Located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the Adams County Courthouse has a rich history to explore. Constructed in 1858, the building is on the National Register of Historic Places. Of course, the Battle of Gettysburg is part of the story of the courthouse, used as a command post and a hospital during that conflict. You can learn […]
Archives for August 2017
PA Books Weekly Schedule
Monday-Friday at 8 AM on cable and the PCN App Date Title Author Monday, April 22 “Workers on Arrival” Joe William Trotter Tuesday, April 23 “Invisible Indians” David Minderhout Wednesday, April 24 “Pennsylvania’s Forbes Trail” Burton K. Kummerow, Christine H. O’Toole & R. Scott Stephenson Thursday, April 25 “The Big Book of Pennsylvania […]
PA Press Club with Chris Martin, CEO of C.F. Martin & Company
PA Press Club with Chris Martin, C.F. Martin & Company, CEO. Watch more PA Politics and Policy on cable and the PCN Select Streaming Service.
August 23: Bixler’s Lodge, Reading PA
Bixler’s Lodge in Reading is set in a charming building that used to be a barn before the Bixler family bought the property and made it into a restaurant. Now, many years later, Brain Hartman and his team run the establishment for their many regulars and for new comers! Keystone Cuisine airs Sunday nights at […]
On PCN and PCN Select, August 21-25
During a year’s worth of one-on-one personal interviews, former U.S. Senator Arlen Specter reflected on his personal and professional life resulting in a fifteen-hour, five-part series. Specter reflected on his time as Philadelphia District Attorney, his service on the Warren Commission, his questioning of Robert Bork and Anita Hill, and visits with world leaders. The […]
Battlefield Pennsylvania: Battle of the Monongahela
On July 9, 1755, after a six-week journey of 110 miles, Commander in Chief of the British Army Gen. Edward Braddock was mortally wounded and his men suffered almost 800 casualties, including 600 dead and 90 percent of the officers killed or wounded in a clash with French Canadian and Indian troops dispatched from Fort […]
PA Books: Frontier Country
In “Frontier Country,” Patrick Spero addresses one of the most important and controversial subjects in American history: the frontier. Countering the modern conception of the American frontier as an area of expansion, Spero employs the eighteenth-century meaning of the term to show how colonists understood it as a vulnerable, militarized boundary. The Pennsylvania frontier, Spero […]
It’s History!: The Maridon Museum
The Maridon Museum showcases an extensive collection of Chinese and Japanese art including jade and ivory sculptures, tapestries, landscape paintings, and scrolls. The museum also displays more than 300 pieces of German Meissen porcelain. Known for its detail and artistry, Meissen porcelain was the first to be made in Europe. The collection includes pieces depicting […]
PCN Profiles: Jimmy Jones, All Star Quarterback for the Canadian Football League
Jimmy Jones, who still lives in the Harrisburg area, was inducted into the University of Southern California’s (USC) Athletic Hall of Fame in 2015. After playing for USC in college, he was drafted into the Canadian Football League, at a time when there were no black starting quarterbacks in the NFL, where he played for […]
Keystone Cuisine: Alfred’s Victorian, Middleton PA
This Victorian mansion has been standing in Middleton, PA since 1888. Now serving Northern Italian cuisine featuring seafood, veal, and flambe table-side preparation, while maintaining the ambiance and integrity of it’s historic home.