Join us in celebrating Joan Mummert

Joan Mummert, the longtime president and CEO of the York County History Center, will retire from the History Center at the end of April. To celebrate and honor Joan’s achievements, the public is invited to a drop-in reception at the History Center Monday, April 21, from 4-7 p.m. RSVP via email to Rebecca Countess or phone 717-309-7672.

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York Civil War Roundtable

York County History Center Museum 121 North Pershing Ave., York, PA, United States

Codie Eash: Lincoln, Liberty and the Sanitary Fairs of 1864

Free

World War II Briefings

York County History Center Museum 121 North Pershing Ave., York, PA, United States

Speakers will include Richard Robinson, Tina Charles, and WW2 Veteran Frank Cohn.

$15

Second Saturday

Due to his love of history Michael Maloney started writing books. His latest book Rattlesnake Colonel: Thomas Cresap An American Paradox will be the focus of our Second Saturday program in May. Rattlesnake Colonel covers the contradictory and often controversial life of Thomas Cresap. 

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York County History Center Museum 121 North Pershing Ave., York, PA, United States

Associate Professor of History, Dr. Joy Giguere of Penn State York will join us to discuss her book Pleasure Grounds of Death: The Rural Cemetery in Nineteenth-Century America.

Free

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York County History Center Museum 121 North Pershing Ave., York, PA, United States

Shippensburg University Professor Dr. Allen Dieterich-Ward with a specialization in environmental history joins us August 25. Join the discussion of his new book Cradle of Conservation: An Environmental History of Pennsylvania.

Free

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York County History Center Museum 121 North Pershing Ave., York, PA, United States

Author of seven books, Jack Burbaker has written a variety of history focused books. His book Massacre of the Conestogas: On the Trail of the Paxton Boys in Lancaster County recalls the brutal attack on peaceful Conestoga Indians. Burbaker wrote the Scribbler for 44 years at LNP. Find his book through the County Libraries here.Continue reading "Bookmarked"

Free