World War II reenactors filled Tidioute over the weekend to recreate the battle for the Ludendorff Bridge in Remagen, Germany. Reenactors were dressed in authentic and replica uniforms from 1944, with both the American camp and the Nazi Germany camp. According to the planning committee, ...
SCANDIA - Elk Township Historical Society will feature a local blacksmith demonstration at its next open house on Saturday, June 14, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the former Scandia School. Lifelong area resident Ron Johnson has been smithing for more than 25 years in his blacksmith shop on Scandia Road. ...
Photo submitted to the Times Observer The April 28 Antique Study met at the Woman’s Club of Warren Historic Waters Mansion. We welcomed three guests, Marilyn Nelson, Kathy Gustafson and Pamela Pederson. Our program entitled Silver Treasures of the Home was presented by club member Rebecca ...
BERLIN (AP) — Central Berlin was in ruins after the Red Army completed the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in an intense fight for the capital in May 1945. After decades of division and its revival as the capital of a reunited, democratic Germany, the city is now transformed, blending ...
As National Surveyors Week ends, Joe McGraw, a local surveyor and president of the Northwest Chapter of the PA Society of Land Surveyors, is calling attention to Andrew Ellicott. Many influential American figures, including George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Thomas Jefferson, began ...
BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — On Christmas Eve in 1741, Moravian settlers named this Pennsylvania city after the biblical birthplace of Jesus. Nearly 300 years later, Moravians continue celebrating their Christmas season traditions in Bethlehem. They include the "putz," a Nativity scene that tells ...