Few would disagree that one of the distinctive qualities of Connoquenessing Borough is its melodious name. But the modest town had been born in the 19th century as an ord...
Young Fred Awtey was barely able to catch his breath at the family home in the small hamlet of Jenner’s Crossroads located along the Lincoln Highway in the Laurel Highlan...
For years, visitors to the old VA Medical Center, 325 New Castle Road, were greeted by volunteer Abie Abraham, of Renfrew, as he worked at the outpatient entrance informa...
The story of why 60 young men from Allegheny, Westmoreland, Juniata and Cumberland counties first decided to settle in what is now Center Township may never be known.
But...
My father, David Howard Rosenblum, was born in New Castle, in Lawrence County, one of nine offspring of Samuel and Raye. They all settled in Butler and lived in a grand, ...
After John Gillespie Sr. came to what is today Donegal Township in 1796, he built a simple cabin and returned to his previous residence to retrieve his few worldly posses...
Biochemical engineer Carey Reams was a long way from his Orange County, Fla. home on New Year’s Day, 1945.
His World War II United States Army company had just been orde...
A casual observer might believe that Lancaster Township hasn’t changed much since its earliest European settlers arrive in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Early ...
Paul Edward Angert is just one of 60 young men from the Butler area who sacrificed their lives during the war in southeast Asia. His name and those of 59 other heroes are...
Active-duty U.S. soldiers serving in Vietnam: 2.7 million
Total number of draftees: 1.9 million
Total U.S. military personnel: 9.1 million
U.S. soldiers killed: 58,220
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