Norman Gasbarro | December 18, 2011
The following article was found in the Lykens Standard of 28 February 1902: ATTENTION, SONS OF VETERANS! LYKENS.– The sons of the veterans of the war of 1861-65 are hereby requested to meet in the Post room of G.A.R. hall tomorrow (Saturday) evening at 7:30 o’clock, standard time, for the purpose of making preliminary arrangements […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 17, 2011
Another visiting group photo from the Gettysburg battlefield is presented today in an attempt to identify the persons in the photo. The two monuments in the rear of the photo should give some clue as to the location on the battlefield where the photo was taken. Unfortunately, when the original print of this photo was […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 15, 2011
Andrew Gregg Curtin served as Governor of Pennsylvania for six years (two terms of three years) from 15 January 1861 to 15 January 1867. As Pennsylvania’s Civil War governor he took the lead among northern governors in supporting President Abraham Lincoln by raising troops, organizing them into combat units, setting up training camps (the first […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 14, 2011
Zion’s Lutheran and German Reformed Church and Cemetery, also known as Hoover‘s Church, is located just north of Route 209 in Rife, Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Rife is a small village located to the west of Elizabethville. Today, the church is known as Zion Lutheran Church and its pastor is Rev. Beth George. […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 13, 2011
Zion’s Lutheran and German Reformed Church and Cemetery, also known as Hoover‘s Church, is located just north of Route 209 in Rife, Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Rife is a small village located to the west of Elizabethville. Today, the church is known as Zion Lutheran Church and its pastor is Rev. Beth George. […]
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