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    • Home
    • Calendar
    • Videos
    • Contact Us
    • Collections
      • Museum House
      • Museum Barn
      • Smith Paintings
      • Iron Collar
      • Buffalo Hide and Rifle
      • Wars
      • Governor Signatures
      • Carl's Drug Store
      • Virtual Exhibits
    • Ebbert Spring Park
    • Enoch Brown Park
    • Research
      • Soldiers' Stories
      • Gordon Crook's Research
    • Local History
      • Early History
      • Schools
      • Buildings
    • People
    • Suffrage

  • Home
  • Calendar
  • Videos
  • Contact Us
  • Collections
    • Museum House
    • Museum Barn
    • Smith Paintings
    • Iron Collar
    • Buffalo Hide and Rifle
    • Wars
    • Governor Signatures
    • Carl's Drug Store
    • Virtual Exhibits
  • Ebbert Spring Park
  • Enoch Brown Park
  • Research
    • Soldiers' Stories
    • Gordon Crook's Research
  • Local History
    • Early History
    • Schools
    • Buildings
  • People
  • Suffrage

Video

 Monthly speaker meeting: 7 p.m., Thursday, September 14, 2023 Speaker Ben Thomas, Mayor of Greencastle, & Rescue Hose’s Museum and History Committee.

 “The Rescue Hose Company History and the Firemen’s Carnival.” In the German Bank Barn, 365 South Ridge Avenue, Greencastle, Pennsylvania 17225. The facility is wheelchair accessible. ~ When the “block party” was first held, either along East Madison Street or North Washington Street, the fire station was located at 60 North Washington Street, the building of which is now the Greencastle Police Headquarters. ~ Later, as the event became more popular and the Fire Station moved to South Carlisle Street, it became known as the Fireman’s Carnival. 

"Retreat from Gettysburg"

 ~ Thursday, July 6 Speaker: On the 160th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg and the three-day retreat, the speaker for the evening is Steve French, a Hedgesville, WV native.  

~ French is a nationally recognized authority on Confederate guerrilla warfare in the eastern theatre.  He is speaking on “The Retreat from Gettysburg.” 

“Dolly Harris Greencastle’s Flag-Waving Girl"

Bonnie A. Shockey, president of Allison-Antrim Museum, presented a PowerPoint program entitled “Defying General Pickett – Dolly Harris Greencastle’s Flag-Waving Girl.”  Frances “Dolly” Harris Lesher is the only known Civil War era, Pennsylvania woman buried with full military honors upon her death. 

1955 Fairchild Sports Car Races

It’s October 1955 and 15,000 spectators have gathered at the Hagerstown Municipal Airport to witness the Fairchild National Sports Car Races. Sports cars including Jaguar, Ferrari and Maserati will reach speeds of 120 mph on the temporary 2.4-mile race course.  The event, sponsored by the Fairchild Employees Recreation Association has attracted some of the biggest names in racing from all over the country hoping to win the 2nd annual President's Cup.

Remembering Ted Alexander

Reminiscing OHW 2022

Reminiscing OHW 2022

Brian Fuss

 GAHS graduate 1980, CBS Photographer for Air Force 1 and CBS White House Photographer 

Greg Hoover, Interviewer

Growing up in Shady Grove

 Bonnie Shank, Faye (Kell) Stouffer, June (Mentzer) Von Eiff, Donald B Gipe, Terry Mummert, Ronald G Gipe 

Bob Thomas, Interviewer.

Ebbert Family

 Ron Ebbert & Ebbert Family Members – Growing Up and Visiting Aunt Susan and Aunt Lizzie at Ebbert Spring, now the Ebbert Spring Archaeological Preserve and Heritage Park 

Greencastle Automobile Dealerships

Kermit Hicks

Grove Pilots

Fred Heefner and Friends.

  John (Tim) Bussard, Larry Pedersen, and Edward (Ed) Tabler

David Warren – Master Woodcraftsman

 Children Wayne Warren, Lorraine Hess, 

Janice Bartles, Carolyn Bingaman 

Henson's Bakery

Ted Henson & Emily Smalt

360 Museum Tour

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Take a Virtual 360 Degree Tour of the Museum 

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Local Underground Railroad

In recognition of African American History Month, a PowerPoint “The Anderson Family, the Underground Railroad, & Antrim Township” is presented by Bonnie Shockey.    (February 2020) 

The 126th Pennsylvania

The late Ted Alexander, AAMI’s historian and retired historian of Antietam National Battlefield, was the first monthly speaker of 2018.  His topic was “The 126th Pennsylvania: Franklin County’s Own.” Several thousand men from Franklin County served in the Union Army during the Civil War. The most prominent unit was the 126th Pennsylvania - a 9-month unit primarily raised in Franklin County. 

"Gallery of History"

 The First National Bank of Greencastle, PA commissioned Mark Twain Noe to produce paintings depicting various historical scenes in Greencastle-Antrim area.  These paintings, known as ‘A Gallery of History’,  lined the hallways of the bank.  A 21-minute slide presentation containing photos of the paintings and a narrative of each Greencastle scene were assembled and produced on VHS tapes. 

Fly on the Wall Tour

Check out the flight of a fly as it visits the museum.

Edison's Amberola

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