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LOCAL HISTORY	[more headlines]

Updated: July 03, 2009 8:15:30 PM EDT

At Confederate camp, Stinky feeds the troops

Daily Record/Sunday News - Meghan Gauriloff

The mistake happened 26 years ago, and it haunts Ralph Vannoy to this day. Unaware of the impending consequences, the rookie Confederate re-enactor packed his bags with the usual supplies in preparation for his first Civil War re-enactment event. Full Story

Great-great-great-grandson follows in Confederate major's footsteps

Battle of Hanover: A key to victory at Gettysburg


	Today in History - July 4 Today is Saturday, July 4, the 185th day of 2009. There are 180 days left in the year. This is Independence Day. Full Story

Recent local history discussions from The Exchange, our online discussion board:

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE	[more]

Updated: June 28, 2009 1:42:43 PM EDT
	Civil War now a hot topic in York I was sitting around at some public event a couple of years ago when a man came up and introduced himself. His name was Gerald Austin Robison Jr. I bolted upright and extended my hand. Full Story Amish, Mennonites took pacifist stand Smithsonian to open Earl Shaffer exhibition

REMEMBER...	[more headlines]

Updated: June 20, 2009 11:24:38 PM EDT
	Readers recall fear, destruction of Tropical Storm Agnes Elmer Ferlow has watched a man drown. And he couldn't do a thing about it. It happened 37 years ago this month, on Richland Avenue in York. Full Story

BLACK HISTORY	[more headlines]

Updated: July 07, 2008 7:16:48 AM EDT

York community leader Voni B. Grimes pens a memoir

Some time ago, York Daily Record editor Jim McClure suggested to Voni Grimes that Grimes write a memoir. Full Story

Black History Month: Spotlighting York County humanitarians

Museum to honor black leader

The Pen is Mightier examines the writings of patriots in what was then York Town, a Pennsylvania frontier town, as the revolution's leaders camped out for nine months in 1777-78. See the Exhibit
More on the war: Nine Months in York Town: Our county's role in the Revolutionary War

Civil War comes to York County

In this interactive exhibit, explore the days in late June 1863 when the Confederate shadow moved over York County to settle 30 miles west for the brewing battle in Gettysburg. See the exhibit
· More on the war: East of Gettysburg: The Civil War comes to York County

East of Gettysburg by James McClure focuses on York County's role in the Civil War.

Nine Months in York Town by James McClure focuses on York County's role in the Revolutionary War.

York County Profiles in Heritage

February was Black History Month, and in honor, the York Daily Record/Sunday News looked at local African-Americans who've made in a difference.

The Public and Private Art of Walt Partymiller

Watercolorist and Gazette & Daily editorial cartoonist Walt Partymiller's work was brought to light again during a 2001 exhibit at the York County Heritage Trust.

Women's History in York

March was Women's History Month, and in honor, the York Daily Record/Sunday News looked at local women who've made in a difference.

Murals of York

Take a walking tour of downtown York's historic murals, and learn more about what the paintings symbolize about our past.

All in One Room

Readers of the York Daily Record/Sunday News shared their memories of the days of one-room schools in the county and beyond.

Printable bookmark

Love local history? Print out this bookmark featuring Jim McClure's "In the thick of the fight," a guide to York County's involvement in World War II.

A guide to York's iconic images

This May 2008 special section looks at 20 images that illustration 20-score years of York County's past, from 1608-2008.

York County and the Revolution

Don't know much about "York Revolution" history? A May 2007 special section, produced in conjunction with the local baseball team's debut, shares the story behind the county's role in the Revolutionary War.