Fort Augusta in Sunbury hosted a really cool event Saturday.
History Day included a WWII camp, some cool Lincoln memorabilia, and colonial people.
Most of it was hands on, too.
The event was revived after several years of lapsing. I was there for work, but would definitely go back for fun. Anyone interested in history should check it out in coming years.
Here’s some extra photos from the WWII camp:
I love old-fashioned architecture, especially some that tells a story.
The North Shore Railroad company headquarters on Priestley Avenue in Northumberland does just that:
The railroad station building is a great reminder of the region’s logistics and transportation roots, while emphasizing that they are still very much a part of our modern economy.
You can check out more details later this month in our Commerce section, but logitics and transportation in the area is booming. – but many don’t realize the NSRR headquarters are there, tucked beside the river in Northumberland.
If you love railroad architecture, this is a must see.
Send me your favorite local hidden gems at awislock@dailyitem.com!
Helena Muffly (the diary’s author) in a photo from her granddaughter’s blog, A Hundred Years Ago
I got an interesting email Tuesday from a local blogger – Sheryl Lazarus – whose blog isn’t your typical look at local history:
You might find my blog interesting. It’s called A Hundred Years Ago. I’ve been posting my grandmother’s diary entries on it exactly 100 years to the day after she wrote them. She grew up on a farm in the McEwensville-Watsontown area, and kept the diary during her teen years from 1911 to 1914. I also include background information, old-time recipes, photos from hundred-year-old magazines, and other interesting things. I’m now just past the half-way point in the diary, and have posted a diary entry for each day for the past two years.
The blog is indeed really fascinating.
Sheryl posts diary entries and then adds her own context and commentary. For example in an entry describing Helena (the diary’s author) copying a dialogue for her school’s literary society, Sheryl wonders what she was reading and posts the text of a poem that might have been on the society’s radar.
It’s a fascinating look into the history of the region.
Make sure to visit A Hundred Years Ago!
And definitely send me any links to local sites you think are worth a mention!
