LDHS+History+Honor+Society

Welcome to the LDHS History Honor Society WIKI page.

I hope to connect students/members with teachers/advisors regarding the study of history.

Are there resources that we could share? Of course, so let's do so in here.....

**__Museums__**: Buffalo Museum of Science (Leonardo Da Vinci's Machines) [] PDF of how to build Da Vinci's machines: [] The Smithsonian. Explore the world's largest museum complex! @http://www.si.edu/museums/ National Geographic Museum @http://events.nationalgeographic.com/events/locations/center/museum/ Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts @http://www.whitakercenter.org/ National Archives @http://www.archives.gov/ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Library of Congress <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">@http://www.loc.gov/index.html <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">National Civil War Museum <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">@http://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/index_1.php <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Computer History <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">@http://www.computerhistory.org/?gclid=CNmq7pLEmKQCFcm77Qodfk3SIg <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Hummelstown Historical Society......Interested in local history? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Check out what this musuem offers at @http://www.hummelstownhistorical.org/ or on 28 West Main Street in Hummelstown. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Hershey-Derry Township Historical Society <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">@http://www.hersheyhistory.org/ or its location behind the outlets in Hershey. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Midtown Scholar Bookstore (midtown of HBG) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">What a resource! It is one of the nation's largest academic used bookstores with more than one million second-hand and out-of-print scholarly books in all fields. A cafe and small performance center, too. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">@http://www.midtownscholar.com/ <span style="color: #0000cd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">** History (Military, World War II)** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; text-decoration: underline;">**World War II Roundtable Meeting**

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">If you are interested in attending ** wonderful **meetings of WWII veterans and enthusiasts, no registration is need for the free events held at 7:00 at the Country Meadows Retirement Home in Hershey (751 Sand Hill Road, near the Med Center) on the first Thursday of every month. Sometimes these are held at the Grace United Methodist Church near the LDMS--so ask for clarification. Keynote speakers typically discuss their personal experiences while in the US armed forces during WWII. A photo session, as well as a question and answer session are usually held. WWII era memorabilia is on hand. (Recent speakers include: a Pearl Harbor radio operator, the daughter of an American POW who walked from a camp near Berlin to Odessa-Black Sea port, and a Guadalcanal Marine veteran, and Edwin Cole Bearrs--the noted Civil War and WWII veteran and historian; Merchant Mariners who were in the line of fire and were shipwrecked; Chaplins who earned the Congressional Medal of Honor; A story on Emma Jane Foster--one of the two nurses who served with the Flying Tigers in China--a PSU graduate); Malmedy Massacre survivor. Please see Mr. Chortanoff for up to date information.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: underline;">**Annual 'World War II Weekend'**
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">WWII Air Show (MANY on ground and in the air)
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">WWII Veterans of several branches (many famous, depicted in HBO miniseries //Band of Brothers//; The Pacific) talk to them, get their autograph, buy their books. MEET HEROES. There will be many vendors, too.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">WWII Battle Re-creations
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Living Historians (in costume/character as WWII era leaders and people) such as FDR, MacArthur, Patton, JFK)Allied and Axis Tents/Encampments and Equipment (see up close, touch, ask questions)
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'times new roman',times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Flea Market with Miltaria and Food.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Location: Mid Atlantic Air Museum 11 Museum Drive Reading, Pennyslvania 19605 610.372.7333 [|www.maam.org] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Date: First Weekend in June <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">The cost is $24 a person