Montgomery County: The Second Hundred Years

Posted by Jean Toll on Nov 30, 2013 in | Comments Off on Montgomery County: The Second Hundred Years County histories, written in most cases during the late nineteenth or early twentieth centuries, serve as the starting point for most research in local history. Montgomery Coun­ty’s classic county history, by Theodore W. Bean, is no exception. History, however, did not stop as the final pages of that volume were written. Much has happened since. Just as the Centennial of our nation spurred...
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Preserving Yesterday’s Life for Tomorrow

Posted by Wendel Liska on Nov 30, 2013 in | Comments Off on Preserving Yesterday’s Life for Tomorrow Historic preservation has taken on a new dimension in Bedford County. Old Bedford Village, just off the Pennsylvania Turn­pike at Bedford Exit 11, is a nonprofit venture helping to preserve the history AND economy of this central Pennsyl­vania county. Bedford County as it exists today, is bounded on the south by the Mason­-Dixon Line, on the west, north and east by Somerset, Cambria, Blair,...
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Evolution of a Preservation Agency: Centre County’s Historic Registration Project

Posted by Martha Birchenall on Nov 30, 2013 in | Comments Off on Evolution of a Preservation Agency: Centre County’s Historic Registration Project The commemoration of America’s Bicentennial gave birth to numerous community-minded pursuits during its nationwide celebra­tion. Although many of these special endeavors were shelved when the year was over, the administrators of one at least. the Historic Registration Project in Centre County. realized that their work had just begun. Now, four years later, this unique organization is still...
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Centre County Plans

Posted by Philip Klein on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Centre County Plans Preparations for the commemoration of the Bicentennial of the American Revolution in Centre County have proceeded along lines very much like those of two centuries ago when it was remarked that the revolution in America had taken place in the hearts and minds of the people long before the war for independence officially broke out. And so, two centuries later, a dozen local groups representing...
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Bicentennial Happenings

Posted by PA Heritage Staff on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Bicentennial Happenings Adams County Gettys Crossroads and Tavern was a gathering point for troops for Continental Army, 1775. Allegheny County Pittsburgh Resolves, May 16, 1775. (Note: Pittsburgh was then under Virginia control, and so these Resolves went to the Virginia legislature.) Pittsburgh was a military base for holding the western country and for dealing with Indians. Indian Council at Pittsburgh, Oct. 15-Nov....
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Bicentennial News

Posted by PA Heritage Staff on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Bicentennial News Commission Activities The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission is actively involved in planning and carrying out major historical programs for the overall commemoration of the Bicentennial Commission. Among twenty-five project grants approved by the National Historical Publication Commission on May 21, 1974, was one to accelerate editing and publication of The Papers of Henry Bouquet by...
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Bicentennial Happenings

Posted by Donald Kent on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Bicentennial Happenings Centre County Frontier area exposed to raids. Potter’s Fort built as a refuge for settlers by Gen. James Potter, 1777. Chester County July 8, 1776. Election for Provincial Convention. Declaration of Independence published. Battle of Brandywine, Sept. 11, 1777. Paoli Massacre, Sept. 20, 1777. Clarion County Beyond the frontier of settlement. Settled after the Revolution. On route of...
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Bicentennial News

Posted by PA Heritage Staff on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Bicentennial News State DAR Project The state Daughters of the American Revolution have adopted a Bicentennial project that will result in a medita­tion room in the form of a Quaker meeting house during William Penn’s time. The room, to be located in the William Penn Memorial Museum, will thus be available for all Pennsylvanians to enjoy. The project stems from an idea of Mrs. Coray Miller, DAR state...
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Bicentennial News

Posted by PA Heritage Staff on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Bicentennial News “Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation” Being Readied for Bicentennial Slowly, but surely, in a corner of Delaware County’s Ridley Creek State Park, the “Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation” is taking shape as a major Bicentennial project, a living sample of eighteenth-century farm life. Supported by the Bicentennial Commission of Pennsyl­vania and Delaware County, along...
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Bicentennial News

Posted by PA Heritage Staff on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Bicentennial News State Bicentennial Programs Underway As the Bicentennial celebration continues to gain mo­mentum, Pennsylvania’s goal of a statewide com­memoration focusing on the historic aspects and the spirit of the Revolution is being realized. According to Lt. Gov. Ernest P. Kline, chairman of the Bicentennial Commis­sion of Pennsylvania, the progress that is being made in im­plementing the...
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