See all our upcoming programming.
2024
Lost and Found: The Rediscovery of Fort Halifax by Joe Baker
40 Years at CCHS by Richard Tritt
2025 Reed Architecture Lecture – Sustainability at Home by Joshua Dourte
Primers, Penmanship, and Potbelly Stoves: One Room Schoolhouses by Jen Patel
Barnitz Remembrances by Ron Brehm
Black Freedom-Making in the Early National Cumberland Valley by Dr. Cory Young
Historians’ Well-Being: Preserving the Past While Nurturing the Self by John Heckman aka the Tattooed Historian
2023
Central Pennsylvania’s Railroads as Strategic Targets During the Civil War by Dane DiFebo
Schoeppe Murder Trial by Mark Podvia
Ross Braught: Man of Imagination by Roland Sabates
Targeted Tracks: The Cumberland Valley Railroad in the Civil War by Scott Mingus
The I Knew George Washington Series by Jeffrey Finnegan Sr.
Life on the Rails: the Story of a CVRR Engineer by Kevin Talhelm
World War II Memories – The Book Series Part 2 by Joe D. Cress
Playing in the Past: History and Digital Gaming by John Heckman aka the Tattooed Historian
Holly Heroines: Stories Seldom Told
Celebrating Mt. Holly Springs’ Anniversary by Jim Burgess
Tracks Through Time in Cumberland County by Randy Watts
Oh the Stories They Tell – The story of the Mt. Tabor AME Zion Church in Mt. Holly by Carmen James
Sleeping Car Porters by Bill Barry
2022
Henry’s Valley, A Storied Place by Jerry Clouse
The Imperial Gridiron: Manhood, “Civilization,” and football at the Carlisle Indian School by Dr. John Bloom
Night with the Babe by Mike Gibbons
Murder Most Foul by Joseph David Cress
Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe by David Maraniss
Project 61 – 6th Annual R. C. Reed Architecture Lecture by David L. Smith
Fierce Valor: The True Story of Ronald Speirs and His Band of Brothers by Jared Frederick
The National Guard of Pennsylvania & Gobin Guard of Carlisle by the NGP History Project
Pasadena Paranormal Investigation of the Odd Fellows Building
The Realities and Advances in Civil War Medicine, Surgery, and the Ambulance Corps by Jim Richards
Lesser-Known Paper Mills of Cumberland County by Randy Watts
The North End A’s by Paul Hoch
Paper Mills of Mt. Holly by Randy Watts
Remembering Agnes: A Panel Discussion on the Local and Regional Flooding of June of 1972
World War II Memories – The Book Series by Joe D. Cress
Jim and Mary Bradley Celebration of Life – Iron Horse Rambles Talk by George Johnson
The Quartz Crystal Industry in Cumberland County, PA by Randy Watts
The Real (Boring) Mill Story by Randy Watts
The Carlisle Fencibles by Randy Watts
2021
Architecture is About Ideas by John P. Reed
Remembering Lost Cumberland County by David Smith
Frederick Watts and the Founding of Penn State by Roger L. Williams
The ABCs of Cumberland County Series
2020
Horse Heads as Charms: Myths and Legends of Cumberland County PA
Stan Jones the Legacy of Sports in Cumberland County, PA
The Altar Chairs and the story of the Mt Tabor AMEZ Church
2019
The Town Shut Down: 1918 Flu Epidemic
Architect and Client: Shaping the Look of 20th Century Buildings
Learning from Forgotten Stories
Images of America Mechanicsburg by Beverley Bone
Daniel Drawbaugh by Charles Stone
How History Shapes our Experiences
Virtual Tour of Mt. Tabor AME Zion Church by Lindsay Varner and Carmen James
Reconnecting the Histories of our Community
The Idea of Race as a Political Strategy: Examples from American History by Jacqueline Jones
Camp Michaux Update by David Smith
Carlisle Indian School Outings in Boiling Springs PA by Barbara Landis
2018
Reading the Photographs of the Carlisle Indian School by Kate Theimer
Telling Difficult Stories Part 1 by Cara Curtis and Dr. Lindsay Varner
Taverns: “Entertainment for Man and Beast” by Merri Lou Schaumann
Hospitals, Hygiene and Healthcare: A History of Medicine at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, 1879-1918 by Frank Vitale IV
Weapons & Gear at the Time of the Whiskey Rebellion, 1794 by Tad Miller
Slavery for Life or Otherwise: South Central Pennsylvania’s Enslaved and Slaveholding Families in the Age of Gradual Abolition, 1780-1847 by Cory James Young
Historic Barns of Southeastern Pennsylvania by Greg Huber
Highlights of the Jim Bradley Photograph Collection by Richard Tritt
Philadelphia’s Newest Gem: The Museum of the American Revolution by Matthew Skic
Carlisle Indian School Outings in Wellsville, Pa by Barbara Landis & Merri Lou Schaumann
The Captivity Narrative: The Stories of the McCullough & Lowry Families – Presented by Tad Miller
2017
Alexander Logan, Early Settler – Presented by Linda Gilmore
Charcoal Hearths, Collier Huts, and Haul Roads: Traces of the Iron Industry across South Mountain – Presented by Andre Weltman
Cumberland Railway – Newville Trolley – Presented by Randy Watts
Carlisle and Mount Holly Trolley – Presented by Randy Watts
2nd Annual Richard C. Reed Contemporary Architecture Lecture – Presented by John P. Reed
Carlisle Indian Industrial School Virtual Tour – Presented by Barbara Landis
Women and Women’s Groups of Cumberland County in World War I presented by Sandy Mader
Lenore Embick Flower presented by Dawn Flower-Webb and Lenore R. Flower
African-American Troops from Cumberland County in World War I presented by Stephanie Jirard
Monuments, Men, and Memory presented by Dr. Steven Burg
The Centenary of US Entry into World War I with Special Focus on the Service of Volunteer Fire Companies presented by Randy Watts
Railroads of Lemoyne presented by Randy Watts
2016
Poetry Reading by Mary Anne Morefield
Mid-Century, Middle Class, and Modern presented by Wendy Pires
The Park Before the Park presented by Dr. Andre Weltman
Carlisle Indian School Outings along the Railroad, Carlisle to Gettysburg presented by Barbara Landis
2015
Mills of Cumberland County – 2015 Cumberland County Historical Society Exhibit Opening presented by from Richard Tritt, CCHS Photo Curator and Dr. Dorothy Merritts of Franklin and Marshall College.
Shared Histories of African Americans and Native Americans in Cumberland County presented by Sandy Mader
2014
Carlisle Journeys: American Indians in Show Business
2013
Millicent Line Kitzmiller presented by Sandy Mader
2003
Cumberland County, PA Serviceman Who Died in Vietnam by Wayne Motts
For additional information on any of our programs, please contact:
Sharon Filipovich, Events and Membership Coordinator at 717 249 7610.