A slide-illustrated presentation by Ted Bainbridge and Janet Bell. Twenty Carlisle men enlisted in the Black infantry regiment made famous in the movie Glory. Learn about society's attitudes toward black soldiers at that time, why the regiment was formed, and what the unit did in the Civil War. Hear about our men's backgrounds, war experiences, lives after […]

Mark your calendars for a festive evening featuring food from local restaurants and caterers, kilts, libations, and hospitality at the Two Mile House, 1189 Walnut Bottom RD. Tickets $50/person. Reservations and payment required by calling 717-249-7610 or online at the CCHS Online Store. A Cocktail Party invitation will be included in this year’s Annual Report.

Following the success of our first Heritage Day on September 10, 2016, Heart & Soul is partnering with Cumberland County Historical Society and Cumberland Valley Visitors Bureau to bring the community our first annual Heritage Festival Weekend.  Heart & Soul will focus on the Greater Carlisle region, and we will use these days to share […]

Attention BALLROOM DANCERS! CCHS will host “Dancing Under the Stars” at the Two Mile House, 1189 Walnut Bottom RD, Carlisle (across from K-Mart) on July 21, August 18 & September 15, 2017 from 7 to 9 p.m. The Historic Two Mile House offers a covered patio for dancing and plenty of room for those who […]

Thanks to the generous support of Society member Maureen Reed and her family, CCHS will host its second annual R. C. Reed lecture on Contemporary Architecture. Carlisle native John P. Reed, Design Principal of Cannon Design New York City, will trace the evolution of an idea and narrative meaning through the design process of 4 […]

Please note that the tour will take place at 9:30am not 2pm as stated in the email which went out earlier this week. Tour of the Mt. Tabor AME Zion Church in Mt. Holly Springs for participants of the Cumberland Pathways Conference. Meet at CCHS. In 2016, Greater Carlisle Heart & Soul Project interviewed the […]

Best selling author and journalist, Dan Wakefield, will lead a discussion about race and justice at Todd Hall, 21 North Pitt Street in Carlisle. Wakefield - a 23 year old cub reporter for the Nation Magazine - covered the 1955 murder trial of Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam. Two white men charged with brutally […]

Andre Weltman, chairman of the Friends of Pine Grove Furnace State Park, will discuss the connection between the 19th century charcoal iron industry and today’s South Mountain landscape.  Modern trails and campsites often overlap with still-visible remnants of an important part of iron making: transforming the forests into charcoal fuel for the region’s iron furnaces.

Travel back in time to the mid-1700s and discover the story of Alexander Logan, Cumberland Valley and Sherman’s Valley settler.  Linda Martin Gilmore will describe Logan’s 1763 skirmish with the Indians in Sherman’s Valley and the role played by the Carlisle sheriff and his party of men, found in her book Peril and Perseverance in […]