In Episode 3 of "The Gazette," explore letters from new recruits in the US Army, flag-waving in Pittston, and the state of war in May 1861.
The Gazette: Episode 3 – Excelsior on the March
The Gazette: Episode 2 – Military on the March
Pittston's young men mobilized for action one week after the attack on Fort Sumter in April 1861.
An 1865 baseball battle between Wilkes-Barre and Scranton
In October 1865, multiple baseball clubs met in the Wyoming Valley to battle for victory on a makeshift diamond.
Scranton newsboys pleaded for face masks at the peak of the 1918 pandemic
As the 1918 pandemic reached its peak in Scranton, PA, the city's newsboys had a fascination with face masks.
A New York Times reporter documents the turbulent situation in the Coal Region – 1863
In the spring of 1863, a journalist documented the chaotic and changing situation in the Coal Region as the Civil War raged on.
“The most populous and thrifty town in northern Pennsylvania” – Scranton in 1861
A profile of Scranton in 1861 describes a rapidly industrializing community on the eve of the Civil War.
Frederick Douglass in Scranton – November 1867
Frederick Douglass used his speech in Scranton to criticize Andrew Johnson, a racist president he viewed as a despot.
A Coal Region soldier’s jump into Holland during Operation Market Garden in 1944
Private Jack S. Robins jumped into Holland on September 17, 1944 with the 101st Airborne Division
The Coal Region on D-Day – June 6, 1944
On this 75th anniversary of D-Day, we are remembering how the Pennsylvania home front marked the historic moment.
“147,000 ordered to strike” – The beginning of the 1902 anthracite coal strike
The leader of the United Mine Workers of America addressed the miners of the Coal Region on May 10, 1902.
