Norman Gasbarro | December 10, 2011
The following article appeared in the Lykens Standard, 9 January 1903: INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS LYKENS.– The annual installation of the officers of the G.A.R., the Woman’s Relief Corps and the Sons of Veterans of this place was held in the elegant hall of the G.A.R. building last Thursday evening. The veterans, their wives and sons […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 7, 2011
The recently published book on the Lincoln assassination, written by Bill O’Reilly, anchor of Fox News Channel’s “The O’Reilly Factor,” and his co-author Martin Dugard, is generating a negative response in some quarters. The book is entitled Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever, Henry Holt & Company, 2011. The central event in […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 6, 2011
According to Burke’s Presidential Families of the United States, Abraham Lincoln is a direct descendant of King Edward I Plantagenet (1239-1307) of England. This connection with the royalty of the British Isles gives some descendants of the same king who currently have a connection with the Lykens Valley area, a distant cousin relationship with our […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 13, 2011
Last Sunday, the first part of the story of the Union League of Philadelphia was presented. Today, the final part is given. Future posts will present other patriotic organizations that were organized or grew in the days before, during and after the Civil War. In 1865, the new Union League House in Philadelphia was opened […]
Norman Gasbarro | November 6, 2011
Before, during and after the Civil War, many patriotic organizations were formed to express support for the country. Some of these took root in cities, while other were more popular in the countryside. One of the most famous and most successful of these organizations was the Union League of Philadelphia. In May 1865, the Union […]
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