Civil War veterans in Tower City, PA were infuriated by an insulting story about them in a local newspaper. So they took action.
“Sever all connection” – A group of Civil War veterans boycotted a Coal Region newspaper in 1883
Letters from War – A letter to the Schwartz family at home in Schuylkill County, August 1944
Irvin Schwartz's letter to his family in Schuylkill County was printed in the West Schuylkill Press-Herald in the summer of 1944.
Letters from War – Scenes at a joyous party in liberated Normandy, August 1944
As a French town fell to Irvin Schwartz's 26th Infantry Regiment, he documented the amusing scenes he witnessed among celebrating French civilians.
