York Civil War Roundtable
York County History Center Museum 121 North Pershing Ave., York, PA, United StatesCodie Eash: Lincoln, Liberty and the Sanitary Fairs of 1864
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.
Codie Eash: Lincoln, Liberty and the Sanitary Fairs of 1864
Joan Mummert, the longtime president and CEO of the York County History Center, will retire from the History Center at the end of April. Joan has led the History Center for 18 years, a period that included a major rebranding, a strategic repositioning and ultimately the construction of the state-of-the-art $30 million History Center MuseumContinue reading "Retirement Reception for Joan Mummert"
Support the History Center during this year's Give Local York and join us in the work of collecting and sharing the stories of York County's history.
Speakers will include Richard Robinson, Tina Charles, and WW2 Veteran Frank Cohn.
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.
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.
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.
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"