Second Saturday to bring Underground Railroad to life

Join us at Second Saturday Aug. 9 for Living the Experience, an immersive Underground Railroad reenactment that brings Lancaster’s hidden history to life through interactive storytelling and first-person interpretation. This acclaimed program, housed at Lancaster’s historic Bethel AME Church, has captivated audiences from around the world with its powerful portrayal of the people and events that made Lancaster a crucial stop on the Underground Railroad.

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    Renewal Theater offers films to inspire reflection

    In a quiet corner of the new History Center Museum, five short films will run on a loop and encourage viewers to consider what renewal means in different contexts.
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History Center board appoints Benjamin Neely new president/CEO

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Bible collections hold wealth of genealogy details

This online collection of family Bibles in the archives includes images of the title page and pages that contain family data: birth and baptismal records, marriages and deaths.

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a scan of a Bible page listing births from the early 20th century
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From the diary:

July 19, 1938: "We travel through Black Hills to Mt. Rushmore, an everlasting granite cliff, where statues of Washington, Lincoln, and Jefferson are nearing completion."

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