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Class is IN SESSION at "Good Ol' School Days" Event!
By: Dylan Bowman, HAHS Board Member & Ryan Bowman, HAHS President October 1, 2025 HAHS School Marm, "Miss" Danean Walker stands outside...

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Oct 12 min read


THE ATOMIC HALIFAX SAGA, Pt. IV - The Chemist and Metallurgist from Enterline
By: Dylan Bowman, HAHS Board Member August 6, 2025 James Irvin Hoffman, Sergeant in the CWS, 1912. Photograph provided by Hoffman Family....

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Aug 65 min read


The HAHS's Most EXPLOSIVE Yard Sale Ever!
By: Dylan Bowman, HAHS Board Member August 3, 2025 Dan Bellis and Lou Leeper happily display their purchases from the HAHS Annual Yard...

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Aug 32 min read


The President's Letter - July 2025
By: Ryan Bowman, HAHS President July 5, 2025 An Eastman Kodak advertisement from the early 1900’s featuring the “Kodak Girl.” Note the...

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Aug 24 min read


New Blood + Potatoes & Gravy = A GREAT EVENING
By: Dylan Bowman, HAHS Board Member June 26, 2025 HAHS President Ryan Bowman (left) and 1st Vice President Austin Enders (right) pose in...

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Jun 262 min read


May Program: A Special Evening with Hollywood/Broadway Actor Mark Zimmerman
By: Dylan Bowman, HAHS Board Member May 28, 2025 Halifaxians look on as Mark Zimmerman stuns the crowd with a Broadway tune. Photograph...

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May 315 min read


April Program: Enders Family History
By: Dylan Bowman, HAHS Board Member May 27, 2025 HAHS Vice President Austin Enders and Enders Family Association Secretary and...

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May 275 min read


Halifax Community Comes Together to Remember the Fallen
By: Dylan Bowman, HAHS Board Member May 26, 2025 Participants in the Halifax Memorial Day Parade pass out flags and interact with fellow...

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May 262 min read


The President's Letter - April 2025
By: Ryan Bowman, HAHS President April 8, 2025 From the president: As I write these words, warm weather has finally begun to return to the...

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May 253 min read


HAHS Thanks Community by Hosting FREE DINNER
By: Dylan Bowman, HAHS Board Member March 4, 2025 Halifaxians grab a warm bowl of soup on a cold night. Photograph by Dylan Bowman. Soup,...

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Mar 42 min read


The President's Letter - January 2025
By: Ryan Bowman, HAHS President January 7, 2025 Arnold Friberg's “The Prayer at Valley Forge” (1975). From the president: Over the years,...

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Feb 164 min read


The Belsnickel Would, Once Again, Like to Thank His Sponsors!
By: Dylan Bowman, HAHS Board Member January 18, 2025 The Belsnickel and Uncle Sam of Keystone - DS&T Insurance (Dylan Troutman) switching...

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Jan 181 min read


To Those Souls Who Returned to Help at the 21st Annual Belsnickel Parade & Festival...
By: Dylan Bowman, HAHS Board Member January 6, 2023 Volunteers Emma Bowman and Graylee Dobbin make a signature hot chocolate for...

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Jan 63 min read


THE BELSNICKEL HAS RETURNED! 21st Annual Parade & Festival SWEEPS Central PA!!
As the winds turned bitter with the arrival of winter, bells, ever so lightly ringing, could again be heard descending from the highest poin

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Dec 13, 20244 min read


November Program: The History & Significance of Harman Stove Co.
By: Dylan Bowman, HAHS Board Member December 1, 2024 The Harman family at the HAHS November Program. Photograph by Dylan Bowman. Winter...

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Dec 11, 20243 min read


Of Muckles and Rats: A Hidden History - Pt. I
In the days of my youth, there was war.
Not real war mind you, but rather the kind that exists between factions of young boys who, within

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Nov 23, 20244 min read


In Memory of Robert "Bob" Warfel - A True Historian and Friend
On September 24th, 2024, the Historical Society lost a long time board member, co-laborer, 6 year museum curator, and above all - one of our

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Nov 10, 20242 min read


The President's Letter: October 2024
I am an lover of records.
Phonograph recordings in one way or another have been around since the late 1800’s. By the 1930’s the company RCA

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Nov 3, 20244 min read


The Belsnickel RETURNS for the Halifax Halloween Parade!
With Halloween upon us, one thing is certain within American society as the leaves continue to fall and Autumn winds sweep through the month

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Oct 31, 20242 min read


Boys & Girls of Halifax SCRAMBLE for a Glimpse of The Belsnickel!!
This past Friday was another incredible success for the whole town of Halifax, as hundreds of families, friends and individuals came out for

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Oct 29, 20242 min read
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