Thursday, May 9, 2024, 7 pm
Mike Strausner, President of the Fort Loudoun Historic Site, will present a PowerPoint presentation about the history of the Fort Loudoun site from prehistoric times to modern day. The presentation will include details of native Americans who lived there before European settlement, the first settler who built his homestead there, and the building of the fort and military operations from 1756 to 1765. The second part of the presentation will discuss the Historical Society's role at the site, the reconstruction efforts underway, and the goals of the Historical Society.
April-May Exhibition: Take Me Out to the Ball Game:
A-A Museum’s Collection of Greencastle-Antrim Baseball
Baseball artifacts and memorabilia from the museum’s collection including the Princeton uniform worn by Greencastle’s Charles “King” Lear and his mitt, the Greencastle Athletics’ uniform of John Baer, the bat used for the first homerun on Barkdoll Field, and photographs of local ball teams will be exhibited.
Before WWI, Greencastle had produced three major league baseball players – Albert “Bert” Goetz, Charles “Togie” Pittenger, and Charles “King” Lear. Bert Goetz, a pitcher, is thought to be the first person in Greencastle’s history to throw a curve ball. He played for the National League’s Baltimore team for a while. During the 1890s, Togie Pittenger played with minor league teams in Martinsburg, W.V., Carlisle and Chambersburg. He was then signed by the Boston Braves during the late 1890s and was one of their top pitchers in 1902. He was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies making him one of the first major league players to be traded. Pittenger died at the age of 37 after developing Bright’s disease, which affects the kidneys. It is said that Charles “King” Lear, a pitcher, invented the knuckle ball. He played for the Mercersburg Academy and Princeton University and was then signed by the Cincinnati Reds in 1914.
The exhibit will run from Thursday, April 18, 2024, to Saturday, May 25, 2024.
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