history: Woodstock Turns 40 - 08/12/09 06:38 PM
Ex hippies, yuppies and college students of a certain age may remember, in the summer of 1969, seeing ads for "3 Days of Peace and Music" posted around Greenwich Village in New York City, college campuses, and other places where the young and hip were likely to find it.
I almost got to … (17 comments)
history: Lancaster PA Museums - 02/08/09 01:13 PM
Lancaster, PA has a long and colorful history extending back to colonial days. Here are some of the museums that bring Lancaster's cultural and architectural history to life:
The Landis Valley Museum, 2451 Kissel Hill Road, is the largest Pennsylvania German folk museum. There are exhibits of Pennsylvania German (also known as … (5 comments)
history: Thaddeus Stevens - Lydia Hamilton Smith Historic Site, Lancaster PA - 07/02/08 04:15 PM
As the construction of the Lancaster PA Convention Center and Marriott Hotel reaches new heights, several historic buildings around it are being spared. A $20 Million project is planned to preserve and restore the law offices of Thaddeus Stevens, and the next door home of his housekeeper and business manager, Lydia … (4 comments)
history: Classic Car Show, Lancaster, PA - 06/30/08 12:06 PM
June 26 Was Oldies Night at the Greenfield Business Park, Lancaster, PA, featuring Gary Lewis and the Playboys.
A classic car show helped recreate the nostalgic feeling of the 1950s and 1960s.
The first half hour of the show was marred by rain, tut it soon cleared up. Owners … (15 comments)
history: The Story of the Pledge of Allegiance - 06/30/08 09:03 AM
As we get closer to the Fourth of July, Americans are in a patriotic mood. Joan Mirantz wrote a blog about a program in New Hampshire that has put 4,000 flags in classrooms in 400 schools.
In the comments, I wondered whether the kids really understand what the words to the … (8 comments)
Its Art Deco marble interior is reminiscent, on a small scale, of Grand Central Station in New York City. Lancaster is the third busiest train station in … (9 comments)
history: What Do We Memorialize on Memorial Day? - 05/25/08 12:32 PM
Memorial Day was originally called Decoration Day. In 1865, following the Civil War, Henry Welles, a druggist in Waterloo, New York, suggested that the graves of fallen soldiers from the war be decorated in honor of their service to their country. The town embraced the idea, and wreaths, crosses and flowers … (3 comments)
history: Historic Log House Update - 05/14/08 08:11 PM
On March 19 I wrote a blog about an eighteenth century log cabin in Lancaster, PA that had been slated for demolition, but was now to be dismantled and preserved on another site.
If there is any doubt about the exposure that Active Rain blogs get, this should put it to … (16 comments)
Next door to it was a house in the process of being torn down (you can see it in the corner past the sign).
The roof had already been torn off. As I passed … (24 comments)
history: Lancaster County, PA Firsts and Biggests - 03/16/08 11:04 AM
Robert Fulton, born in Lancaster County in 1765, was the first to make navigation practical with a ship powered by steam. Fulton did not invent the steam engine, but he made history with his steam powered voyage on the Hudson River in 1807. A township in southern Lancaster County is named … (10 comments)
history: The Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Conestoga Wagon - 03/16/08 09:45 AM
Did you know that the Philadelphia to Lancaster Turnpike, first completed in 1794, was the first successful turnpike in the new American nation? It was built with the help of Conestoga wagons from Lancaster County! The cigars that the Conestoga wagon drivers smoked became known as"stogies". Turnpikes were originally built as for-profit … (10 comments)
history: Happy Leap Day! - 02/29/08 01:08 PM
Today is Leap Day - February 29 - a day which only occurs every four years!
Technically called Bisextile, the name comes from the early Julian calendar, named after Julius Caesar, or Julius the Czar (King). The calendar, introduced in 46 BC, had only ten months, which is why December is … (19 comments)
history: An Homage to Abraham Lincoln - 02/12/08 08:13 AM
Today, February 12, is the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, considered by many to have been the greatest President in our nation's history.
Born in meager conditions on this date in 1809 in a small log cabin in Illinois, Lincoln educated himself with borrowed books and went on to become a lawyer, … (22 comments)
history: Childhood Music Memories - 01/11/08 07:14 PM
I have always had some musical aptitude, so when I was eight years old, my parents bought me a second-hand piano. They found a local music teacher who would come over to our house, and she was duly hired to teach me the fundamentals of music, which to my folks meant classical music. … (25 comments)
history: Marietta, PA Candlelight Tour of Homes - 12/03/07 02:55 PM
On Sunday, December 2, 2007, the 42nd Annual Marietta Candlelight Tour of Homes took place. All week the Borough of Marietta held its breath for the weather report, which had for the previous four or five days been predicting a wintry mix of snow, sleet, ice and and rain. The advance purchase tickets … (8 comments)
history: Ephrata Cloister - 10/28/07 09:59 AM
Nestled close to the intersection of Routes 272 and 322 lies an ancient compound that predates the modern roads by centuries...
The Ephrata Cloister was a Seventh Day Baptist community established by devout German settlers in 1732.
The Ephrata Cloister is now a museum run by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum … (20 comments)
history: Historic Smithton Inn, Ephrata, PA - 10/24/07 06:17 PM
At 900 West Main Street, Ephrata, PA, not far from the Ephrata Cloister, stands an inn which has been in business for 237 years! The Historic Smithton Inn, a beautiful estate of multicolored stone, was originally built in 1763. Innkeeper Dorothy Graybill was born only a mile away from the Inn. The … (8 comments)
history: Lancaster County Civil War Encampment - 09/17/07 09:18 AM
September fifteenth turned out to a beautiful pre-autumn day for the recreation of a Civil War Encampment on the grounds of the Lancaster County Historical Society, at the corner of North President and Marietta Avenue.
The pungent smell of campfires burning permeated the cool morning air. The "Mayor" was in attendance in … (14 comments)
history: Lancaster County Historical Society Civil War Encampment - 09/13/07 01:02 PM
For the 19th year, the Lancaster County Historical Society, 230 North President Avenue, will conduct a Civil War encampment on its grounds at the corner of North President and Marietta Avenues. Some fifty volunteers in period uniforms and costumes will portray Union soldiers and civilians. the reenactment will be open to the public … (4 comments)
history: Where Were You on 9/11? - 09/11/07 07:43 AM
Years ago, everyone, myself included, remembered exactly where they were on November 22, 1963 - the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. The world changed again on September 11, 2001. We all remember what we were doing and where we were on that fateful day.
I and three friends were … (21 comments)
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Ex hippies, yuppies and college students of a certain age may remember, in the summer of 1969, seeing ads for "3 Days of Peace and Music" posted around Greenwich Village in New York City, college campuses, and other places where the young and hip were likely to find it.
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