Janet S. Klein Archives - Pennsylvania Heritage Magazine

Sparking a Rock ‘n’ Roll Revolution: An Interview with Dick Clark

Posted by William Kashatus on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off For many baby boomers – members of that much-touted generation who came of age in the fifties and sixties – rock ‘n’ roll provided a defining point in their adolescent lives. Few will ever forget the first time they jitterbugged to Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley and the Comets, or took to the dance floor with The Twist by Chubby Checker. Many cherish the memory of...
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Erie Maritime Museum: A New Museum Opens a Window to History

Posted by Rod Snyder on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off Nearly two centuries ago, a newly built squadron of United States Navy warships set sail from the shores of Lake Erie to battle a contingent of the British Navy, the most formidable naval force in the world. The ensuing battle of the War of 1812 shocked the British admiralty and boosted the morale of the U.S. Navy and the entire nation. The legacy of this battle is graphically chronicled by the...
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Posted by PA Heritage Staff on Nov 25, 2013 in | Comments Off To observe February 2000 as Black History Month, the Valley Forge Convention and Visitors Bureau has created a special driving tour which includes the Johnson House in Germantown, a station along the Underground Railroad, and Camp William Penn, the nation’s first recruiting and training camp for black soldiers, where eleven thousand troops were trained. The country’s first...
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Posted by PA Heritage Staff on Nov 25, 2013 in | Comments Off An intensive eight-day study tour examining the England of Pennsylvania founder William Penn (1644-1718) will be conducted under the auspices of the Pennsylvania Heritage Society in October 2000. Participants, led by historian Larry E. Tise, will visit the Church of Ail Hallows Barking, where Penn was baptized and where, in 1999, Governor Tom Ridge and PHMC Chairman Janet S. Klein presented a...
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