Teaching can be like planting a tree — teachers know what they do is important, but also know they might never see the end result of their work.
Some are lucky enough to ...
Venango Township along the northern border of Butler County once loomed much larger in the county’s history.
It was once twice as big as its present 21 square miles and i...
The public universities that comprise Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education have a rich and varied history.
Although the state system was created by statute in...
In the midst of an oft-forgotten 1880 presidential election between Ohio Congressman James Garfield and Civil War General Winfield Scott Hancock, the press touted the int...
It's an iconic scene in many World War II movies and TV shows: A group of G.I.s on the march encounter a group of children and offer them chocolate.
It's meant to show th...
The story of life in Middlesex Township began in 1793 when several men, including Revolutionary War veteran Thomas Martin, claimed land and settled in a piece of Pennsylv...
Butler has had many famous visitors during its 200 plus years of existence, beginning with the Marquis de Lafayette and Tom Thumb in the 19th century to Buffalo Bill Cody...
A tiny borough that’s technically separate from the borough of Mars and Adams Township, Valencia has a history all its own.
Formerly known as Brookside, then Sunnyside, t...
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
Address: 4079 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, N.Y.
Phone: 800-337-8474
Open: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily
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