Camp Michaux Walking Tour
Tour Full David Smith will lead the popular Camp Michaux walking tour of the old Bunker Hill Farm; Pine Grove Furnace CCC Camp; Pine Grove Furnace POW Interrogation Camp; and […]
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Museum Exhibit Celebration Reception
Reception for the Artifacts Speak! Exhibit. Cumberland County collections share their story in the new exhibit “Artifacts Speak”. With help from community organizations in Cumberland County, CCHS shines a spotlight […]
Adventures In History 21+ Summer Camp Sampler
Two Mile House 1189 Walnut Bottom Rd, Carlisle, PA, United StatesRegistration Closed No more wishing you could do what the kids do! For the first time, CCHS will offer a one-day summer camp for adults. Come learn how to make […]
100 Years of Enola with Jim Leonard
Join Jim Leonard for discussion on the history the Enola Railroad and the construction boom in the late 1870s and continued through the early 1900s, with Enola becoming the main […]
100 years of Women’s Suffrage
When she died in 1933, her obituary in “Equal Rights,” the journal of the National Women’s Party, was headlined “Julia Jennings, Feminist.” Born in 1865 to the sister of a […]
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 […]
McLain Celtic Bash – Whisky Tasting
Two Mile House 1189 Walnut Bottom Rd, Carlisle, PA, United StatesJoin 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 […]
Book Group: Stringing Rosaries
Cumberland County Historical Society 21 N. Pitt Street, Carlisle, PA, United StatesBook 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 […]
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 […]
Red Cross Blood Drive
Todd Hall 21 N. Pitt St., Carlisle, PA, United StatesRegister 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 StatesHelp us tidy the Two Mile House before we start the 2021 rental season! Work will take place in the gardens and inside the house.