We’re closing our series with a celebration of our community’s past & present heritage with a potluck dinner at Second Presbyterian Church. We’re asking community members to donate a main, side dish, or dessert that has meaning to your family, history or culture. Along with a dish, individuals have the option of submitting a story […]
This tour is currently full. Learn about Carlisle’s Civil War history from our volunteer Civil War guide, Dennis Minnich. Meet at the Cumberland County Historical Society. Cost: $8/member; $12/nonmember; $5/school-age-children
You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade… A paratrooper is left for dead among dying enemy soldiers. A medic survives captivity in Nazi Germany only to be liberated by the Russians. A recon scout draws gunfire to save GIs trapped on the Siegfried Line. In a salute to a fading generation, award-winning journalist […]
Tickets: $45/$80 This is one Speakeasy that is not a secret! May is Preservation Month and we are honoring preservation in Cumberland County with a Speakeasy themed Preservation Awards Reception. This year’s reception will be held in the historic Odd Fellow’s Hall (above our G.B. Stuart Workshop and Museum Shop). Attendees will have an opportunity […]
Registration is closed. 7:00 AM Depart from the Two Mile House 1189 Walnut Bottom Rd. Carlisle, PA 3:30 PM Depart for Carlisle. Normal travel time between 2 - 2.5 hours. On May 23, 2019, join CCHS for a bus trip to Wintethur to see the dazzling gold of Queen Elizabeth’s coronation robe to the simple […]
Mt. Tabor Cemetery on Cedar Street in Mount Holly Springs. For questions contact Lindsay Varner at lvarner@historicalsociety.com
Comfort Suites Downtown Carlisle 10 S. Hanover Street, Carlisle, PA 17013 Help commemorate George Washington's visit to Carlisle in the summer of 1794 with an evening of music by David and Ginger Hildebrand. Music offers a wonderful view into the events and people involved in the Whiskey Rebellion - through songs written by John Dickinson […]
Join the festivities on June 23, 2019 as a commemorative plaque is unveiled at the Enola Miller House. 200 First Street - Corner of First Street and Valley Road just of SR 11-15 Rain or Shine; bring your folding chairs or picnic blankets to spread on the lawn. For questions and information, contact the Historical […]
Presentation with Cooper Wingert & Scott Mingus on their new book "Targeted Tracks: The Cumberland Valley Railroad in the Civil War, 1861-1865" The Civil War was the first conflict in which railroads played a major role. Although much has been written about their role in general, little has been written about specific lines. The Cumberland […]
Join us this month at the Mt. Holly Inn as Andre Weltman presents on using the land as a resource in the 19th Century.
Under the arrangements of Colonel Edward House, President Woodrow Wilson’s confidant, Vance McCormick secretly takes the train from Harrisburg to New York City where he meets a “tall man with a big bay window and carrying a New York Evening Post” This was the beginning of McCormick’s diplomatic adventure into the Paris Peace Conference. Given […]
Rachel Knapp joins CCHS from the Pro Football Hall of Fame, where she worked as the Curatorial and Exhibits Specialist. Come meet Rachel at an informal meet and greet from 5:30 - 6:30 in Todd Hall.