Old Capitol Building

When the decision was made in 1810 to designate Harrisburg the Pennsylvania State Capital, the prophecy of John Harris Jr.'s town plan of 1785 was realized. At that time, he donated four acres of land to the Commonwealth, a portion ...

Present State Capitol Building

Upon the destruction of the Old Capitol Building in 1897, the sense of loss was quickly replaced by a new spirit of community advancement for which the construction of a new Capitol Building would act as catalyst. in order to ...

Battery E, 2nd U.S. Artillery

U.S.A.

Battery E, 2nd U.S. Artillery.

Lieut. Samuel E. Benjamin, U.S.A. Commanding.

(September 16-17, 1862.)

On the morning of September 16, Benjamin's Battery took position on the ridge bordering the Antietam, above the Burnside Bridge, engaged the Confederate batteries on and around Cemetery Hill ...

Public Sector Unionism

Efforts to organize public workers in PA resulted in Acts 111 in 1968 and 195 in 1970. Tens of thousands of public employees joined unions. The movement to unionize public workers began in the 1930's. was legislatively restricted in 1947 ...

Berkeley County Confederate Monument

Front

Honoring Berkeley County Confederate Soldiers “Deo Vindice”

J B Adkins, S Adkins, S Alexander, J Armstrong, J F Avinger, E Ball, I Ball, J M Ball, J Ball, W J Ball, A Ballentine, J J Ballentine, L E Ballentine, W J ...

The Battle of Ox Hill

Boulders and Quartz Stone

The boulders and quartz stone beside this fence mark the location where Union General Isaac Stevens fell with the flag of the 79th New York “Highlanders” during the initial Union assault. Here, Stevens’ troops threw down ...

Pine Street Presbyterian Church

After having split from the Presbyterian Church of Harrisburg in 1858, the newly formed congregation, which built this church, first met in the Chambers of the Pennsylvania State Senate. Completed in 1860, the limestone-constructed Pine Street Presbyterian Church was designed ...

Burrell Normal School

Burrell High School

This school named Burrell Academy,formerly in Selma, Alabama, was given to Florence by the American Missionary Association. In 1903, Burrell Normal School opened and served African ~American students in grades 1-12. In 1937, the Florence City Board of ...

New Hope First Baptist Church and Cemetery

Although Baptist worship services may have been conducted in this area as early as 1848, this church was not formally chartered until 1868. On October 22 of that year the organizational meeting was held in the home of James M. ...

Dead of the North Anna Battlefield

This monument honors all the valiant men who lost their lives on the battlefields of the North Anna

May 23-26, 1864

“No more shall the war cry sever,

or the winding rivers be red;

They banish our anger forever

when they laurel the graves of ...