Historical Events & Humor

Thurmont Related

• "The Saddest October" - The Great Influenza Epidemic of 1918

Emmitsburg Related

• Historical Events
  • Lost on the Mountain: The Tragic Death of Emma Clabaugh
  • The After Effects of the Great Fire of Emmitsburg
  • The Battle of Emmitsburg
  • Military Engagements around Emmitsburg in the Civil War - 1862
  • Street Lamps of Emmitsburg & the Men Who Lit Them
  • The Wetzel - Munshour Murder
  • Thousands View 1951 Old Home Week Parade
  • Wilber Roland Long: An America Hero
     
• Historical Humor
  • The Real History of the Strawberry Daiquiri
     
• Letters from the past
  • Emmitsburg as described in a Union Solder's letter home, June 30, 1863
  • Ned Delaney: The Story of An Emmitsburg Born Slave