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Parrish tells history of the UDC and Chapter
Thomasville Times-Enterprise, Ga. via Yahoo News· 8 months agoSep. 14—THOMASVILLE- The John B. Gordon chapter 383 UDC began its new year with chapter member Jinanne Parrish being introduced by Sheila Tucker, Historian, as speaker. Her program was "John ...
Gettysburg 160th anniversary offers chance to learn about York County Civil War story
York Daily Record via Yahoo News· 11 months ago. A couple of years ago, historian Scott Mingus and I pulled together a list of unsung or overlooked...
AREA HAPPENINGS: Barbershop music in Orrville, Rogues' Hollow Festival
The Daily Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAkron Derbytown Chorus, 7 p.m. Thursday, Rehm Gazebo, lower Orr Park, 400 N. Elm St., Orrville. In...
UDC learns about Fort Clinch
Thomasville Times-Enterprise, Ga. via Yahoo News· 2 months agoMar. 12—THOMASVILLE- The John B. Gordon 383 UDC heard the chapter's historian, Sheila Tucker, present a program called "Fort Clinch, Fernandina, Florida" this past week. She first gave some ...
That time President Lincoln had front-row seats to a Confederate surprise attack
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 9 months agoFort Stedman lincoln President Abraham Lincoln ran a squeaker of a presidential campaign in 1864. In...
When the Confederates raided York, everyone played with fire
York Daily Record via Yahoo News· 10 months agoIn their day, these four Lancaster County men had worked with their heads and hands, making things,...
When was spark that ignited the York race riots struck? Longer ago than you might think
York Daily Record via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAs the story goes, the deadly York race riots of 1969 started when a Black youth claimed a gang...
How people crossed the Susquehanna River before bridges were built
York Daily Record via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThere’s a newspaper story from the 1800s that tells how four-legged York and Lancaster animals...
Years after the Civil War, York surrendered a second time to Confederates
York Daily Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen John Gordon mounted York's opera house’s stage to deliver his “Last Days of the Confederacy” speech, he was given a pulpit to preach a sermon on the Lost Cause.
Fort Gordon name change to Fort Eisenhower moves forward
Aiken Standard, S.C. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 7—Fort Gordon's name change to Fort Eisenhower will soon be official. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin sent a memorandum to senior Pentagon officials Thursday accepting the recommendations ...
