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The Bloomsburg Fair was started by Caleb Barton in 1854. The 156th Bloomsburg Fair was held from September 25 to October 2, 2010. In 2006, fair attendance for the week reached 413,203 people. The 157th Fair was scheduled to be held from September 24, 2011, to October 1, 2011, but was canceled due to flooding associated with Tropical Storm Lee ...
Washington Crossing National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in Upper Makefield Township, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It opened in late 2009 and occupies approximately 205 acres (83 ha). [1] Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the cemetery serves veterans in the greater Philadelphia ...
Creation of national cemeteries. The United States National Cemetery System is a system of 164 cemeteries in the United States and its territories. The authority to create military burial places came during the American Civil War, in an act passed by the U.S. Congress on July 17, 1862. [1] By the end of 1862, 12 national cemeteries had been ...
Sep. 30—BLOOMSBURG — Though fairgoers travel from far and wide to get to the largest agriculture fair in Pennsylvania, locals are lucky to have the annual event right in their backyard.
Bloomsburg is a town and the county seat of Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania and is located 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Wilkes-Barre along the Susquehanna River. [3] It is the only Pennsylvania municipality incorporated as a town. [4]
Monday was Veterans Day at the Monroe County Fair. Several local veterans were honored, including Mary Pinchoff, 76, the oldest female veteran there.
Ball's Bluff Battlefield Regional Park and National Cemetery is a battlefield area and a United States National Cemetery, located 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Leesburg, Virginia. The cemetery is the third smallest national cemetery in the United States. [4] Fifty-four Union Army dead from the Battle of Ball's Bluff are interred in 25 graves in ...
A federal judge has ordered the Department of Defense to turn over records related to former President Donald Trump's controversial visit to Arlington National Cemetery – meaning the public ...