Preservation Roundtable – Virtual

Join CCHS for the Cumberland Co. Preservation Virtual Roundtable. This month's meeting will feature an update from a CCHS summer intern who conducted a preservation survey among municipalities, and members of the Sheepford Road Bridge group working to save their metal truss bridge in Upper Allen Township. To join please register with the event link. […]

McLain Celtic Bash – Whisky Tasting

Two Mile House 1189 Walnut Bottom Rd, Carlisle, PA, United States

Join us for a modified 2020 McLain Bash at the Two Mile House on August 28 - 29th! 2020's Bash will be a socially distant whisky tasting. Small groups of 6 will get 2-hours at the Two Mile House with a private whisky tasting of 4 single malt Scotch whiskies. Guests will get a 5th […]

Book Group: Stringing Rosaries

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

Book Group, Stringing Rosaries: The History, the Unforgivable, and the Healing of the Northern Plains American Indian Boarding School Survivors by Denise K. Lajimodiere Join us as we read Denise Lajimodiere’s latest book Stringing Rosaries which explores Indian boarding school survivors’ stories. The book “presents a brief history of the boarding school programs for Indigenous […]

Barns of Perry County – Virtual Lecture

Architectural historian, Jerry Clouse will give a virtual presentation on the barns of Perry County. It is based on the year-long research he conducted for the June 2019 tour which he led for the Historic Barn & Farm Foundation (HBFF) of Pennsylvania. HBFF meets and tours a different county in the state each year. The […]

Red Cross Blood Drive

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

Register at the link below to donate blood to the American Red Cross: https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?order=DATE&range=10&zipSponsor=CCHS  

Two Mile House Workday

Two Mile House 1189 Walnut Bottom Rd, Carlisle, PA, United States

Help us tidy the Two Mile House before we start the 2021 rental season! Work will take place in the gardens and inside the house.

Book Group

Join us in discussing Fire Light: The Life of Angel DeCora, Winnebago Artist by Linda M. Waggoner. Discussion will be over Zoom. Must purchase own copy of the book.

McLain Bash

Every year CCHS' Two Mile House hosts a supper party in honor of the J. McLain and Mary Wheeler King family and our region's Celtic past. Whisky tastings, music, delicious food and great friends abound. The party is open to anyone 21 years of age and up. Join us in 2021 for another great time. […]

History Plus Horticulture at TMH

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

The Cumberland County Historical Society and the Penn State Master Gardeners are cooperating in a joint effort to celebrate history and horticulture with a program highlighting both. On August 2 at 5:30PM on the ground of the Two Mile House pollinator garden they will be presenting a program Planting in the Shade. The featured speaker […]

Adventures In History 21+ Summer Camp Sampler

Two Mile House 1189 Walnut Bottom Rd, Carlisle, PA, United States

Registration Closed No more wishing you could do what the kids do! CCHS will offer a one-day summer camp for adults. This year we will be moving forward to the 1800s with all new crafts, foods, and skills. At the end of a long day of learning and fun, wind down in the shaded gardens […]

CCHS Used Book Sale (Todd Hall)

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

Looking for new reading material? Look no further because CCHS' is holding its much anticipated used book sale! We will be having two preview days on September 23rd & 24th in Todd Hall at 21 N. Pitt Street from 10am-4pm. Come to browse and purchase from our selection and stop at our exhibit if you […]