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Milton Hershey and his Enduring Legacy

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Pamela Whitenack

Director, Hershey Community Archives

Pamela Whitenack is active professionally in archival and oral history organizations. She is past-president of Oral History in the Mid-Atlantic Region (OHMAR). and is a frequent presenter at regional and national archival organizations. She is co-author of “Images of America: Hershey”, a pictorial history of the community, and “Images of America: Hersheypark.”

Learn how Milton Hershey overcame an impoverished childhood and built successful businesses, a thriving model industrial town and devoted his wealth to helping underprivileged children. Since his death, his legacy has not only continued but has grown and thrived. Learn more how Milton Hershey‘s values and legacy have shaped the businesses and community he founded.

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The Beginnings of Automobile Culture

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Professor Guillaume de Syon

Albright College

Professor Guillaume de Syon hails from France and Switzerland, but has called Lancaster, PA, home since 1994. Specialized in both European history and the history of technology, he teaches courses in almost every historical period at Albright College in Reading, PA.

Nowadays, we could not do without a car, but it was not always so. By examining postcards of the early 1900s, we can document how people really felt about gasoline fumes replacing horse dung, noisy drivers, and all sorts of strange, new road rules.

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Down by the Depot

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Patrick C. Morrison

The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania

Patrick is the Site Administrator at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, where he has worked for more than 20 years. He has a master’s degree in history from the University of Delaware and he is devoted to telling the rich stories of railroading in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

This talk is a detailed look at Pennsylvania train depots and terminals, both freight and passenger, and how the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania has explored station architecture, past, present and future.

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Snack Stronger

Snack Stronger

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Shanna Shultz, RD, LDN

GIANT Food Stores

Shanna Shultz, RD, LDN is a graduate from Virginia Tech with specialized training in dietetics from Penn State University. She has clinical experience with weight loss and diabetes counseling and has a passion for encouraging others to enjoy cooking and exploring new foods.

It’s time to get out of your comfort zone and try some new snacks that taste great and are healthy too! Learn to look beyond calories to find snacks that can be part of a healthy diet and keep you energized and satisfied. Giant Food Stores nutritionist, Shanna Shultz, will show you just how easy it is to create balanced, nutritious, and yummy snacks.

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton & The Women’s Movement

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Dr. Lori D. Ginzberg

Pennsylvania State University

An historian of nineteenth-century American women, Dr. Ginzberg’s research has focused on the ways that ideologies about gender obscure the material and ideological realities of class, how women of different groups express political identities, and the ways that commonsense notions of American life shape, contain, and control radical ideas. She has taught a wide range of courses in U.S. history, women’s history, lesbian and gay history, and feminist theory.

In this lecture we learn about brilliant, self-righteous, and charming, Elizabeth Cady Stanton. the founding philosopher of the American movement for woman’s rights. Best known for declaring that “all men and women are created equal” in 1848, and her demand for the vote, she also sought to rethink and remake women’s status in politics, law, religion, and marriage.

Considered radical at the time, her ideas (a women’s right to own property, acquire an education, exercise a vote, speak out in church and state, get a divorce) are now largely viewed as common sense. However, like all leaders, Stanton was a complex figure. Her absolutism about “woman’s rights” contained a racist and elitist strand that continues to shape her legacy.

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HEDY! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr

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Heather Massie

Award-winning actor/writer

Heather Massie has always been fascinated by the sciences, especially astronomy and astrophysics. She studied at the University of Virginia and after graduation, began to gather details about the life of Hedy Lamarr in order to create a story that would honor Ms. Lamarr’s accomplishments and inspire young women to take an interest in the sciences.

In this lecture we learn the amazing story of Hedy Lamarr. At the height of her Hollywood career, actress Hedy was known as “the most beautiful woman in the world,” but she was always more interested in inventing than acting or fame. She fought Hollywood stereotypes so she could have her inventions recognized and developed. Her breakthrough ideas changed the world, some of which are the foundation for today’s wireless communications!

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Cooking for One or Two

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Shanna Shultz, RD, LDN

GIANT Food Stores

Shanna Shultz, RD, LDN is a graduate from Virginia Tech with specialized training in dietetics from Penn State University. She has clinical experience with weight loss and diabetes counseling and has a passion for encouraging others to enjoy cooking and exploring new foods.

Cooking a nutritious meal for one or two can be a real challenge, but it does not have to be! Let Giant Food Stores Nutritionist Shanna Shultz teach you the basics about shopping, meal planning, and cooking for singles and pairs.

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Preparing Together for Emergencies

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Robert Myers

Emergency Disaster Services Director, Eastern PA and Delaware,
The Salvation Army

As Disaster Services Director, Mr. Myers is responsible for all preparedness, response and recovery operations in Pennsylvania from State College to New Jersey, and all of the state of Delaware. He manages all volunteers and staff associated with the disaster response program including planning, training, response operations and public relations surrounding disaster relief efforts.

Emergencies and disasters can strike quickly and without warning and can force you to evacuate your neighborhood or be confined to your home. What can you do to be better prepared? Get tips on creating a personal support network and having the items you need on hand in the event of an emergency.

Learn more: Prepare For Emergencies Now: Information For Older Americans

Additional Resources:

  • http://www.ready.pa.gov – PA State Preparedness Information
  • https://www.ready.gov/ – Federal (FEMA) Preparedness Information
  • https://theprepared.com/ – Preparedness Information for Starters
  • http://www.flash.org/ – Federal Alliance for Safe Homes, Inc.
  • http://disaster.salvationarmyusa.org/ – Salvation Army Disaster Services

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    A History of the Susquehanna and Delaware River Basin Through the Perspective of the American Shad

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    Dr. Charles Hardy

    West Chester University

    Dr. Hardy is Professor of History at West Chester University and is the producer of award-winning public radio, video, and web-based documentaries and historical websites.

    This is a comprehensive historical overview of the ups and downs of the American Shad population in the Delaware River watershed from precolonial times to the present day. It’s the story of how the Shad helped Pennsylvania’s leaders to understand the interrelationships over time of economic development, law, public health, resource management, the environment, and our culture.

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    Abandoned America

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    Matthew Christopher

    www.abandonedamerica.us

    Matthew Christopher is a commercial event, portrait, and architectural photographer and teaches and tutors in photography and photo editing. He is also an author and the creator of the photography-based website Abandoned America.

    Matthew Christopher has had an interest in abandoned sites since he was a child. His goal as an adult is not only the historical and photographic cataloging of such sites, but also to offer a eulogy for the lost ways of life they represent. Through photographs, he ensures that even when it is impossible to retain an historic structure, its unique characteristics, stories, and social impact are not forgotten. Mathew shares some of his photos from Pennsylvania sites.

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