Annual House Open Meeting

Join CCHS staff and board for this members-only open house with refreshments. Featuring a special visual presentation by Richard Tritt, photo curator. He will highlight his 40 years of curating […]

Year End Tax Planning Workshop

Todd Hall 21 N. Pitt St., Carlisle, PA, United States

It’s that time of year again. Come join Attorney Alvin Blitz, as he reviews the current year-end tax and estate planning strategies for 2024. Don’t miss out on this informative […]

Colonial Washington and Me

Todd Hall 21 N. Pitt St., Carlisle, PA, United States

The J. Sherwood McGinnis, Jr. War, Peace, and Justice Project and the Carlisle Bridge Builders present author Jeffrey E. Finegan, Sr. and first-person historical interpreters George Washington and his enslaved valet, William Lee, for a story that needs to be told — one of loyalty, friendship, and slavery during war and peace. Also at Bosler […]

Babes in the Woods Talk

Todd Hall 21 N. Pitt St., Carlisle, PA, United States

90 years ago this November, bodies found near Pine Grove Furnace led to a national search for their identity and the reasons behind their deaths. Historian and author of “The […]

Reconsidering Carlisle’s Early History on Cumberland’s 275th Anniversary

Virtual program. Judith Ridner published her early history of Carlisle "A Town In-Between" in 2010. In this talk, Ridner reviews some of her findings and considers newer research that I and other scholars have uncovered that offers new perspectives on Carlisle’s and Cumberland’s early history.  Register for the Program Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NMLpSHyeSU6z5cH0HEN65w

Bosler Local History Series – 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 of the 19th century, there were more than 160 one-room schools operating throughout the region. Join us for a talk exploring the schools that educated […]

William Trent: Face of Westward Expansion

The son of a Philadelphia shipping merchant and the namesake for the capital of New Jersey, William Trent carved his own legacy as a gentleman, throughout the latter half of the eighteenth century. A seasoned veteran officer of three different conflicts, he was praised for his “frame of speech to the Indians, in their style”. […]

Hiding in Plain Sight

Join us at lecture space in Todd Hall to discover Sources of Untapped Information for Historians and Family Researchers in Cumberland County Court House Records. Merri Lou Schaumann, author and local historian, will shed light on the kinds of county court records that are seldom used, unknown to most genealogists and historians, yet packed with […]