When the Washington County Historical Society opened its Arcs of Freedom exhibit in 2025 in the city of Washington's LeMoyne House ÎÞëÊÓƵ” a National Historic Landmark that served as a key stop on Underground Railroad ÎÞëÊÓƵ” one of its aims was to tell the story of the Abolitionist Movement and ...
According to historians who have closely studied his hectic life and the tumultuous times in which he lived, Alexander Clark may be one of the most important figures in Black history that youÎÞëÊÓƵ™ve never heard of. So just who was he? He was born almost 200 years ago in Washington, on Feb. 25, ...
At the start of the 19th century, The Genius of Liberty carried dispatches on events an ocean away and concerns as close as a neighborÎÞëÊÓƵ™s pastureland. The Uniontown newspaper carried reports on NapoleonÎÞëÊÓƵ™s military exploits in Europe and the latest proclamation from President James ...
When the new year arrived at midnight on Jan. 1, 1863, the quiet of most of the regionÎÞëÊÓƵ™s small towns and rural expanses might well have been briefly disturbed by church bells ringing out. But thereÎÞëÊÓƵ™s every likelihood that not many people were in the mood for any kind of raucous ...
