that were used to describe family relationships, occupations, the religious life, medicine, and acts of war. The first post in that series gave a brief history of the Pennsylvania Dutch and told of their appearance in the Lykens Valley area. At the […]
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