FLAG PRESENTED TO LANCASTER FENCIBLES IN 1842 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER T HE Intelligencer and Journal of Tuesday, May 10th, 1842, an- nounced that the Lancaster Fencibles, a local infantry com- pany commanded by Captain John K. Findlay, intended partici- pating in a military encampment to be held

- fessor Herbert H. Beck, president of The Lancaster County His- torical Society. Following the invocation by the Rev. Robert S. Miller, pastor of the Unitarian Church of Our Father, Mayor James H. Ross introduced Mr. Garvin, the donor, who, in turn, presented Vernon K. Newswanger, of Lancaster and

Standard Presented to The Republican Blues By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER T HE twenty-fifth anniversary of American Independence was celebrated on Saturday, July 4th, 1801, by the inhabitants of Lancaster. The dawn was ushered in by the firing of a gun. At ten o'clock, The Republican. Blues, a

.] Porter, in a letter to James Buchanan, Esq., which was received from Philadelphia by mail on Wednesday evening, requested a sentiment to be given in his name. Unfor- tunately, the letter was received too late for Mr. Buchanan to com- ply with his wishes. 1 Lancaster Journal. Friday, July 6th, 1827

throughout its whole extent." An essay was read, which was also approved. Another meeting of citizens friendly to the freedom of man, was held at the house of D. Witmer, Jr., in Paradise, Lancaster county, Pa., on Saturday, November 6th. Mr. D. Witmer, Sr., presided.2 The following resolutions were

THE FEMALE SUNDAY-SCHOOL SOCIETY OF SAINT JAMES'S CHURCH, LANCASTER William Frederic Worner Mr. William A. B. Halbach, a member of one of Lancaster's oldest fami- lies, has kindly presented to the Lancaster County Historical Society a pam- phlet, 4 by 5 inches in size, that contains much of local

arms for the defense of all that can be held dear to freemen, the officers of the militia of Lancaster county, —feeling themselves happy under the influence of a government of their own choice, mild and equal in its operation, and perfectly satisfied that it has been, and continues to be, administered

Collections in Aid of the Sufferers from Fire in Columbia By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER ON Friday, October 25th, 1822, at eleven o'clock at night, a fire originated in the back building attached to the tavern of a man named Quarles, in Columbia, Lancaster county, Pa. Before the fire could be

HORSE-RACING IN LANCASTER COUNTY By HERBERT H. BECK and WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER The earliest recorded organized trials of speed with horses were the chariot-races at the Greek national festivals, of which the most notable were the Olympic games, held every fourth year. Greek sculpture frequently