All’s Fair: Philadelphia and the Civil War Sanitary Fair
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The “War History” of Corporal Funk
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The State Museum Commemorates the Civil War
Posted by PA Heritage Staff on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off on The State Museum Commemorates the Civil War Commemorations of the American Civil War are nearly as old as the conflict itself. Little more than six years after the war ended General George Gordon Meade of Philadelphia spoke to Union army veterans at a reunion in Boston. “Comrades of the Army of the Potomac,” he began, “the first thing I shall do, which we ought to do . . . is to return our thanks to the Great Being who,...read more
At the Gettysburg Battlefield with Traveling Photographers
Posted by Rae Tyson on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off on At the Gettysburg Battlefield with Traveling Photographers As Union and Confederate troops converged on the Adams County community of Gettysburg in mid-summer 1863 to wage what has been described the pivotal battle of the American Civil War, little did they know how long it would take for the rest of the world to discover the outcome. Of the five hundred journalists who covered the war, forty-five reported on the Battle of Gettysburg waged from...read more
Pierceville Run Historic Agricultural District
Posted by April Frantz on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off on Pierceville Run Historic Agricultural District In November 2012, the Pierceville Run Historic Agricultural District in southern York County was nominated to the National Register of Historic Places. The district lies just north of the Maryland line and covers one thousand rolling acres of farmland and woodlots encircling fourteen historic farms. The nomination was part of an intensive study of Pennsylvania’s agricultural heritage, tracing...read more
An Interview with Richard C. Saylor: The Impact of the Civil War Legacy in Pennsylvania
Posted by Ted Walke on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off on An Interview with Richard C. Saylor: The Impact of the Civil War Legacy in Pennsylvania Richard C. “Rich” Saylor, an archivist with the Pennsylvania State Archives, has been deep within the treasures that are the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) collections for nearly twenty years. He has become a highly respected expert on Pennsylvania Civil War history, research, and artifacts on behalf of the Commission. With a master’s degree in American Studies from Penn...read more
Bookshelf
Posted by PA Heritage Staff on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off on Bookshelf Wonders of Work and Labor: The Steidle Collection of American Industrial Art by Betsy Fahlman and Eric Schruers published by Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum and Art Gallery, 2009; 176 pages, cloth, $50.00 Mention Penn State and a few names immediately come to mind: Pattee Library, Happy Valley, the Blue Band, Berkey Creamery and, naturally, Joe Paterno and the Nittany Lions. What the average...read more
Marking Pennsylvania’s African American History
Posted by Michael O'Malley on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off on Marking Pennsylvania’s African American History Charged with collecting, preserving, and interpreting more than three centuries of the Keystone State’s history and culture — as well as millions of years of its prehistory — the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) has launched a number of widely acclaimed, innovative, and popular public history programs over the years. One of its most popular is the state historical marker...read more
General Meade’s Press Warfare!
Posted by Joan Wenner on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off on General Meade’s Press Warfare! Not all the skirmishes and engagements of the American Civil War were fought on the battlefield. Many were waged in popular publications of the day, pitting war correspondents against high-ranking officers in a war of words. One Union commander who waged his own intensely bitter war with the established press and held the Fourth Estate in contempt throughout the entire rebellion was Major...read more
Bookshelf
Posted by PA Heritage Staff on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off on Bookshelf Archbishop Patrick John Ryan: His Life and Times: Ireland — St. Louis — Philadelphia, 1831–1911 by Patrick Ryan published by AuthorHouse Press, 2010; 357 pages, paper, $11.60 Upon the death of Patrick John Ryan (1831– 1911), Archbishop of Philadelphia for more than a quarter century, church bells throughout the city solemnly tolled to mark the passing of the remarkable Irish-born prelate. Ryan...read more