Norman Gasbarro | November 18, 2011
THANKSGIVING — The Governors of twenty States have designated the day for the celebration of the annual Thanksgiving. In Maine and Massachusetts the 21st inst., and in the following named States, Thursday the 28th inst. has been named as the day: New York, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 1, 2011
During Gratz Fair Week, 18-24 September 2011, there were a number of Abraham Lincoln sightings in and around the Gratz area. At the Fair’s Agricultural Hall, across from displays of prize-winning apples, was a gold-framed portrait of Lincoln. In the art exhibit in one of the exhibition buildings, a portrait of Lincoln was hanging amid […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 16, 2011
A recently received donation to the Schwalm Research Library of the Gratz Historical Society of the complete ten-volume first edition of The Photographic History of the Civil War generated heightened excitement and interest in the Civil War Research Project during one of the regular Wednesday research sessions. The books arrived in Gratz on 2 June […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 15, 2011
In 2004, Data Trace Media in cooperation with the Smithsonian Institution, published what was to be the first in a series of “informational coffee table” books. The subject was the Civil War and the objective was to present the war through a series of actual images from newspapers of the time. The newspapers that were […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 8, 2011
On this Mother’s Day 2011, it might be interesting to reflect on what we know about the mothers of Civil War veterans, particularly those who died in the war during the first full year of the conflict. Using the Veterans List that was recently compiled and posted here, a quick search was made for those […]
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