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“Join the Nation…thank a Vietnam Veteran” is the slogan for and main focus of The United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration. ...
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The Historical Society
Mar 13, 2023
Notable Women: Jane Grey Swisshelm
March is designated as “Women’s History Month” a celebration of women’s contributions to history, culture and society. This month we...
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Jonathan Bogert
Feb 4, 2023
Museum Happenings February 2023
Students have settled in to yet another semester as frigid temperatures descend on Indiana County. Though the year is still young, much...
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Allen Fiechuk
Jan 28, 2023
The 'Hoodlebug' - Linking Indiana County
Transportation is the life-line to any community, it helps move people and goods from place to place. It enables communities to thrive...
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The Historical Society
Jan 21, 2023
Art Through Textiles: Quilts and Quilters of Indiana County
This month brought with it a new year, and also a new exhibit “Art Through Textiles: Quilts and Quilters of Indiana County, 1850 to 1950.”...
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Allen Fiechuk
Dec 20, 2022
Christmas Past in Indiana County
“A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens, a favorite novel read by many at this time of year. Indiana County has a special connection to...
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Jonathan Bogert
Dec 3, 2022
Museum Happenings December 2023
The end of the year has arrived much sooner than anticipated. The previous eleven months have flown by thanks to an active program...
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Allen Fiechuk
Nov 19, 2022
Happy Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving - a day we set aside to give thanks, but why do we celebrate this day? We are all familiar with the first “thanksgiving”...
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Jonathan Bogert
Nov 12, 2022
Annual Meeting Recap 2022
October has come and gone, and with it the Society’s 84th annual meeting. The weather was favorable, and the atmosphere was seasonal. The...
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Allen Fiechuk
Oct 29, 2022
Haunted Halloween
Each year on October 31, we celebrate Halloween - we go trick-or-treating, carve jack-o-lanterns, put on costumes, and attend parties. ...
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Jonathan Bogert
Oct 22, 2022
The Historic Gates Hospital
What is the value of an old building? From a monetary perspective they can be quite costly and take a tremendous amount of effort to...
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The Historical Society
Oct 15, 2022
The Fiddling Ghost of Mahoning Valley
Indiana County’s musical ghost inhabits a little house at Smicksburg in West Mahoning Township, and has been named the “fiddling ghost of...
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The Historical Society
Oct 8, 2022
Life of the Departed
Benjamin Franklin once said, “In this world, nothing can be said to be certain except Death and Taxes.” Since the beginning of time,...
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Jonathan Bogert
Sep 17, 2022
The Great Street Car Robbery
During the first quarter of the twentieth century, Indiana County saw tremendous wealth thanks to the flourishing businesses and industry...
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Jonathan Bogert
Sep 10, 2022
Beyond Ancestry
We live in the golden age of genealogical and historical research. DNA tests, coupled with mainstream websites, such as Ancestry and...
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The Historical Society
Aug 27, 2022
Collections Corner: The No. 14 Cannon
The cannon which is now positioned on the corner of South Sixth Street and Washington Avenue outside the Museum is No. 14 of 70, 5 inch...
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Jonathan Bogert
Aug 20, 2022
Sanborn Maps
Insurance is and always has been a tricky business. Modern companies, outfitted with technology that would have astounded people of the...
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Allen Fiechuk
Aug 13, 2022
Second Annual "A Night at the Museum"
Beginning last year in August, strange things started to happen at the museum. After everything began opening again, the Historical...
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Jonathan Bogert
Jul 30, 2022
Collections Corner: The Piano in the Parlor
Imagine the year is 1870 and you find yourself seated in the grand parlor of one of the many affluent residences of Indiana County. As...
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Allen Fiechuk
Jul 16, 2022
Fergus Moorhead - An Adventure
It was May 1772, and Captain Fergus Moorhead was just twenty-nine years old. He along with his two brothers Samuel and Joseph, James...
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