Norman Gasbarro | February 11, 2011
(Part 11 of 12). Contents of Volume X of The Photographic History of the Civil War: Armies and Leaders. The year 1911 was the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War. In a memorial to the war, a ten volume set of books was published entitled The Photographic History of the Civil War. […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 30, 2011
Daniel Henry, whose father and uncles took part in the war for independence, was born in Reading in the last quarter of the18th century. When Pottsville was laid out, he as a carpenter, moved there, and on 9 January 1825, his son, William Henry was born. William Henry‘s mother died when he was eleven years […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 25, 2011
In 1968, Tower City and Porter Township in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, celebrated its centennial. The “History Book Committee” was chaired by Howard G. Stutzman whose strong qualifications for the job were given in a brief biography on one of the book’s opening pages: attorney, historian, civil leader, churchman, public speaker, political leader, World War II […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 6, 2011
The Hegins Township All Wars Memorial is located in the Frieden’s Lutheran Church Cemetery along Route 25 in Hegins Township, Schuylkill Township, Pennsylvania. Civil War veterans are honored by the G.A.R. Star and flag holder. The monument was dedicated 13 December 2000 by the “Citizens and Students of the Valley” to the “Men and Women […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 30, 2010
The Tower City Borough, Porter Township and Rush Township Veterans Memorial is located at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Cemetery which is located along Route 209 in Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The memorial consists of a wall of names of those who served in all of America’s wars, a patio of commemorative bricks provided by […]
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