Meet the historical figures for whom the planned Thaddeus Stevens & Lydia Hamilton Smith Center for History and Democracy at Queen and Vine streets is named. • Lancaster’s U.S. congressman during the ...
Arguably the most important opponent of slavery in American history, Thaddeus Stevens is also the most forgotten. If the abolitionist Pennsylvania congressman is known at all today, it’s thanks to ...
Making historical figures relevant in a world of chaos is not easy. But Chris Beiler thinks so highly of Thaddeus Stevens that he decided to try a new way. So the Akron father of two young children ...
HER STORY. SHE WAS INTELLIGENT, BUT SHE WAS COMPASSIONATE. SHE WAS STRONG. SHE HAD GREAT AMBITION AND THE WOMAN AT THE CENTER OF THOSE STATEMENTS IS LYDIA HAMILTON SMITH, KNOWN BY SOME AS SIMPLY A ...
The great Pennsylvania lawyer and “radical Republican” legislator Thaddeus Stevens is known by many as an innovator and public policy trailblazer. While his work as a congressman to eliminate slavery ...
ALONG SOUTH QUEEN STREET IN LANCASTER, THERE’S A PLAQUE RECOGNIZING THE HOME OF ABOLITIONIST THADDEUS STEVENS. SOON, THE BRICK THREE STORY WILL BE KNOWN AS THE STEVENS AND SMITH CENTER FOR HISTORY AND ...
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