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The history behind our great nation is a tapestry of stories about people who lived through landmark events, challenging times and amazing innovations.
America250: A Journey Through Time is a special publication designed to remember, celebrate and honor those pieces of our past as we prepare to mark the nation’s 250th birthday on July 4, 2026.
Each issue will include articles of national, state and county significance, profiles of people throughout the centuries and more.

The first 17 months will focus on slices of history and how events impacted the people who lived through those times. An added feature will show where readers can continue their own journeys through history at museums and historical attraction.
Starting in June 2024, America250: A Journey Through Time will examine the decades leading us back to the events that formed our nation. Data from the Census, which started in 1790, will assist in painting this portrait of America.

National Spotlight
As the sun rose on Monday, Jan. 1, 1900, Americans awoke to a new decade — the first in what would be called an “American Century.” Things were changing. George M. Cohan...
June 10, 2025 America 250
The Seattle Star, on a crowded front page of its Saturday, Jan. 1, 1910, edition, reported that one Charles W. Peterson had been robbed of $150 and a watch while celebrat...
May 13, 2025 America 250
President Herbert Hoover and first lady Lou Hoover hosted the traditional New Year’s Reception at the White House on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 1930. Covered extensively in the p...
March 11, 2025 America 250
The Washington, D.C., Evening Star reported Monday, Jan. 1, 1940, that “merry crowds” had gathered in the nation’s capital to greet the new year. They were in good spirit...
February 11, 2025 America 250
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Keystone Highlights
1900-1909 was mining’s deadliest in the nation’s history Many families in Pennsylvania have a similar story: a father, grandfather or great-grandfather who worked in the ...
June 10, 2025 America 250
As America’s domestic industry transitioned from wartime to peacetime production following World War I, Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company engineers were loo...
April 08, 2025 America 250
Folks growing up in Butler – really, any Western Pennsylvania city or town – likely have an amusement park memory they’ll never forget. Careening down the final drop on t...
March 11, 2025 America 250
Butler County brainchild takes the 1940s by storm
February 11, 2025 America 250
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County Times
West Sunbury is a small town that had some big dreams. Although at one time considered the smallest borough in the state, it had hopes it would become the county seat ins...
June 10, 2025 America 250
Barney Dreyfuss wasn’t jealous. He may have been envious. The Pittsburgh Pirates owner had seen Philadelphia open Shibe Park as the new home of the Athletics in 1909. Bas...
June 10, 2025 America 250
It was raining when James McCurdy arrived in the future Summit Township in 1796. The 19-year-old and his companion, Thomas Smith, were planning to settle in Mercer County...
May 13, 2025 America 250
Groups in Pittsburgh, Philly fought for suffrage
May 13, 2025 America 250
Long before the sleek ribbon of Interstate highways crisscrossed the United States, a bold idea sparked the imagination of a nation. That idea was the Lincoln Highway — A...
May 13, 2025 America 250
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Profiles of People
George Westinghouse was a natural inventor and tinkerer whose work literally helped illuminate the world at the end of the 19th century. From his youth working for his fa...
June 10, 2025 America 250
Pittsburgh athlete made his mark as an athlete, manager and owner
May 13, 2025 America 250
America has always loved its cowboys. Even before the frontier was declared closed in the late 19th century, people voraciously consumed dime novels that told fictional s...
April 08, 2025 America 250
Marian Anderson’s life was filled with moments where she was told “no” because of her race — but that didn’t stop her. Anderson was a Philadelphia native, born in the cit...
March 11, 2025 America 250
Hollywood’s leading man, a decorated war hero and Western Pennsylvania native
February 11, 2025 America 250
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Experience History
No. 9 Coal Mine and Museum Address: 9 Dock St., Lansford, Pa. Phone: 570-645-7074 Open: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday Of Note: Visitors ...
June 10, 2025 America 250
Gathered here are suggestions where history can be experienced. Information included was gathered from the museums’ websites. The Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum ...
May 13, 2025 America 250
Radio and Television Museum Address: 2608 Mitchelville Road, Bowie, Md. Phone:301-390-1020 Open: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunda...
April 08, 2025 America 250
American Amusement Park Museum Address: Newville, Pa. Website: www.amusement park history.com Open: for private tours through the website Of note: Private museum dedicate...
March 11, 2025 America 250
USGA Golf Museum and Library Address: 77 Liberty Corner Road, Liberty Corner, N.J. Phone: 908-326-1908 Open: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m Tuesday through Sunday Of ...
January 14, 2025 America 250
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Where To Go
Gathered here are suggestions where history can be experienced. Information included was gathered from the museums’ websites. Heinz History Center Address: 1212 Small...
July 11, 2023 America 250
Gathered here are places where history can be experienced. Information included was gathered from the museums’ websites. Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania Address...
May 09, 2023 America 250
Gathered here are suggestions where history can be experienced. Information included was gathered from the musuems’ websites Heinz History Center Address: 1212 Small...
April 11, 2023 America 250
Gathered here are suggestions where history can be experienced. Information included was gathered from the museums’ websites. Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum ...
March 14, 2023 America 250
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...
February 14, 2023 America 250
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