John Harris-Simon Cameron mansion Harrisburg, PA
This Mansion was originally bulit in 1766 and has undergone numerous additions and significant renovations since it was first constructed in 1766. It had only eight owners up to 1941 untill the dauphin county historical society took ownership and care of the property to present.
HARRISBURG HISTORY: The Founding of Harris's Ferry
WHTM History
Produced for the station's 50th anniversary in 2003, this piece shows historical photos, clips, and interviews with the people who created and built Harrisburg PA's ABC affiliate. Contributed to the PMMBH by the generosity of WHTM-TV.
JohnHarris-SimonCameron Mansion Documentary
An documentary of the JohnHarris-SimonCameron Mansion I created with the help of the staff from The Dauphin County Historical Society and CMS (Common Wealth Media Services).
JOHN HARRIS HISTORY (mockumentary for CASA performance)
mockumentary
Historical society exhibit looks at World War I 100th anniversary
The Historical Society of Dauphin County has an exhibit on the 100th anniversary of the United States entry into World War I, Uncle Sam Calls: Dauphin County in World War I, opening April 9 at the John Harris-Simon Cameron Mansion in Harrisburg. John Robinson, president of the historical society, explains the exhibit.
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Wesley Union AME Zion Church, Harrisburg, PA
Pride of Susquehanna returns to water
By: CBS 21 Web Staff
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Central Pennsylvania's most recognizable vessel has entered the waters for the season.
The Pride of the Susquehanna launched into the Susquehanna River from Harrisburg's City Island Thursday morning.
The National Guard helped put the boat back into the river before a large crowd.
The job wasn't easy, and it took a lot of time and special military equipment to make the move. The launched needed to be pushed back a week because of the high river waters.
This season several cruises are scheduled, including a murder-mystery and a live music tour.
The first event is set for Cinco de Mayo on May 5.
Until then, crews will be training and there will be some maintenance to do on board.
It takes a lot of work during the winter time, many man hours, lots of man hours, painting the hall, the lower deck, Harrisburg Area Riverboat Society Chairman Thomas Farr said.
The public river tours start Memorial Day weekend.
[Wikipedia] Timeline of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania history
This is a timeline of the major events in the history of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and vicinity.
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Pennsylvania Is Full Of History
We finally made it to Harrisburg the capitol of the great state of Pennsylvania...We started off visiting the flight 93 memorial in Somerset an amazing memorial in an an amazing location. Make sure you take a moment and check out the trailer for The Rugby Player the story about Mark Bingham's Life.
Next we had an incredible day with ten of our YouTube followers/Friends at Harrisburg pride then we all went bowling and to Pizza.
Last but not least we spent a great day at Gettysburg national park.
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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | Wikipedia audio article
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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
00:02:31 1 History
00:02:40 1.1 Founding
00:04:23 1.2 Pre-industry: 1800–1850
00:06:06 1.3 American Civil War
00:07:28 1.4 Industrial rise: 1850–1920
00:11:31 1.5 Industrial decline: 1920–70
00:12:50 1.6 Beginning of Harrisburg's suburbs: 1880s
00:14:20 1.7 20th century
00:17:31 1.8 21st century: fiscal difficulties and receivership
00:21:06 2 Geography
00:21:15 2.1 Topography
00:22:52 2.2 Adjacent municipalities
00:24:01 2.3 Climate
00:26:15 3 Cityscape
00:26:24 3.1 Neighborhoods
00:26:52 3.2 Architecture
00:28:05 4 Demographics
00:32:37 5 Economy
00:33:35 5.1 Employers
00:33:44 5.1.1 Top 10
00:33:57 6 People and culture
00:34:06 6.1 Culture
00:35:45 6.2 Media
00:36:57 6.2.1 Newspapers
00:37:27 6.2.2 Television
00:38:21 6.2.3 Radio
00:38:46 6.2.4 Portal internet websites
00:38:57 6.2.5 Harrisburg in film
00:39:14 6.3 Museums, art collections, and sites of interest
00:40:56 6.4 Parks and recreation
00:41:21 7 Sports
00:42:42 8 Government
00:42:50 8.1 City of Harrisburg
00:44:15 8.1.1 Property tax reform
00:46:09 8.2 Dauphin County
00:46:34 8.3 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
00:47:22 8.4 Federal government
00:48:17 9 Transport
00:48:26 9.1 Airports
00:49:39 9.2 Public transit
00:51:11 9.3 Intercity bus service
00:52:01 9.4 Regional scheduled line bus service
00:53:04 9.5 Rail
00:53:52 9.5.1 Freight rail
00:54:49 9.5.2 Intercity passenger rail
00:56:21 9.6 Bridges
00:57:07 10 Education
00:57:16 10.1 Public schools
00:59:31 10.2 Private schools
01:00:26 10.3 Higher education
01:00:35 10.3.1 In Harrisburg
01:01:42 10.3.2 Near Harrisburg
01:02:53 10.4 Libraries
01:03:32 11 Sister cities
01:03:51 12 Notable people
01:09:24 13 See also
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Harrisburg ( HARR-iss-burg; Pennsylvania German: Harrisbarrig) is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States, and the county seat of Dauphin County. With a population of 49,192, it is the 15th largest city in the Commonwealth. It lies on the east bank of the Susquehanna River, 107 miles (172 km) west of Philadelphia. Harrisburg is the anchor of the Susquehanna Valley metropolitan area, which had a 2017 estimated population of 571,903, making it the third most populous in Pennsylvania and 96th most populous in the United States.
