National Civil War Museum to open in Harrisburg.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)Salisbury, Stephan
The article reports that Eric Papenfuse, the mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania wants tourism funds to be spent on monuments other than the National Civil War Museum as the museum is not generating enough money even...
after the opening of the Pennsylvania Canal in 1834, the arrival of the first railroad train (1836), and the completion (1847) of the Pennsylvania Railroad’s main line from Harrisburg toPittsburgh. AnAmerican Civil Warskirmish was fought at Camp Hill, 3 miles (5 km) southwest, in June ...