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Situated just prior to two of the most cataclysmic events of the 20th century — the Great Depression and World War II — it’s not surprising that World War I is a bit over...

The Medal of Honor is the highest honor that a service member in the United States Military can receive. The award is so prestigious that the accuracy of every recipient ...

It was Saturday, Dec. 12, 1903, and a devastating typhoid fever epidemic had been leaving death at the doorstep of dozens of homes throughout the small communities of But...

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...