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  • Fierce Valor: The True Story of Ronald Speirs and His Band of Brothers

    Cumberland County Historical Society 21 N. Pitt Street, Carlisle, PA, United States

    His comrades called him “Killer.” Of the elite paratroopers who served in the venerated “Band of Brothers” during the Second World War, none were more enigmatic than Ronald Speirs. Rumored to have gunned down enemy prisoners and even one of his own disobedient sergeants, Speirs became a foxhole legend among his troops. But who was […]

  • Carlisle Food Market

    Project 61 – 6th Annual R. C. Reed Architecture Lecture

    Cumberland County Historical Society 21 N. Pitt Street, Carlisle, PA, United States

    Project 61 – What Was It? What Effect Did It Have on Carlisle? This talk will describe the beautification and restoration project in downtown Carlisle. In 1961, civic leaders proposed […]

  • Cumberland County Historical Society Annual Meeting and Expo

    Cumberland County Historical Society 21 N. Pitt Street, Carlisle, PA, United States

    Join us for our 2022 Annual Meeting as well as an expo highlighting our current and permanent exhibits and mission based departments. 12:30: Doors Open 12:30 - 1:30: Refreshments and […]

  • Cellar at Orpheum Theatre

    Murder Most Foul

    Cumberland County Historical Society 21 N. Pitt Street, Carlisle, PA, United States

    Author and award-winning journalist Joseph David Cress will present an overview of some of the most nefarious crimes, solved and unsolved, in Cumberland County history. Copies of his True Crime […]

  • 1890's Orioles

    A Night with the Babe

    Cumberland County Historical Society 21 N. Pitt Street, Carlisle, PA, United States

    Join the Cumberland County Historical Society and the Babe Ruth Birthplace Museum from Baltimore Maryland for a SPECIAL Night of Baseball History as we close out our “Heart of a […]

  • Henry’s Valley, A Storied Place

    Jerry Clouse speaks on Henry's Valley, a Storied Place: Life within the Folds of the Blue Mountain. Come and learn where this somewhat mysterious valley is located. Local author Jerry […]

  • The Sleeping Car Porters

    Cumberland County Historical Society 21 N. Pitt Street, Carlisle, PA, United States

    The men and women who worked as porters for the Pullman Car Company on the Pennsylvania Railroad have an extraordinary history in both the labor movement and the civil rights […]

  • Front of Mt. Tabor Church

    Oh the Stories They Tell

    The amazing history uncovered while collecting stories in Mt Holly Springs.

  • Carlisle’s Lincoln Cemetery

    This presentation will explore the history of Carlisle's oldest historic Black Cemetery. RSVP Here:

  • First Ladies: More Than a Dress

    Since 1912, tourists have flocked to the Smithsonian to see the gowns of our First Ladies. By the 1960s, moved to larger quarters in what eventually became the National Museum […]