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LOCAL HISTORY	[more headlines]

Updated: July 20, 2008 1:56:25 AM EDT

Fairfield woman likes to talk about Ike

Daily Record/Sunday News - James Robinson

She likes Ike. Eliza Jarvinen, 20, of Fairfield is spending her summer on the shuttle bus running between the Eisenhower National Historic Site and the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center. Full Story

Bringing the past to life

Items returned to guardsman's family


	Today in History - July 20 Today is Sunday, July 20, the 202nd day of 2008. There are 164 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon as they stepped out of their lunar module. Full Story

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE	[more]

Updated: July 13, 2008 4:51:21 AM EDT

A sign of a changing community

Submitted

A story headlined "Convertible belly-flops into pool" last week drew the heaviest Web traffic for a particular story and photo to York Daily Record/Sunday News Web sites in memory. Full Story

Debate over rebel occupation healthy, overdue

Answering readers' historical queries

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.

REMEMBER...	[more headlines]

Updated: June 22, 2008 1:08:30 AM EDT

Drive-in theaters

Daily Record/Sunday News - File

Gladys Wright will never forget the time she and her husband spent the better part of a night in their 1940 Chevrolet Coupe at a drive-in movie in Collinsville. Full Story

BLACK HISTORY	[more headlines]

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

York community leader Voni B. Grimes pens a memoir

Daily Record/Sunday News - Jason Plotkin

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

York Town Square

Universal York

Cannonball

Windows into York

See photos from throughout the reconstruction of an authentic blacksmith shop at Alda Ketterman Park in Dover by the Greater Dover Historical Society, submitted by Society members.

Script from Dynamic Drive

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

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.

Profiles in Heritage

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.

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

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.

History links

· These links provide more information about the rich history of York County, Pa. If you have a related site you'd like us to link to, e-mail the York Daily Record/Sunday News Web site staff at web@ydr.com.

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