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Bestselling author Ilyon Woo to appear at Ware Center for free event

Woo will discuss her 2023 book "Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom." ....

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Thaddeus Stevens Museum plans to open in Gettysburg in April [The Scribbler]

The first museum dedicated to Thaddeus Stevens, the great 19th century civil rights advocate, will be dedicated in Gettysburg on April 4, Stevens’s 232nd birthday. ....

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LancasterHistory plans four nature events at Tanger Arboretum

Four events are planned from March through July in LancasterHistory’s Tanger Arboretum Nature Series. ....

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Lancaster County museums, historical groups awarded more than $78K in state grants

Five Lancaster County cultural organizations received a total of more than $78,000 in support grants from the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, the state agency announced Monday, Dec. 11. ....

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Ann Wood Henry, of Lancaster, the first female public official in Pa. [The Scribbler]

When local historian Marion Wallace Reninger composed a booklet of “Famous Women of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania’’ in 1961, she included Ann Wood Henry. ....

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