The Summer 2018 issue of Pennsylvania Heritage magazine is available! This summer, enjoy featured articles:
- “Windows on Pennsylvania’s Natural Places: Restoring Mammal Hall at The State Museum” by Elizabeth Hanson
- “The Sacrifices of Company C: Somerset County’s Valiant Soldiers in the Great War” by Charles Fox
- “The Last Days of William Penn” by Linda A. Ries
- “Wrench in the Machine: The Shape of Gubernatorial Campaign’s Media Blitz of 1966” by Steve Lilienthal
Other great articles, sharing the collections of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, include:
- Our Documentary Heritage Major League Murder by Richard Saylor, archivist at the Pennsylvania State Archives
- Marking Time Rev. Dr. Leon Howard Sullivan, Global Civil Rights Activist by Karen Galle, Historic Preservation Specialist
- Hands-On History, Retail: Pennsylvania Historical Marker Dedications by Nancy Moses, PHMC Chairperson
- A Place In Time The Delaware Station of the Philadelphia Electric Company by April E. Frantz, Historic Preservation Specialist
- Trailheads Trails to the 28th Infantry Division National Shrine by Amy Killpatrick Fox, Museum Educator
- Picturing PA Take Cover! Pennsylvania’s Civil-Defense Program by Tyler Stump
- Sharing the Common Wealth William Curtis Truxal’s World War I Footlocker by Kyle R. Weaver, Pennsylvania Heritagemagazine editor
Book reviews:
- The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf Who Become the First Revolutionary Abolitionist by Markus Rediker: reviewed by Emma J. Lapsansky, Haverford College
- Sentiments of a British-American Woman: Esther Deberot Reed and the American Revolution by Owen S. Ireland; reviewed by Cynthia A. Kierner, George Mason University
- Philadelphia: Finding the Hidden City by Joseph E.B. Elliott, Nathaniel Popkin, and Peter Woodall; reviewed by Kevin Patrick, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Farming: A History in Landscapes by Sally McMurry; reviewed by Angela Shope Stiefbold, University of Cincinnati
- Biz Mackey, A Giant Behind the Plate: The Story of the Negro League Star and the Hall of Fame Catcher by Rich Westcott; reviewed by Todd M. Mealy, Penn Manor High School
The Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation newsletter:
- “PHF Sponsors Children’s Visit to Old Economy Village”
- “PHF Identifies PHMC’s 21st-Century Museums Initiative as a Fundraising Priority”
- “PHF Hosts Rotary International Students for Tour of The State Museum”
- “PHF Hosts Giving Circle Members at 4th Annual Dinner”
Members receive the Pennsylvania Heritage magazine at home four times a year.
