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Free History Museum Open Tuesday – Saturday
The Cumberland County Historical Society offers a free museum that is open to everyone. Count on spending at least half a day to explore the entirety of our permanent galleries […]
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Colonial Washington and Me
Todd Hall 21 N. Pitt St., Carlisle, PA, United StatesThe J. Sherwood McGinnis, Jr. War, Peace, and Justice Project and the Carlisle Bridge Builders present author Jeffrey E. Finegan, Sr. and first-person historical interpreters George Washington and his enslaved […]
Babes in the Woods Talk
Todd Hall 21 N. Pitt St., Carlisle, PA, United States90 years ago this November, bodies found near Pine Grove Furnace led to a national search for their identity and the reasons behind their deaths. Historian and author of “The […]
Red Cross Blood Drive
Todd Hall 21 N. Pitt St., Carlisle, PA, United StatesAutumn leaves are falling, and the American Red Cross is calling. Now is a great time to give back to hospital patients by donating blood. NOV. 18-DEC. 8: All who […]
2nd Annual Holiday House Tour
Ticket Sales CLOSED. Celebrate the Holidays with CCHS on a guided Bus Tour featuring the following locations: Cumberland Hall (Carlisle) Stuart Manor (Carlisle) Mt. Tabor Church (Mt. Holly Springs) Rendezvous […]
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Free History Museum Open Tuesday – Saturday
Cumberland County Historical Society 21 N. Pitt Street, Carlisle, PA, United StatesThe Cumberland County Historical Society offers a free museum that is open to everyone. Count on spending at least half a day to explore the entirety of our permanent galleries […]
Holiday Thank You
Our final 150th anniversary event and a thank you to all our volunteers and supporters! RSVP Here:
Jim Cheney Meet and Greet
History on High - The Shop 33 W High St, Carlisle, PA, United StatesWith photographer Jim Cheney of Uncovering PA at History on High. RSVP Here:
Bosler Local History Series – Carlisle’s Lincoln Cemetery
Archives & Library Director, Cara Curtis, will explore the complex history of Carlisle’s oldest historic Black cemetery at the corner of Pitt and Penn Streets.
Early Cumberland County with Judith Ridner
Virtual program. Celebrating Cumberland County’s 275th anniversary with historian and author Judith Ridner. Sign up to receive a link to this program. RSVP Here:
Bosler Local History Series – Photographs and Memories of the Little Red Schoolhouse
Between the rides of the Blue Mountains and the crystalline waters of the Yellow Breeches Creek, one-room schoolhouse of yesteryear dot the landscape of Cumberland County. By the latter half […]
William Trent: Face of Westward Expansion
The son of a Philadelphia shipping merchant and the namesake for the capital of New Jersey, William Trent carved his own legacy as a gentleman, throughout the latter half of […]