“A DREAM that a stirring patriotic concert would be presented in Williamsport to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the United States of America is about to come true,” according to a news release. “You will be astounded. You will be blown away. You will be deeply touched.” The ...
Lycoming Arts will present the Storytellers Book Fair on Friday, May 15, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Pennington Lounge at Lycoming College, “bringing together local and regional creatives for an evening of connection, conversation, and community,” a news release said. A highlight of the ...
The Thomas T. Taber Museum of the Lycoming County Historical Society will host its Society Program at 2 p.m., May 17, with an appearance by “Betsy Ross.” According to a news release, Ross family tradition holds that General George Washington, commander-in-chief of the Continental Army and two members of a congressional committee, Robert Morris and George Ross, visited Betsy Ross in 1776. George Ross convinced Washington to change the shape of the stars in a sketch of a flag from six-pointed to five-pointed, indicating that it was easier and speedier to cut the latter. While there ...
LOCK HAVEN — A staple community event managed to provide quality, all-you-can-eat breakfast for over 500 people, all for a good cause. The Sentimental Journey hosted its pancake breakfast on Sunday, May 3, inside the hangar at the William T. Piper Memorial Airport. With a large team of ...
SHANKSVILLE — As an enduring tribute to the people who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001, the Tunnel to Towers Foundation is carrying a 16,900-pound steel beam recovered from the World Trade Center’s south tower more than 10,500 miles to over 35 cities and 21 states. The tour began last ...
The public is invited to meet Benjamin Franklin, making a rare appearance at the Thomas T. Taber Museum of the Lycoming County Historical Society at 4 p.m., May 16. “Mr. Franklin will appear courtesy of America250 with grant monies from the Lycoming County Visitors’ Bureau Travel and ...
