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What's going on in and around Somerset County through the end of June?
The Daily American via Yahoo News· 11 months agoPeople or groups with events are invited to post them for free in the Daily American events calendar. https://www.dailyamerican.com/things-to-do/events/ Strawberry Festival The Mount Calvary ...
Restored 'The Johnstown Flood' silent film from 1926 to debut at State Theater
The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMay 15—JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — A restored version of the 1926 silent film "The Johnstown Flood" will premiere on May 28 in The State Theater of Johnstown, which just so happened to open in that same ...
'America's best narrative historian': David McCullough, author of 'The Johnstown Flood,' remembered...
The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 9—JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Back in the 1960s, David McCullough, then a writer working on his first book, came to the Johnstown area to research the historic May 31, 1889 flood. He dug through newspaper ...
History fans fill State Theater to watch remastered 'The Johnstown Flood' silent film
The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa. via Yahoo News· 12 months agoMay 29—JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Popcorn and drinks in hand, history fans made their way into the State Theater of Johnstown on Sunday to watch a digitally remastered showing of the 1926 silent film ...
Chester County man killed in crash during Duryea Hillclimb [updated]
Reading Eagle, Pa. via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAug. 21—Every year, Claire Malfaro looks forward to getting a piece of artwork from her oldest son as her birthday gift. Michael Malfaro, 32, makes memory jars, vessels adorned with discarded ...
London writers' local visits shaped fictionalized play on 1889 Johnstown Flood
The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa. via Yahoo News· 12 months agoMay 29—LONDON — The 134th anniversary of the Johnstown Flood of 1889 will draw attention outside western Pennsylvania when it's commemorated on Wednesday. Some 3,700 miles away, members of the ...
'The Pittsburgh Novel' catalogs Western Pennsylvania fiction back to the late 1700s
Tribune-Review, Greensburg, Pa. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDec. 15—As a young man in the early 1960s, Peter Oresick stopped at his local library and borrowed a copy of "Request for Sherwood Anderson," a story collection by fellow Ford City native Frank ...
Victims of 1889 disaster remembered at Johnstown Flood National Memorial
The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa. via Yahoo News· 12 months agoJun. 1—SOUTH FORK, Pa. — A single candle flickered through the darkness Wednesday night in memory of Casper Wehn at the Johnstown Flood National Memorial. There were lights too for Maggie A.
JAHA's CEO retiring after 44 years
The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa. via Yahoo Finance· 9 months agoAug. 16—JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — After 44 years, Richard Burkert, president and chief executive officer of the Johnstown Area Heritage Association, is retiring. Burkert, whose retirement is effective ...
Construction to begin to complete Path of the Flood Trail
The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNov. 16—SOUTH FORK, Pa. — When Doug Bosley started working for the National Park Service at the Johnstown Flood National Memorial, he heard stories about how one day a trail would follow the ...
