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Quote for today… “Then followed that beautiful season … Summer …. Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Marietta plant lockout continues (Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era)
- How does the advertising person at this weight loss company keep a job? Summer is not “around the corner” – it is here! Now!
- How Columbia lost its chance … (Harrisburg Patriot-News)
- We don’t get it; does anyone work for free? This from WGAL u-local.
- Bad day on county roads yesterday (Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era)
- In a “days gone by” article in the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era, there is this snippet from July 18, 1911: “Residents of Columbia and Mountville were accosted by a man posing as what the newspaper described as a ‘deaf mute’ seeking charity. He carried with him a book listing the names and donations of previous contributors to his cause. According to the Intelligencer Journal, ‘From the number of names on his book and the amounts contributed, the fellow was very successful with his game.’ He was exposed when he reacted to the telephone conversation of a potential victim, at which point he fled the scene and was never apprehended.”
- New clues to Alzheimer’s detection? (York Daily Record)
- Calling all area artists!
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With all the back-room dealings and bending over backwards for certain businesses and individuals in Columbia, I think Norm Meiskey believes Columbia is the Nation’s capital!
It was capitol for a day back in the day
Hahahahaha, that’s a good one “Watching”.
While we have heard that claim before, G., we have been unable to find any documentation that substantiates that claim. We can find nothing that documents that Columbia was the capital of the United States. “Philadelphia was the nation’s capital during the Revolution, except when the British threat caused the capital to be moved, respectively, to Baltimore, Lancaster, and York. While Congress was sitting in York (October 1777 – June 1778), it approved the Articles of Confederation, the first step toward a national government. After the war, the capital was moved to New York, but from 1790 until the opening of the District of Columbia in 1800, Philadelphia was again the capital. In 1787, the U.S. Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia.” (SOURCE: http://www.legis.state.pa.us/wu01/vc/visitor_info/pa_history/III.htm)
Another site (http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2574/york-pennsylvania-first-capital-of-the-united-states) reinforces that by stating,“The nation’s first capital was Philadelphia, then the great metropolis of North America with a population of more than 40,000. In December 1776, however, in the face of advancing British forces, the Continental Congress hurriedly adjourned to Baltimore (capital #2). The delegates were not enthusiastic about Baltimore, a muddy burg of 6,000; one ungraciously described it as an ‘extravagant hole.’ They were only too happy to return to Philly in March 1777 when the military situation stabilized. Matters deteriorated anew in September. With Philadelphia at the point of capture, Congress again bolted, this time heading for Lancaster, Pennsylvania (capital #3). There it met for exactly one day before deciding the Brits were still too close for comfort. The delegates forthwith repaired to York (capital #4), which was safely on the other side of the Susquehanna River.”
If you or any reader can find substantiating evidence to show that the capital of the United States was Columbia, PA (even for a day), please share it with us.