Bethel African Methodist Church in Lancaster: Prolegomenon to a Social History by Leroy Hopkins, Ph.D. in Lancaster City"s southeastern quadrant, at the juncture of North and Strawberry Streets, stands a structure which has long been connected with Lancaster"s Afro-American community: Bethel Africa

Historical Markers of the Heritage of the United Methodist Church in Lancaster County by The Reverend Abram W. Sangray The following Roadside Markers were put in place in Lancaster County, in the summer of 1984, as a bicentennial project of the United Methodist Church of Lancaster. Each description

A History of First Presbyterian Church of Lancaster, Pennsylvania By Catherine Courtney and Dr. John D. Long CHAPTER 1 A BRIEF HISTOR Y OF PRESBYTERIANISM in order to understand the establishment of the Presbyterian Church in Lancaster and its relation to the developing colony of Pennsylvania and

, Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania, 1942 edition (Lebanon, Pa.), p. 256. About The Contributor Stephen R. Herr wrote this brief history of his church when he was a member of the Buchanan Chapter of Student Historians in April 1981. Mr. Herr presently is a student at Gettysburg College. The

. This church fellowship apostrophized by Mrs. Ball was a consequence of the historical demographics of Lancaster County's Black population. The areas mentioned (Lancaster, Columbia, Marietta, and Mount Joy) and another not mentioned (Conestoga Center, Conestoga Township) were the principal Black

keenly, but my life has been the richer for having known them. —Rev. Paul N. Marsteller Editor's note: Mr. Marsteller left his pastorate at Maytown in 1977 to accept a call from the United Church of Christ at Alexandria, Pa. He presently has a charge in Winchester, Virginia. �

A Bit of Local History Estates of Lancaster Countians Confiscated During the American Revolution During the American Revolution owners of property (real estate) had to be careful what they said or did, because any remark or action that might be construed as disloyal to the American cause or that

were formed. The Civil War had an enormous effect on the United States as a country, as a government, and as a people, and this regimental history is one small avenue by which to learn how we developed the beliefs and feelings we have today. �I must thank Mrs. Lundgren and the Lancaster County

Jersey, where from August tenth to twentieth was scheduled "the greatest meeting of aviators held in the United States". The Brinkman-Keiser-Todd Airplane A n interesting, but inaccurate, story has been told and retold of three young Lancaster men who spent a year building a large glider, and flying it

tried to escape from the various Lancaster prisons, quite a few successfully. Before leaping into the subject of Lancaster jailbreaks proper, let's see a little about the history of Lancaster County jails so that we know who's escaping from what. The whereabouts and whatzits of the first jail are still