World War II Briefings - York County History Center

York’s World War II History

Our World War II Briefings program is biannual. The program dates fall closely with Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) and Victory over Japan Day (VJ Day) in May and August. York has a rich history connected to World War II. York Native, Jacob L. Devers was a four-star general during the War and commanded the 6th Army Group. Additionally, we can’t forget to mention the York Plan an initiative that York businessmen banded together for the war effort to create a variety of things.

Our next session is August 16 at the History Center Museum.

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Program Details

Tickets are $15 for nonmembers and $10 for members
Enjoy light refreshments
Hear from veterans and historians
View World War II related artifacts from the collection or archives

More about our speakers

Stephen Smith

Stephen H. Smith is a retired manager of Design Engineering from York International Corporation, where most of his career involved compressor design and development. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State. He is an award-winning family history author. In retirement he became a local history speaker and has researched and written over 1,200 posts on The York Daily Record’s YorksPast blog site; that explores all aspects of local history.

Dominish Miller

Dominish Marie Miller is the Third Circuit Court of Appeals Librarian for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and the founder of Preserving the History of Newberrytown.

She has authored three books, Preserving the History of Newberrytown: A Community Cookbook From the Cooks of Newberrytown, Pennsylvania 2021, volumes 1 and 2 and Then and Now: A Pictorial View Of A Changing Town.

Dominish is also a reenactor with the 87th Regiment, PVI. She portrays a private in the 87th PA Co C.

Anthony Stabile, WWII Veteran

Anthony Stabile was in the Marine Corps for 27 years, serving in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. Having joined when he was only 18 he spent the beginning of his military career in China repatriating Japanese prisoners of war. Stable rose through the ranks to become a Captain towards the end of his military career. After his discharge in July of 1977 he would return to York and go on to receive the Marine Corps League’s National Distinguished Citizens Gold Medal for his years of recruiting and community service.