January/February 2014 issue content

January/February 2014

January/February 2014

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Hyphenating a City’s Name

How President Roosevelt helped to end a mine strike and forever changed the spelling of Wilkes-Barre
by James A. Wert

Watchmaking in Lititz
Lititz Watch Technicum trains a new generation in the centuries-old craft in the town known for chocolate, pretzels and Moravians
by Stephanie Kalina-Metzger

Winter Windows
Showcasing the “sugar-coated” season through the eyes of Pennsylvania photographers the king’s speech and a daughter’s regal summer. A Philadelphia lawyer pioneered the techniques used to treat King George VI’s famous stutter, and a teenage daughter recalls the European trip.
by Paul Greenhalgh