The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission will offer free admission to state-owned historic sites along the Pennsylvania Trails of History on Saturday, September 24. The Pennsylvania Trails of ...

DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — In a few years the United States will celebrate its 250th birthday, and there is now an effort to help Pennsylvania’s youth learn about the history of the Commonwealth.

February is Black History Month. Last week, state officials unveiled a new Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission exhibit at the Capitol called, "Trailblazers: Notable African Americans in ...

A portion of what was once the Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad curves around a former flour mill in York County. Fewer Pennsylvanians ride the state’s rail these days, but a network of train lovers ...

It should come as no surprise that Pennsylvania has a ton of history. Some of it everyone knows: the Declaration of Independence, the Liberty Bell, the Constitution, the winter Washington spent at ...

PENNSYLVANNIA (WHTM) — It is definitely something most residents of Pennsylvania do not think about. But earthquakes have happened in Pennsylvania. One that happened in New Jersey was felt across ...

During the 1800s, Pennsylvania was at the epicenter of the rye whiskey industry. Prohibition caused most of the distilleries to close, and the state’s legacy was forgotten. From Philly and the Pa.

Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies, Vol. 87, No. 1, SPECIAL ISSUE: HARRISBURG, DIGITAL PUBLIC HISTORY, AND THE “CITY BEAUTIFUL” (Winter 2020), pp. 148-154 (7 pages) ABSTRACT: When ...

CARLISLE, Pa. — Every June, Pride Month is celebrated to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall Riots in New York City. It was a major event in LGBTQ history, but not nearly the only one. “A lot of the ...