Iron and steel workers on strike. Sign in background reads “Steel and Metal Workers Industrial Union”. Some of the men are carrying sticks. A car pulls up and armed men get out, they talk with the strikers who shout at them to go away. More armed men (wearing arm bands) walk down the street guns …
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Until 1990 the song served as the official song for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. “Hail, Pennsylvania!” is a song written by Edgar M. Dilley (Class of 1897) as a submission to a University of Pennsylvania alumni committee-sponsored contest to write a song to the tune of “God Save the Tsar!“, the national anthem of Imperial Russia, by Alexei Fyodorovich Lvov. Edgar …
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks at a Democratic Party rally held in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. In his speech President Kennedy encourages his audience to re-elect Congressman Frank M. Clark, re-elect Senator Joseph S. Clark, and elect gubernatorial candidate Mayor Richardson Dilworth. The President also discusses the importance of electing Democratic representatives from Pennsylvania …
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On episode 3 of the Little Beaver Historical Society Podcast, we talk with Kevin Farkas and Bryan Chemini of The Social Voice Project about using podcasting to promote local history and support small museums and historical societies.
On episode 8 of the Little Beaver Historical Society Podcast, we talk with Dave Welch, historian and living descendant of the Civil War 100th Pa Volunteer Infantry Regiment, about keeping their story alive and sharing it with the public.
On episode 9 of the Little Beaver Historical Society Podcast, we talk with Beaver County history author Jay Paisley about his current book project documenting Legionville—the nation’s first military training base established by Major General “Mad” Anthony Wayne in 1792
On this episode of Argot: Audio Short Stories from the Veteran Voices of Pittsburgh Oral History Collection, George Tita shares a story originally told on June 26, 2013 to the Veteran Voices of Pittsburgh Oral History Initiative in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. This audio short story is engineered and produced by Kevin Farkas.
DESCRIPTION: “On this episode of Argot: Audio Short Stories from the Veteran Voices of Pittsburgh Oral History Collection, WWII veteran Tony Sercel shares a story about serving in Europe with the Army’s 82 Airborne Division, as originally told in June 2013 to the Veteran Voices of Pittsburgh Oral History Initiative in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. This audio short story is …