Harrisburg played a notable role in American history during the Westward Migration, the American Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. During part of the 19th century, the building of the Pennsylvania Canal and later the Pennsylvania Railroad allowed Harrisburg to become one of the most industrialized cities in the Northeastern United States. The U.S. Navy ship USS Harrisburg, which served from 1918 to 1919 at the end of World War I, was named in honor of the city. In the mid-to-late 20th century, the city's economic fortunes fluctuated with its major industries consisting of government, heavy manufacturing, agriculture, and food services (nearby Hershey is home of the chocolate maker, located just 10 miles (16 km) east).
The Pennsylvania Farm Show, the largest free indoor agriculture exposition in the United States, was first held in Harrisburg in 1917 and has been held there every early-to-mid January since then. Harrisburg also hosts an annual outdoor sports show, the largest of its kind in North America, an auto show, which features a large static display of new as well as classic cars and is renowned nationwide, and Motorama, a two-day event consisting of a car show, motocross racing, remote control car racing, and more. Harrisburg is also known for the Three Mile Island accident, which occurred on March 28, 1979, near Middletown.
In 2010 Forbes rated Harrisburg as the second best place in the U.S. to raise a family. Despite the city's recent financial troubles, in 2010 The Daily Beast website ranked 20 metropolitan areas across the country as being recession-proof, and the Harrisburg region landed at No. 7. The financial stability of the region is in part ...
Chicago Civil War Roundtable March 2017 - Paul Kahan: Simon Cameron, Lincoln's 1st Sec of War
Simon Cameron (1799–1889) was one of the nineteenth century’s most prominent political figures. From abject poverty, he rose to undisputed political boss of Pennsylvania, Lincoln’s secretary of war, senator, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and a founder of the Republican Party. In his wake, however, he left a series of questionable political and business dealings and, at the age of eighty, even a sex scandal.
In the popular mind, Simon Cameron is chiefly remembered for two things, his breathtaking personal corruption and a dismal record of incompetence as Abraham Lincoln's first Secretary of War.
On March 10th Cameron’s latest biographer, Paul Kahan, will contend that both conclusions are grossly oversimplified. In Kahan's view, there is much to admire in Cameron, who rose to the heights of state and national power, demonstrating along the way strong loyalty to friends and allies while spending an entire political career tirelessly promoting the interests of his home state of Pennsylvania. An anti-slavery moderate, he was also comparatively liberal on race.
Paul Kahan is a lecturer at Ohlone College in Fremont, California. Dr. Kahan earned a Ph.D. in U.S. history from Temple University, an M.A. in Modern American History & Literature from Drew University and B.A.s in history and English (with minors in medieval/Renaissance studies and music) from Alfred University. In 2008, Dr. Kahan published his first book, Eastern State Penitentiary: A History. His most recent book, Amiable Scoundrel: Simon Cameron, Lincoln's Scandalous Secretary of War, was published in 2016. Kirkus called it A fine political biography while the San Francisco Book Review said it was Essential for any Civil War historian’s library.
Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania | Wikipedia audio article
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Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania
00:00:14 1 History
00:00:23 1.1 Founding
00:01:11 1.2 Overview
00:02:28 1.3 Governorship
00:03:44 1.4 Recent political history
00:03:53 1.4.1 Presidential elections
00:05:14 1.4.2 State and congressional elections
00:06:46 1.4.3 2006 general election
00:07:47 1.4.4 2008 general election
00:08:42 1.4.5 2009 municipal election
00:09:33 1.4.6 2010 general election
00:10:46 1.4.7 2014 general election
00:11:09 2 Current elected officials
00:11:37 2.1 Members of Congress
00:11:46 2.1.1 U.S. Senate
00:11:50 2.1.2 U.S. House of Representatives
00:12:20 2.2 Statewide offices
00:12:30 2.3 Legislative leadership
00:12:53 3 Party leadership
00:13:02 3.1 Current
00:13:36 3.2 Previous
00:14:12 4 Current membership by county
00:14:38 5 Proposed change to the electoral college
00:16:01 6 See also
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
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The Republican Party of Pennsylvania, commonly known as the PA GOP, is based in Harrisburg in the United States state of Pennsylvania. It is affiliated with the Republican Party of the United States.
Paul Kahan – Amiable Scoundrel: Simon Cameron, Lincoln’s Scandalous Secretary of War
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October 3, 2016 – This week, our time machine has a familiar face in the passenger seat. It’s Paul Kahan, who joined us previously to discuss The Bank War: Andrew Jackson, Nicholas Biddle, and the Fight for American Finance. You can catch that interview at History Author.com or wherever you’re listening now, and you enjoy the video we produced illustrating the political and journalistic changes occurring at the time of the Bank War.
Paul joins us again to discuss his latest work, Amiable Scoundrel: Simon Cameron, Lincoln’s Scandalous Secretary of War. From abject poverty to undisputed political boss of Pennsylvania — no easy feat in the notoriously fractious Keystone State — Simon Cameron served as senator, and ultimately Abraham Lincoln’s Secretary of War as the nation tore itself apart over slavery, at the outset of the Civil War.
You can visit this week’s guest at PaulKahan.com, or follow him on Twitter @Paul_Kahan, and check out his subject at the The John Harris – Simon Cameron Mansion in Harrisburg, PA.