Norman Gasbarro | March 11, 2016
Minutes of the Kissinger Post, Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), No. 376, Department of Pennsylvania, located at Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, have now been added to the “Resources” section of this blog and may be accessed directly from this post or from the index page of the “Resources” section. To access the complete collection […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 29, 2016
The chief engraver of several battlefield monuments at Gettysburg was Jared Bohn Faust, who was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, on 27 August 1846, the son of Reuben Eirich Faust (1818-1890), a carpenter, and Mary Ann [Bohn] Faust (1812-1874). Jared spent some of his early years in Lykens Township and Gratz Borough, of Dauphin […]
Norman Gasbarro | January 2, 2016
This is another story about Simon Gratz (1842-1923), the son of Theodore Gratz (first mayor of Gratz, Pennsylvania), and the grandson of the Simon Gratz who is credited with laying out the town of Gratz and for whom the borough is presently named. Although Simon Gratz was born in Harrisburg, the family moved to Gratz, […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 25, 2015
In this Christmas season, don’t forget to reward your local historical society with a tax-deductible gift. That gift can either be monetary, goods, or services. To determine whether a historical society is a legitimate 501(c)3 organization, properly registered with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the IRS provides current, on-line information about each group in this […]
Norman Gasbarro | December 14, 2015
Gratz is a small community in Upper Dauphin County that in 1883 formed a local G.A.R. post. Much of the history of that post has been lost over time and now needs to be re-created through available resources, among those resources, the Harrisburg and other archived newspapers and the national Grand Army of the Republic […]
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