by Janet Pollard | Mar 1, 2021 | Blog
Allison-Antrim Museum focuses on Timothy Anderson Sr. He was born a free Black. His father Robert Anderson was white, Scot-Irish, and Presbyterian having been born in Northern Ireland in 1760. His mother was African. She was born somewhere along the Ivory Coast of...
by Janet Pollard | Dec 10, 2020 | Blog
Allison-Antrim Museum’s annual Christmas Celebrations will be quite pared down this year due to the Coronavirus. On the kitchen porch (Ridge Avenue South), a “living holiday scene” depicting a Civil-War era scene of decorating the Christmas tree, will take...
by Janet Pollard | Nov 4, 2020 | Blog
Allison-Antrim Museum’s “virtual” November speaker is local historian, Tim Rockwell, Mercersburg, introduced by the late Ted Alexander. Rockwell spoke 16 years ago in April 2004 about Sgt. Patrick Gass’ Franklin County roots and his important role in the Lewis and...
by Janet Pollard | Oct 26, 2020 | Blog
Franklin County has legends, chilling stories, and strange sightings. Have a little Halloween fun and explore some local lore. Is it fact or fiction? Explore a little “haunted history” with the Franklin County Fright Sites Tour. Download Franklin County Fright Sites...
by Janet Pollard | Sep 9, 2020 | Blog
Allison-Antrim Museum’s “virtual” September speaker is Kurtis Meyers, a graduate of Greencastle-Antrim High School. Kurtis spoke to the Museum’s membership and the public in March 2005. His presentation was “The Aviation Industry in Hagerstown: The Post-war Years,”...
Underground Railroad
