Spring 2026

From the Executive Director

From the Executive Director

By Andrea W. Lowery

Editor’s Letter

Editor’s Letter

By Kyle R. Weaver

Our Documentary Heritage

Pennsylvania’s Bicentennial Time Capsule

By Richard C. Saylor

Marking Time

Sarah Mary Benjamin, Heroine of Yorktown

By Alli Davis

A Place in Time

Clayton-Frick Art Museum

By Jennifer Thornton

Features

Forgotten Founder: Thomas Paine and American Independence

By William C. Kashatus

Features

German Founders: The Muhlenberg Family and the War for Independence

By Lisa Minardi

Features

Susanna Wright: Poet and Polymath on the Susquehanna

By Jack Brubaker

Features

The Roots of Bird Conservation in Penn’s Woods

By Joe Kosack

Trailheads

Lancaster Gunsmiths of the Early Republic

By Shawn Gladden

Book Review

Theatres of the Body: Dance and Discourse in Antebellum Philadelphia by Lynn Matluck Brooks

By Olivia Sabee

Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation Newsletter

Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation Newsletter – Spring 2026

By PA Heritage Staff

Wish You Were Here

Fort Pitt Block House

By John P. Wood