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[14 Jun 2012 | Comments Off on Motoring In To The Mack Museum | ]
Motoring In To The Mack Museum

You’d think that a building big enough to hold a couple dozen Mack trucks would be easy to find. Uh-uh. The Mack Trucks Museum is hidden away on the back …

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[4 Oct 2011 | Comments Off on Museum Of Indian Culture, Allentown Fish Hatchery Make For a Great Fall Outing | ]
Museum Of Indian Culture, Allentown Fish Hatchery Make For a Great Fall Outing

There’s an old joke that holds that when Squanto saw the Mayflower drop anchor off Plymouth Rock, his first reaction was “There goes the neighborhood.” I’ve never believed that Native …

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[21 Apr 2011 | Comments Off on Civil War Not Forgotten In Pennsylvania | ]
Civil War Not Forgotten In Pennsylvania

I read a story recently bemoaning the fact that the northern states seem to have forgotten the Civil War, aka the “War Between The States,” the “War Between Brothers” or …

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[1 Apr 2011 | Comments Off on Fonthill A Tribute To Mercer’s Eccentric Genius | ]
Fonthill A Tribute To Mercer’s Eccentric Genius

Approach Fonthill on a gloomy afternoon in late March and you can easily imagine Jane Austen or one of her heroines opening the large, heavy front door, dressed in a …

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[16 Feb 2011 | 2 Comments | ]
Allentown Educator Leaves Presidential Legacy for History Buffs

Days before he died in September 2010, Allentown’s Jack McHugh summoned Joe Garrera to his home. McHugh, a beloved principal at the city’s William Allen High School for years and …

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[7 Jan 2011 | Comments Off on January Is A Capital Time For A Trip To Harrisburg | ]
January Is A Capital Time For A Trip To Harrisburg

Let’s see, we’re wrapping up the first week of January and another snowjob, er, storm is headed for Pennsylvania. That can mean any of three things:
One, the Farm Show is coming …

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[22 Dec 2010 | One Comment | ]

It’s after noon on Dec. 21 and that means there are only about 48 hours left to finish your Christmas shopping. Guys, we better get started.
I’ve always been fascinated by …

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[2 Dec 2010 | Comments Off on America On Wheels “A Sparkling Little Jewel” | ]

As the mother of two young boys and calendar coordinator for her Mom’s Cub, Jennifer Jones has become somewhat of a regular at America On Wheels in Allentown. As her …

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[17 Nov 2010 | Comments Off on There’s More To Jim Thorpe Than Bike Trails and Haunted Jails | ]

As you climb the steep steps from Hazard Square in the center of Jim Thorpe and look up the hill to the mansion that, let’s face it, looms over the …

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[11 Nov 2010 | Comments Off on “… The Last Full Measure of Devotion” | ]

The first time I visited the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. was on a misty, chilly night when I was helping to chaperone about 100 of my son’s …