Fifty years before Jackie Robinson made his Major League Debut, a baseball league with a team based in Lebanon was making strides toward racial integration in baseball.
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Taking a few laps back into Lebanon’s little-known racing history
The city of Lebanon was a respected name in motorsports’ heyday.
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Wish you were here: Lebanon County postcards of decades past
These postcards from the World War II and postwar era are a beautiful reminder that there’s a lot to appreciate around us in Lebanon County.
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With National Medal of Honor Day, recalling origin of Gap’s Marquette Lake
National Medal of Honor Day was celebrated earlier this week, marking more than 55 years since Marquette Lake at Fort Indiantown Gap was renamed for Lebanon County’s first Medal of Honor recipient.
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A look back at Lebanon Valley College’s trip to the NCAA Tournament
A look back at Lebanon Valley College’s trip to the 1953 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.
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Historic Schaefferstown seeking state grant for Schaeffer House fireplace restoration
The historic Alexander Schaeffer House in Lebanon County will be the focus of further restoration efforts, assuming a proposed grant from the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission goes through.
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This Presidents’ Day, remembering Lebanon’s links to our country’s highest elected office
Although Lebanon County hasn’t produced one (yet), we have plenty of ties to the nation’s highest elected office: The Presidency.
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The Meaning of St. Valentine’s Day, from the Daily News in 1914
We are re-publishing a column today that ran more than a century ago in the Lebanon Daily News.
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Historic Annville mill in need of buyer to maintain “longest operating” status
An Annville landmark needs a new owner to maintain its status as the longest operating mill in the United States.
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Colebrook Mill deemed “At Risk” by PA preservation nonprofit
The Colebrook Mill is one of five state landmarks to be placed on Preservation Pennsylvania’s 2019 At Risk list.
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Ever wondered how ice would have been harvested at the Colebrook Ice Dam?
Before it was Lake Duffy, it was the Colebrook Ice Dam. But how did the ice actually get harvested?
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A still unrecognized victory: When Pottsville “won” the NFL Championship
This Super Bowl weekend, we are looking back to a time when the NFL Championship was “won” by a team based just 30 miles away from Lebanon.
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Before the Pennsylvania Farm Show, there was the Mt. Gretna Farmers’ Encampment
The Mt. Gretna Farmers’ Encampment preceded the Pennsylvania Farm Show and for a time was the state’s largest agricultural gathering.
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LCBC plans to open a renovated Tabor Church as its 14th campus on April 7th
The historic Tabor Church at 124 S. 10th Street is currently undergoing a $1.2 million renovation by Lancaster-based Lives Changed By Christ (LCBC).
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How a Christmastime brawl in Myerstown ended up catching the attention of a few Pennsylvanian Founding Fathers
Constructing what would become the Union Canal required a massive labor effort in Myerstown, which would lead to a historic Christmas-time riot between the local Pennsylvania Germans and migrant Scots and Irishmen.
