The Lykens Standard reports on Charles Buffington joining the Army in April 1917 while encouraging others to volunteer.
“First Lykens Boy Enlisted in World War”
In April 1917, a loose floorboard revealed a letter written in the days after the Battle of Antietam
The letter was written by a soldier from Shamokin, Pennsylvania in September 1862.
A War-time Thanksgiving in Central Pennsylvania
1917 marked the first war-time Thanksgiving in more than 50. Central Pennsylvania marked the holiday quietly... for the most part.
“I am going to stick and protect the stars and stripes” – A World War I Soldier’s Letter
Leroy Temple writes home to Elizabethville, Pennsylvania from his training camp at Fort Riley, Kansas in the summer of 1917.
“Cut off from the rest of the world” – First World War disrupted life in northern Dauphin County
A change in railroad schedules to support the American war effort in 1917 left residents of the Upper End isolated and angry.
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