Jake Wynn | June 13, 2013
From June 15 through July 15, I will be publishing a special series of posts that concern the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg and its effects on the Pennsylvania home front. As an invading army pressed north across the Potomac from Maryland, the diverse people of the Keystone State faced the Union’s most […]
Jake Wynn | May 29, 2013
A rare thing is to hear the Civil War years as described through the eyes of a child who grew up in the shadow of the war. Dr. Charles H. Miller, originally of Lykens, gives us that exact thing in a book he published as a young college graduate of the University of Pennsylvania medical […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 26, 2013
A book entitled, The Civil War: A Collection of U.S. Commemorative Stamps, was published in 1995 in cooperation with the U. S. Postal Service, as a companion to the issuance of a sheetlet of 20 stamps recognizing sixteen individuals and four events of the Civil War. The Civil War sheetlet was designed by Mark Hess. […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 19, 2013
Simon Gratz (1837-1925), for whom Simon Gratz High School in Philadelphia was named, was a son of Edward Gratz (1806-1850) and a grandson of Simon Gratz (1773-1839), the founder of Gratz, Pennsylvania. Simon was born in Philadelphia and educated at the University of Pennsylvania; his lifetime career was as a member of the Pennsylvania Bar, […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 13, 2013
According to information released by the United States Postal Service, a postage stamp commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg will be released with First Day of Issue at Gettysburg on 23 May 2013. Ceremonies will be held at 11:00 a.m. at the Gettysburg National Park Visitors Center and are open to the […]
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