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“The Barnard Statues” – Harrisburg, PA (1923)

January 22, 2026 No Comments

Mr. S. J. Angleberger lived in Lewistown, a census-designated place in Frederick County of north-central Maryland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewistown,_Maryland (In the Research Note (below) we learn that

Invited to Rally Day – Thurmont, Maryland (1941)

October 31, 2024 No Comments

Mr. and Mrs. Norval Stull lived in Thurmont, a charming town in the Catoctin Mountains of north-central Maryland. Thurmont is in northern Frederick County, close

Rally Day in Penryn – 1926

July 9, 2021 No Comments

Ninety-two years ago, Sara Long received her invitation to Rally Day at the Penryn Lutheran Church. Penryn is an unincorporated community in Penn Township of