Lancaster County in Province, State and Nation (A Bi-Centennial Review) By H. FRANK ESHLEMAN, Esq. L ANCASTER County has had a remarkable influence in prov- ince, state and nation, throughout our entire colonial and national life as a people. Since 1929 is the bi-centennal anni- versary of the

Lancaster County's Riflemen and Musketeers respec- tively, who went through the Revolutionary war as a combined command till it was almost shattered to shreds, only a few scores of soldiers left of over 1500 (Do. 98). The year 1757 opened with new efforts to raise troops. Lord Loudon met the several