homestead in the township of Conestoga, Lancaster County, on the 8th day of June 1775. This was imme- diately after the battle of Lexington, and one year before the Declara- tion of Independence. Thus I saw the birth of our nation, and have lived under the first President, and sixteen of his successors. I

Continental Army who died in the Lititz Military Hospital, between December 19, 1777, and August 28, 1778, and are buried on this plot. Erected by the United States Government in 1930. �SOLDIERS MONUMENT Mt. ZION CEMETERY EPHRATA. PA hSf Monument at Mount Zion, Ephrata Erected to the memory of Continental

GEORGE L. HEIGES 1860 - THE YEAR BEFORE THE WAR An exhaustive account of political ac- tivity in Lancaster County in 1860, the first year Countians elected a Repub- lican president, and the beginning of a tradition. One hundred years ago, with no TV or radio to report the national political

which he made during 1749-1751 were the basis of his book, "Travels," which was published in Sweden on his return, and reprinted in the United States in 1937. �In June, 1750, he visited Lancaster County. Concerning the city of Lan- caster, he made this one observation, "The Town Hall is located in the

the strongly Unionistic sentiment which prevailed in the convention. WHEREAS, We, the representatives of the Evangelieal Lutheran Synod of the United States, connected with the several Synods, assembled in Lancas- ter, Pennsylvania, recognize it as our duty to give public expression to our conviction

... of the one part, and Martin Lantz, George Gross, Caspar Loughman and Michael Beyerly, members and trustees for the Society or Congregation of the Lutheran Church in the township of Lancaster in the County of Lancaster." The deed further witnessed that "the said James Hamilton as well for the

Nevin is the Lion Fountain in Reservoir Park, East King street. Miss Blanche Nevin lived at Windsor Forge in Caernarvon Township while her father, cele- �MISS BLANCHE NEVIN Lancaster County sculptress who exhibited specimens of her work at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. Photo courtesy

leading member of the Lancaster legal group. From 1888 until 1901 in which year he departed this life, he served Lancaster County as its member in the United States House of Representatives. During the Civil War he was an enlisted man in Company K, 97th Regiment, Chester County Volunteers. Buried in

entertainment given by the Maytown Lyceum on Saturday evening last." —February 10, 1876 Robert Blair Risk (1848-1926) was born on a farm in Drumore Township, Lancaster County, educated at Williamsburg Academy, Parkesburg Academy and Chestnut Level Academy and read law with Samuel H. Reynolds at Lancaster. He