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Mike Quindlen presents Historically Inappropriate Comedy: Hilarious Heroes Edition a benefit for the Cumberland and West Shore Historical Societies at the West Shore Theatre. 317 Bridge Street, New Cumberland, PA 17070. Tickets: General Admission: $25 Booth (4 - 6 tickets): $125 (SOLD OUT) VIP High Top (2 tickets): $60 (SOLD OUT) Comic Bios: Host: Chris […]
Many recognize the athletic success that the famous football teams at the Carlisle Indian School enjoyed during at the turn of the 20th century. Football served as a publicity tool meant to promote the school’s mission to assimilate Indigenous Americans into Anglo-Protestant identities, and it did so in ways that reflected competing ideas about gender, manhood, […]
Jerry Clouse speaks on Henry's Valley, a Storied Place: Life within the Folds of the Blue Mountain. Come and learn where this somewhat mysterious valley is located. Local author Jerry […]
Jim Bradley captured on film 19 of the Reading Company's Iron Horse Rambles at numerous locations in Pennsylvania. This book presents over 200 photos, many not previously available to the […]
Saturday, December 10, 2022 2:30 PM Join Jim Griffith as he takes you around Carlisle and shares memories of Christmas festivities over the generations. Cost: $10/member; $15/nonmember; $5/school-age-children. Register Here
Thank you reception for our volunteers and supporters. RSVP Below:
The men and women who worked as porters for the Pullman Car Company on the Pennsylvania Railroad have an extraordinary history in both the labor movement and the civil rights […]
The amazing history uncovered while collecting stories in Mt Holly Springs.
This presentation will explore the history of Carlisle's oldest historic Black Cemetery. RSVP Here:
Since 1912, tourists have flocked to the Smithsonian to see the gowns of our First Ladies. By the 1960s, moved to larger quarters in what eventually became the National Museum […]
The culture of fashion in the nineteenth century represents a completely different world when compared with today’s attitudes towards dress and individuality. Within this context, photos of African Americans from […]
After a decade of locating, scanning, describing and sharing thousands of pages of Indian School records, what do we know now that we didn’t know before. Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource […]
