York County USAF Drum and Bugle Corps members. Center front to back: KB Oiler, Ray Myers, John Ruth, Kenny Yohe, Bob Reisinger. Drums, left to right: Nevin Wise, Rod Burg, Tom Gibbs, Dick Flinchbaugh, Church Strausbaugh, Bob Zarfoss. The U.S. Air Force Drum and Bugle Corps members were lauded for
Lewis Miller drawing of Tannenberg and his last organ. Many of us are familiar with the beautiful 1804 Tannenberg organ at the York County Heritage Trust. Free public concerts are given on the organ each year during July and August on Fridays from 12:15 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. It is
Above: The Musical Berger Family: Anna, Fred, Louisa and Henry York County has a rich musical background, both in spawning home-grown musicians and as a regular stop for traveling musical performers for the last hundred years or two. I just received an email from Robyn Card, who is working on her
I had such a good time researching what movies local people were watching while they were just coming out of the Great Depression in 1938 that I neglected to check on the other forms of public entertainment available to them. Click here for the posts about movies. So I went
What did young people do for fun on Halloween week 99 years ago? According to the York Daily of October 30, 1909, there was some giggling going on. The article reads:
I n 1867 the York Fair was held in October, about a month later than the current September time slot. What did those fairgoers do for fun 140 years ago? The fairgrounds, which then stretched from King Street, just east of Queen, to the Spring Garden Plank Road (Prospect Street)
Renowned composer and orchestra leader Victor Herbert was in the prime of his career when he came to York in May of 1908.
Duke Street Methodist Church Shortly after Completion Anyone associated with a non-profit institution knows that fundraising is a continuing necessity. It was the same in the past. York County churches were very good at coming up with new ways to raise cash. In a previous post I wrote about the