The Mausoleum at Prospect Hill Cemetery in York, PA marks its 100th year in 2015; it was dedicated on July 18, 1915. The focal point, as one enters the mausoleum, is this stained-glass window depicting the Resurrection, with Christ emerging from the Tomb. Rudy Brothers Company created the stained-glass windows
Memorial Day Tribute to Yorker Henry Laub While reading old newspapers on microfilm at the York County Heritage Trust, an article from July 9, 1918, piqued my interest; quoting that article from The Gazette and Daily of York PA: DESTROYER NAMED AFTER FORMER YORKER The “Laub,” a new destroyer which
I’ve been asked for tips on making a Family History Book ever since my book “Barshingers in America” was published. The latest request was from Tom Brenner, who commented to Monday’s post. I know several people have used the tip on how to get gravestone photos of United States soldiers
The Lincoln Highway was conceived in 1913 and was completed in 1926 as America’s first fully paved coast-to-coast highway. I heard from Bob Landis, after writing York is In Danger of Losing the Susquehanna Trail during 1923. During a visit to the Lincoln Museum in Illinois, he heard that Congress
RAILCAR GOLD is a historically accurate multi-generational fictional tale of hidden treasure, primarily set in York County, Pennsylvania during the latter half of the Nineteenth Century. This is Part 2 of Chapter 18 . . . David. A new part will be posted every Thursday. Recent chapters stand alone, starting
The earliest inscriptions within the Veterans Memorial Gold Star Healing and Peace Garden memorialize the 195 York County Veterans that were Killed in Action during World War I. The names of these veterans appear in the first six columns, plus about one-half of the seventh column; as shown in the
George B. Hoffman, of York, PA; was among those Killed in Action “The President Lincoln Torpedoed on Return Trip” is the headline to this photo appearing on page 1 of the June 4, 1918 issue of the York Daily. The photo caption states: The President Lincoln, an 18,500 ton vessel,
Returning from Atlantic City the other night, I decided to get off Route 30 at Columbia and traveled Route 462 the rest of the way home. Almost all of the new 1930s style lanterns were in place on the bridge and were lit. It was a pleasant sight, just like
It doesn’t take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle. —Norman Schwarzkopf
In the 1920s about 400 sycamore trees were planted along the Susquehanna Trail, from Jacobus southward to the Maryland Line. Like the 1,500 memorial trees planted as a Road Of Remembrance along the Lincoln Highway in York County, the Susquehanna Trail Sycamores were planted as a living memorial to the