Norman Gasbarro | November 22, 2018
Once to Every Man and Nation Text: James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) Tune: John Zundel (1815-1882) 1 Once to ev’ry man and nation Comes the moment to decide, In the strife of truth and falsehood, For the good or evil side; Some great cause, some great decision, Off’ring each the bloom or blight, And the choice […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 6, 2018
The National Society of the Daughters of the Union, 1861-1865, Civil War Remembrance Award was presented to Norman Gasbarro of The Civil War Blog on Sunday, 24 June 2018, by Sue Petres, an officer of the Society, at a ceremony at the White Dog Cafe, University City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The award was given for Extraordinary […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 1, 2018
The post today includes a number of brief articles or news reports on the activities of the Ku Klux Klan, most too short for a post of their own. All of the following are from the West Schuylkill Herald, Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania: ___________________________________ From the West Schuylkill Herald, 15 September 1922: General Pershing […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 27, 2018
During the Civil War, Daniel Paul served as a Private in the 130th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H. After the Civil War, he moved to Michigan, but kept in touch with his Lykens Valley friends and relatives via correspondence to the editor of the Lykens newspaper. Some of the result of that correspondence from the period […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 25, 2018
Lenore Felicia [Schwalm] Otto Stutzman died in 1925. Her obituary, which appeared in the West Schuylkill Herald of Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, told of many achievements in her life, but also did not fail to mention her Ku Klux Klan membership or the participation of that organization in her funeral rites. This post is […]
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