Join us June 21: A Date with History is the History Center’s largest annual fundraiser, planned each year with a different theme. This year’s elegant evening, with the theme Lafayette’s Bicentennial Ball, is set for Saturday, June 21, and will feature a live auction, music and a lot of generosity from York County’s most passionate history supporters. We’d love for it to also include you. Learn more here.
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.
Jim McClure - How the American Revolution Intersected with the Civil War in York County
Hometown History: When Peach Bottom Welsh quarried slate to make roofs that seem to last forever
WHAT: Lafayette's Bicentennial Ball WHEN: 6-10 p.m. Saturday, June 21 WHERE: York County History Center, 121 N. Pershing Ave., York SPONSORSHIPS: A variety of options for all budgets! Details here. TICKETS: $175 per person. ATTIRE: Modern business, cocktail, or Regency-era Exciting Live Auction! Bid on exclusive offerings, including two unforgettable travel packages—Perfect Paris and New Orleans Jazz & Dining—along with elegantContinue reading "A Date with History: Lafayette’s Bicentennial Ball"
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"
