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The Coal Region on D-Day – June 6, 1944

Posted on June 6, 2019June 3, 2019 by Jake Wynn

On this 75th anniversary of D-Day, we are remembering how the Pennsylvania home front marked the historic moment.

Posted in Coal Region, World War IITagged 1944, Carbondale, Coal Region, D-Day, Freeland, Lackawanna County, Luzerne County, Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Scranton, Shamokin, Shenandoah, Wilkes-Barre, World War IILeave a comment

Captain Alexander Frazer – Civil War hero and Coal Region mine foreman

Posted on January 17, 2019January 17, 2019 by Jake Wynn

Captain Alexander Frazer became a hero during the Civil War. And after the war he shined as a mining expert in the Coal Region.

Posted in Civil War, Coal RegionTagged Alexander Frazer, Civil War, Civil War veteran, Coal Mining, Coal Region, Kalmia, Kalmia Colliery, Schuylkill County, Shamokin, Wilkes-Barre1 Comment

In April 1917, a loose floorboard revealed a letter written in the days after the Battle of Antietam

Posted on November 30, 2017March 16, 2018 by Jake Wynn

The letter was written by a soldier from Shamokin, Pennsylvania in September 1862.

Posted in Civil WarTagged 6th Pennsylvania Reserves, American Civil War, Antietam, Battle of Antietam, Civil War, Coal Region, Letter, Maryland, Newspaper, Pennsylvania, Shamokin, World War 1, World War I, WW1, WWILeave a comment

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Very excited to see one of my favorite #WW2 aircraft at the air show in Reading. I always enjoyed reading about the B-24 Liberator and their crews. Fantastic to see it roar by us during the show.
On the morning of June 6, 1944, residents of communities across #Pennsylvania’s #CoalRegion awoke to the news that Allied forces had landed in Normandy. They responded with hope, excitement, meditation, and prayer. They quietly gathered in churches, synagogues, and other quiet places to contemplate the meaning of this historic event. Click the link in my profile to read accounts of #DDay on the Pennsylvania home front. (Photos: women gather at a church in Scranton to pray on D-Day and American infantry lands on the Normandy coast on June 6, 1944) #DDay75 #WorldWar2 #WW2
Made a stop to see Rich and experience the extremely moving Flight 93 National Memorial this afternoon under an ominous sky.
Had the chance to live a childhood dream and visit the Horseshoe Curve above Altoona. We waited more than an hour to see a train pass by. Then within 15 minutes, we saw 3 freight trains and Amtrak’s Pennsylvanian negotiate the steep curve.
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