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It was 1918 and the dark clouds of World War I were raining bullets and shells over Europe — a conflict that would leave 20 million people dead over four years. Another m...

-- “Our Army at the Front” by Heywood Broun 1919 On Nov. 2, 1918, nine days before the end of the Great War, Nellie Geissenhainer of Zelienople, received a letter fr...

Butler Township took its name after Gen. Richard Butler, an Irish aristocrat who had distinguished himself with the Continental Army during the American Revolution, accor...

The Doughboy Park in Butler features a soldier. ...

A soldier stands tall at attention in his Union uniform, buttons and buckle shining. He has a bayoneted musket at his side and a gaunt look on his face. Behind him, a han...

On Feb. 15, 1805, a few dozen German immigrants huddled together in a log house near the Connoquenessing Creek and signed papers creating Harmony, Pa. They certainly didn...

The stone is weathered — taller and older than its neighbors. The man’s story passed from living memory long ago; it now hovers between written history and deep time. But...

By the summer of 1863, the American Civil War was largely seen as a war in two distinct theaters — the East and the West. In the West, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, who was comm...

Historic Harmony is a non-profit that operates the Harmony Museum. Our mission is three-fold: to restore, preserve, and educate. We currently preserve seven buildings an...

For anyone traveling to the greater Philadelphia area, Valley Forge is a destination unto itself. Preserved as the site of the 1777 to 1778 winter encampment for the Con...