Norman Gasbarro | November 25, 2010
In November 1860, Thanksgiving was traditionally celebrated in the United States as a religious observance, not a national holiday. It wasn’t until 1863, by the time the Civil War was in full force, that President Lincoln proclaimed a National Day of Thanksgiving. So, 150 years ago, the date of giving thanks was Thursday, November 22, […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 23, 2010
Go back to the year 1924 when the Hoffman Monument was erected. If 10% of the Civil War veterans from the Lykens V alley area were still alive at that time, they would have numbered about 200, and surely, as senior members of any family, would have been sought after to tell their stories of […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 22, 2010
On a fall day nearly thirty years ago a small group of descendants of John Peter Hoffman, Lykens Valley pioneer, packed into a van and drove from the New Jersey Shore for what was to be a final visit with aging cousins and aunts at the Lutheran Home in Millersburg, Pennsylvania. It was a family […]
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