Exhibit Opening and CCHS Birthday Party
Join us for Fun, Food, Photos, and Nostalgia at the 150th Anniversary Kick-off on Sunday afternoon April 21, 2024. RSVP Here:
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Herbs and Plants in Colonial Gardens
Master Gardner Carol Glasgow will present on the following: What You Will Learn Colonial Garden Development and Influences The Garden of the Colonial Housewife Colonial Garden Styles and Designs Plant Examples: Medicinal – Culinary – Dye – Fragrance/Strewing Pollinators in the Colonial Garden
The Agricultural Reform Movement and Barn Building in Cumberland County
Reform advocates of the 19th-century sought better farming methods, including crop rotation and various fertilizers to rejuvenate the soil. Their goal was for the farm to operate more efficiently with well-ordered agricultural complexes. Barns were to be designed for the ease of labor by the farmer, and specialized outbuildings were to be placed for the […]
2nd Saturday Book Signing
Local mystery and travel author, Sherry Knowlton, will sign copies of her books.
Interviewing War Veterans: A How-To History Workshop
Interviewing War Veterans: A How-To History Workshop with award-winning journalist and author Joseph David Cress. A newspaper reporter for over 33 years, Cress will share his insights using examples drawn from his World War II Memories four-book series. He will also facilitate a discussion among participants on what they can do on their own to […]
An Evening with Jeff Shaara
Join CCHS for An Evening with Jeff Shaara at the West Shore Country Club Jeff Shaara is known for writing historical fiction and documenting American wars and their most historically relevant characters. In total, Jeff has written fifteen New York Times bestselling novels, including Gods and Generals and The Last Full Measure, which are the […]
Historic Baseball Game
Play Ball! Join us for a day of historic 19th century base ball with the Keystone Base Ball Club of Harrisburg. The Game will be played at USAHEC.
On A Great Battlefield: The History of Gettysburg National Military Park, 1863-2023
Over 18,000 books and articles have been written on the three-day battle of Gettysburg, but historians have devoted minimal attention to the history of the landscape itself and the complicated, […]
McLain Bash
Each year, CCHS hosts the McLain Bash at the Two Mile House in honor of J. McLain and Mary Wheeler King, the previous owners of the Two Mile House, and […]
Oddfellows Building Tour
August 10, 11 a.m., OR 1 p.m., meet at History on High – The Shop Led by Shawn Gladden. Please R.S.V.P. in advance as there is a 25 person maximum. […]
Photographs and Memories of the Little Red Schoolhouse
Between the rides of the Blue Mountains and the crystalline waters of the Yellow Breeches Creek, one-room schoolhouse of yesteryear dot the landscape of Cumberland County. By the latter half […]
Portraying Ourselves: Nineteenth-Century Black Fashion History through Photographs, 1840-1900
The invention of photography at the end of 1839 made it possible for ordinary citizens to obtain their portrait and represent themselves as they wished to be recorded for posterity. […]