The Pre-Event Cocktail Party at the Two Mile House will have delicious food provided by local caterers and restaurants as well as a Scotch tasting. The event is open to […]
Looking for the 2017 McLain Festival. CLICK HERE. Saturday, September 3, 2016 9 AM - 5 PM Two Mile House, 1189 Walnut Bottom Road Cost: $10 Admission/children under 10 free […]
"We got to teach that history. We got to let folks know where you really come from and why it’s so important." –Volunteer at Neighbors Helping Neighbors Clean up, April […]
Joe Cress will be leading two Wicked Walks this Saturday, September 10th. The Walks will begin at History on High – The Shop, 33 West High Street in Carlisle. The […]
Thanks to the generous support of Society member Maureen Reed and her family, CCHS will host the first annual R.C. Reed lecture on Cumberland County architecture. Architectural historian Wendy Pires […]
Carlisle’s Harvest of the Arts – Paul Hoch, Wood Carving Saturday, September 24 from 10 to 4
Saturday, October 1st from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Gay McGeary, Pennsylvania German Weaving demonstration. Join The Shop for American Craft Week October 1st through the 16th.
Poetry Reading by Mary Anne Morefield from her book, "Earth, Grass, Trees and Stone." She will set the context for some of the poems by sharing history of the Scotch's […]
The Carlisle Indian Industrial School (CIIS), the first U.S. Government off-reservation school for American Indian Children, was located at the Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, PA and operated from 1879 – 1918. […]
Dr. Daniel Felix , Book Signing. Author of A Scout for E Company: 1944. The story of PFC Gene Wentz Friday, October 7 from 5pm to 8pm
Saturday, October 8 from 10 to 1:30 Elaine Haag of Elaine Haag Designs, a Nuno Felting Demonstration. Join The Shop for American Craft Week October 1st through the 16th.
Historic Carlisle welcomes Alexander Hamilton to Carlisle. Hamilton was a delegate to the Constitution Convention and major author of the Federalist papers, was the United States’ first secretary of the […]