Norman Gasbarro | July 20, 2012
The above article describing the “fatal affair at Gratztown” appeared in the Philadelphia Public Ledger, 27 September 1856, described the death of George Hoffman Jr. at the annual military encampment at Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. A more extensive article appeared in a Schuylkill County publication, the Farmers and Miners Journal on the same date. It […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 18, 2012
Along U.S. Route 422 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, there are two historical markers which call attention to Abraham Lincoln family roots in Pennsylvania as well as the historical sites related to those roots. LINCOLN HOMESTEAD President Lincoln’s great-great grandfather Mordecai purchased Andrew Robeson‘s land and built the stone house that stands about 1 1/4 south […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 4, 2012
From an editorial that appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer on 4 July 1864, the following excerpts are presented: The Day The Nation celebrates, to-day, the eighty-sixth anniversary of its birth, and although we had hoped also to commemorate at the same time the occupation of the city of Richmond by our troops, we can well […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 28, 2012
Harvey Monroe Miller, of Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was a self-educated man who was an avid reader of poetry, biographies, Biblical history, and Pennsylvania German folklore and a prolific writer of and about the same. His primary business interests were in promoting trade in his hometown, including the luring of many businesses to the place […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 26, 2012
On 14 April 1865, William Withers Jr., a musician, was the orchestra leader at Ford’s Theatre. It was the night of the assassination of Pres. Abraham Lincoln. Withers claimed to be backstage at the time the shot was fired and during the escape of John Wilkes Booth, was cut by the assassin as he headed […]
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