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Daughter of Assassinated Civil Rights Leader Sees Painful Echoes of Political Violence in America

Racism · United States

Daughter of Assassinated Civil Rights Leader Sees Painful Echoes of Political Violence in America

58% Center coverage: 95 sources

More than 60 years after a white supremacist assassinated civil rights leader Medgar Evers, his daughter still sees the same strain of political violence at work in American society.See the Story

Luffman Led Brigade at Gettysburg

Civil War · Gettysburg

Luffman Led Brigade at Gettysburg

100% Right coverage: 1 sources

On July 2, 1863, the spotlight of history and the pressure of military command under fire came crashing down in a matter of minutes on a country lawyer from Murray County.See the Story

Fourth of July Cannon Explosion in Lykens, PA

Pennsylvania · Pennsylvania

Fourth of July Cannon Explosion in Lykens, PA

On July 4, 1854, the residents of the mining village of Lykens, Pennsylvania gathered to celebrate the nation’s independence. Map of Lykens, Pennsylvania in the 1850s As part of the festivities, a cannon firing salute was scheduled in the community at the heart of Dauphin County’s anthracite industry. It did not going according to plan. From the Sunbury American newspaper: “During the firing of the National salute at Lykenstown, Dauphin County, …Read Article

Pottsville Responds to Confederate Invasion | June 1863 Coal Region History

As Confederate forces crossed into Pennsylvania in June 1863, the residents of Pottsville, Pennsylvania responded with patriotic fervor. A large war meeting was held at the Schuylkill County Courthouse on June 28, 1863, rallying volunteers to defend the state. Schuylkill County Courthouse in the 1850s. This is where the meeting took place in June 1863. The courthouse stood adjacent to the modern courthouse in Pottsville. Just days later, the Ba…Pottsville, Pennsylvania · Pottsville Read Article

Rare Interior View of a Civil War-Era Coal Breaker in Scranton, PA

This illustration appeared in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine in 1863 accompanying an article about a trip through Pennsylvania’s Coal Region. In this view, we see a relatively crude early version of a coal breaker designed to sort valuable coal from worthless slate and rock. The author visited the Oxford Colliery in Scranton, Pennsylvania as the coal industry boomed during the Civil War. “Breaker boys” can be seen doing the risky and tedious labo…Scranton, Pennsylvania · Scranton Read Article

Engine No. 85 | Coal Region Steam Locomotive from Vulcan Iron Works

Earlier this year, I ran into some Coal Region history on the railroad tracks near Frederick, Maryland. Built in 1928 by the Vulcan Iron Works in Wilkes-Barre, PA this standard gauge, coal-burning 0-4-0 tank steam engine started its working life at the A.E. Dick Construction Co. in Scranton, PA, hauling stone at a quarry. In 1933, the Jeddo–Highland Coal Company near Hazleton purchased the locomotive, renumbered it as Engine No. 85, and put it t…Dauphin County · Dauphin County Read Article

The Summer Menu at a Pottsville Hotel | 1838 Dining in Schuylkill County

What’s for dinner? This advertisement and bill of fare was published by restauranteur John Silver in Pottsville’s Miners’ Journal newspaper throughout the summer of 1838. Silver’s restaurant, or “refectory,” was located on the lower floor of Pottsville’s renowned Pennsylvania Hall hotel on Centre Street in the Schuylkill County seat. Pennsylvania Hall in the 1870s You could also get a bottle of wine, liquor, or beer to go along with the meal, th…Pottsville, Pennsylvania · Pottsville Read Article

Henry Royer | 96th Pennsylvania Monument Dedication Speech at Gettysburg, 1888

On June 21, 1888, more than 200 veterans of the 96th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry regiment arrived in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to dedicate a battlefield monument on that famous battlefield. Newspaper advertisement for the railroad excursion to the 96th Pennsylvania monument dedication. The monument, crafted by young sculptor August Zeller, shows an infantryman laying down on the battlefield with rifle at the ready. Zeller later sculpted the C…Gettysburg, Pennsylvania · Gettysburg Read Article

Breaker Boy Strike of 1900 | Child Labor & Coal Mining History

This photograph comes from the September 22, 1900 edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. It was published during the Coal Strike of 1900 as the anthracite coal fields of Northeastern Pennsylvania fell silent: Breaker Boy Out on Strike The breaker boys are absolutely necessary to the operation of a big plant. In other years, when they have gone out on strike they have tied up big operations, and their parents have often been asked to take a hand…Pittston, Pennsylvania · Pittston Read Article

The Molly Maguire Executions: Building the Gallows in Pottsville

While researching the Molly Maguires for a larger future project, I came across a striking sketch from a July 1877 edition of Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper. The image depicts workmen inside Schuylkill County Prison in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, constructing the gallows for what would become the largest mass execution in Pennsylvania history. On June 21, 1877, six men were hanged at Pottsville and another four at Mauch Chunk (modern-day Ji…Pottsville, Pennsylvania · Pottsville Read Article

Flag Day: Commemorating the Symbol of American Freedom

Coverage: 2 sources

Each year the Patrick Henry and General Joseph Martin Daughters of the American Revolution partner to hold a Flag Day Commemoration.United States · United States See the Story

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