The President's Letter: July 2024
By: Ryan Bowman, HAHS President July 4, 2024 "Declaration of Independence" by John Trumbull, circa 1817-1818. Change. A single word with...
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- Jul 17
- 2 min
The Society Gathers Once More...
By: Dylan Bowman, HAHS Board Member July 17, 2024 HAHS Members gather for an evening of food, fun, and fellowship. Photograph by Dylan...
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- Jul 3
- 2 min
Happy Independence Day from the Belsnickel
By: Dylan Bowman, HAHS Board Member July 3, 2024 Belsnickel at the beach. Photograph by Dylan Bowman. With the sweltering heat, the glory...
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- May 23
- 4 min
THE ATOMIC HALIFAX SAGA, Pt. III - A Chemical Catastrophe
By: Dylan Bowman, HAHS Board Member May 21, 2024 An eagle-eye view of Facility K-25 in Oak-Ridge, Tennessee, in 1947, where John Drake...
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- May 15
- 2 min
SAVE THE HAHS BUILDING!!
By: Dylan Bowman, HAHS Board Member May 15, 2024 Ronnie Stoneroad (front), Max Bowman (back), and others work on the brick and mortar of...
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- Apr 25
- 5 min
A Brief History of the Halifax Area Garden Club
By: Dylan Bowman, HAHS Board Member April 25, 2024 (Left to Right) Faye Leitzel, Lynette Schlegal, Grace Clouser and Darla Fulkroad at...
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- Mar 27
- 3 min
March Program: "The Spirits of the Signers" feat. Dill's Tavern
By: Dylan Bowman, HAHS Board Member March 27, 2024 Murray Small and his spirits. Photograph by Dylan Bowman. Historical Spirits &...
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- Feb 29
- 4 min
February Program: Jim Reed, The "Huckleberry Finn" of Halifax
By: Dylan Bowman, HAHS Board Member February 29, 2024 The Storyteller With Spring on the horizon and storms blowing in the warm air,...
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- Feb 28
- 4 min
The President's Letter: January 2024
By: Ryan Bowman, HAHS President January 1, 2024 I’ve never really been a New Year’s resolution kind of guy. Now please don’t get me...
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- Jan 30
- 4 min
January Program: Dane Snyder on REAL Archeology
By: Dylan Bowman, HAHS Board Member January 30, 2024 Halifax's "Indiana Jones" As a film guy, I have to say that Indiana Jones is quite...
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- Jan 16
- 5 min
THE ATOMIC HALIFAX SAGA, Pt. II - The Halifaxian Inventor
By: Dylan Bowman, HAHS Board Member January 16, 2024 The infamous photographic capturing of "Test Able"as seen from Eneu Island, seconds...
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- Dec 18, 2023
- 4 min
THE ATOMIC HALIFAX SAGA, Pt. I - The Nuclear Family
By: Dylan Bowman, HAHS Board Member December 18, 2023 John D. Hoffman being awarded the Soldier's Medal of Valor, April 14, 1946. From...
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- Dec 12, 2023
- 3 min
The Halifax Belsnickel UNMASKED!
By: Dylan Bowman, HAHS Board Member December 12, 2023 For centuries, the Belsnickel has guarded (or terrorized, depending on who you talk...
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- Dec 11, 2023
- 1 min
The Belsnickel Wants to Thank Our Sponsors!
By: Dylan Bowman, HAHS Board Member December 10, 2023 The Belsnickel and Uncle Sam of Keystone - DS&T Insurance in the 20th Annual...
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- Dec 4, 2023
- 3 min
The People BEHIND the 20th Annual Halifax Belsnickel Festivities
By: Dylan Bowman, HAHS Board Member December 4, 2023 Jane Mello, HAHS Board Member, displaying the cleaned-out soup and chili...we had to...
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- Dec 3, 2023
- 3 min
THE BELSNICKEL IS HERE! 20th Annual Parade and Festival a MASSIVE TRIUMPH!!
By: Dylan Bowman, HAHS Board Member December 3, 2023 The Belsnickel is here. Photo by Dylan Bowman. The Bells on the Mountain Bells, all...
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- Dec 2, 2023
- 3 min
Finding One's Wings: The Story of Local Published Author Bonnie Swinehart
By: Dylan Bowman, HAHS Board Member November 29, 2023 Bonnie Swinehart and her first published book, "Benjy and the Belsnickel." Photo by...
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- Nov 28, 2023
- 1 min
Christmas is Coming to Halifax
By: Dylan Bowman, HAHS Board Member November 28, 2023 The Most Wonderful Time of the Year This past Sunday, the Christmas Spirit hit the...
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- Nov 23, 2023
- 3 min
A Day in the Life of The Belsnickel
By: Dominic Mangle, HAHS Member and The Halifax Belsnickel November 23, 2023 The Belsnickel, 2023. Photograph by Dylan Bowman....
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- Nov 11, 2023
- 2 min
Belsnickel SPOTTED at Halifax Halloween Parade!
By: Dylan Bowman, HAHS Board Member November 4, 2023 Candy...and a Switch Only a few short days ago, the annual Halloween Parade took...
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