Norman Gasbarro | February 6, 2020
An article that appeared in the Harrisburg Telegraph of 20 September 1913 described the ongoing effort to place a monument to the Civil War soldiers and soldiers of other wars at some suitable place in the town. WAR MONUMENT FOR MILLERSBURG Marker For Soldier Dead Will Be Erected on Suitable Site in the Town By […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 19, 2018
An 1890 photograph of an elaborate arch erected in Mahanoy City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, by the Knights of the Golden Eagle, in tribute to the Severn Post No. 110, G.A.R. The photo appeared in the Pottsville Republican and Herald, series entitled “Glimpses Into Yesteryear,” 4 January 1879, via Newspapers.com. The caption reads: Schuylkill Cuntians always […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 12, 2018
The above 1931 photograph appeared in the West Schuylkill Herald, Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 30 May 1941: The above photograph, taken about ten years ago, and published at that time in the Herald shows veterans of three wars. Of the four shown, three have since died. In the forefront is William H. Long, […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 18, 2017
The above banner is part of the Hometown Heroes Banner Program to honor veterans of all wars at Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Although there were hundreds of men who served in the Civil War from the Elizabethville area, Jonas Swab was the only Civil War veteran so honored with a banner. Prior posts on this […]
Norman Gasbarro | October 16, 2017
Recently, a new memorial to Ocvatius Valentine Catto was ceremonially unveiled in Philadelphia in the central square of the city, just to the west of the south gate entrance to the City Hall Plaza. Previously, on this blog, a post entitled Octavius V. Catto, told of this African American’s relationship to the Civil War and […]
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