From The Editor

Posted by on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off on From The Editor Welcome to our special commemorative edition of Pennsylvania Heritage underscoring the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission’s annual theme for 2010, “Black History in Pennsylvania: Communities in Common.” In this edition, you’ll find informative, thought-provoking features on the Keystone State’s African American experience, heritage, and culture over a...
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A Forgotten Hero of the Civil War

Posted by on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off on A Forgotten Hero of the Civil War At seven o’clock on Thursday evening, April 18, 1861, approximately 475 Pennsylvania citizens-turned-soldiers, comprising the ranks of five volunteer militia companies, arrived in Washington D.C., to protect the nation’s capital. The first shots of the American Civil War were fired less than a week earlier at Fort Sumter, in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, and it had been just...
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