-- “Our Army at the Front” by Heywood Broun 1919
On Nov. 2, 1918, nine days before the end of the Great War, Nellie Geissenhainer of Zelienople, received a letter fr...
Butler Township took its name after Gen. Richard Butler, an Irish aristocrat who had distinguished himself with the Continental Army during the American Revolution, accor...
A soldier stands tall at attention in his Union uniform, buttons and buckle shining. He has a bayoneted musket at his side and a gaunt look on his face. Behind him, a han...
On Feb. 15, 1805, a few dozen German immigrants huddled together in a log house near the Connoquenessing Creek and signed papers creating Harmony, Pa.
They certainly didn...
We can easily imagine a young man looking out the porthole of his ship in Havana Harbor and admiring the Cuban sunset.
Friend Jenkins was a 32-year-old first lieutenant f...
The stone is weathered — taller and older than its neighbors. The man’s story passed from living memory long ago; it now hovers between written history and deep time. But...
By the summer of 1863, the American Civil War was largely seen as a war in two distinct theaters — the East and the West.
In the West, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, who was comm...
Historic Harmony is a non-profit that operates the Harmony Museum. Our mission is three-fold: to restore, preserve, and educate.
We currently preserve seven buildings an...
Cruiser Olympia
Address: Independence Seaport Museum, 211 S. Christopher Columbus Blvd., Philadelphia
Phone: 215-413-8655
Open: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily except...
