Norman Gasbarro | January 4, 2018
In 1924, a huge ceremonial Ku Klux Klan rally was held at Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, which was attended in great numbers by Klan members and want-to-be Klan members from the Lykens Valley. Attendance was undoubtedly enhanced by the closing of the collieries from Lykens to Pine Grove and by the special excursion train that […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 2, 2018
Buried together at the St. Paul (Artz) Cemetery in Sacramento, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, are two veterans of the Civil War, or so it would seem from the bronze G.A.R. flag-holder markers adjacent to their grave stones. Samuel Wenrich and Amelia [Faust] Wenrich were husband and wife. This is one of the few graves in the […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 28, 2017
On Saturday, 13 June 1925, the Ku Klux Klan planned for a celebration to be held at Millersburg‘s Park, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The article promoting the event was interesting in that it claimed the celebration would bring back the “old-time way” of celebrating the past. The Klan also claimed the American flag as its […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 26, 2017
Willoughby Z. Walt died on 20 January 1916 and is buried at the Herndon Cemetery, Herndon, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. He is found in the records as both Wald and Walt and his middle initial is found as both “C” and “Z.” ____________________________________________ Records at the Pennsylvania Archives shown above) indicate that a Willoughby C. Wald […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 22, 2017
When he enrolled in the 2nd Company G of the 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry at Harrisburg on 14 March 1865, Edward Walters gave his birthplace as Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, and his place of residence as Mifflin Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He was employed as a miner, was about 19 years old, stood 5 foot 3 inches […]
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