Friday marks the 233rd anniversary of the birth of Thaddeus Stevens, Lancaster’s Civil War-era abolitionist congressman.
Lydia Hamilton Smith's story is deeply entwined with abolitionist Thaddeus Stevens, but she has her own story to tell. The ...
The Thaddeus Stevens Museum’s expansion on Chambersburg Street next month will include an exhibit about the kidnapping of ...
ALONG SOUTH QUEEN STREET IN LANCASTER, THERE’S A PLAQUE RECOGNIZING THE HOME OF ABOLITIONIST THADDEUS STEVENS ... SMITH SERVED AS STEVENS HOUSE MANAGER AND COMPANION UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1868.