…Troops of Burgoyne’s army imprisoned here guarded by York County militia. The camp was about a mile to the south.’ Background post: Camp Security memories tucked inside memoirs. The presence…
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…Camp Scott gave way to Camp Curtin near the rail hub of Harrisburg, located more safely on the east side of the Susquehanna River. The Camp Curtin Historical Society, sponsor…
This replacement sign now stands near the former site of Camp Security, an American Revolution prisoner of war camp, in Springettsbury Township. Background posts: POW Camp Security site: ‘There’s a…
…uncomplicated,” she said. Mark’s School JOHN CONTINO of Dillsburg, who retired from the York City School District in 1981, started his teaching career at Mark’s School, off Camp Betty Washington…
…train to the park. But the park operated independently of the railroad. Q. Were the Camp Betty Washington and Springwood pools the same? A. No the camp’s pool was along…
…Record/Sunday News below.) Also of interest: Camp Security memories tucked inside memoir and Story revives memories of oft-forgotten York County POW camp in World War II and York-area developer: ‘I…
…it operated, its official name was Glenview Camp, Co. 2318, Camp SCS-7. Franklin D. Roosevelt established the CCC during the Depression to create jobs and protect natural resources, particularly to…
This 2004 aerial view of the undeveloped Camp Security site shows the encroachment of development on every side. Friends of Camp Security and other groups are trying to raise support…
Camp Ganoga hasn’t operated since 1945, but the old Strinestown-area Boy Scout camp continues to evoke memories. Here, a group of Scouts sits on the Camp Ganoga waterfront – Conewago…
…about Camp Stewartstown, a prisoner of war camp in that southeastern York County town, that housed about 2,000 German prisoners in the summers of 1944 and 1945. … Betty and…