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Celebrate our 232nd year of independence

IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

Exhibition of New Castle mail order homes at Historical Society

by Amy Pappas
January 18, 2008

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125 Years Ago . . .

On Historical Society House Tour: A glass house inspired by Philip Johnson’s

Photo by David Diesing
May 23, 2008
by Jane Lindau

On Thursday, June 5, from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m., the New Castle Historical Society will host its annual house tour.

The Cartoonist and the Candidate, Nast, Greeley and the Campaign of 1872

Dismayed by the scandals of the first Grant administration, “Liberal” Republicans had decided to run their own candidate against the President. They held their convention at Cincinnati in late April and early May, and they selected Greeley as their candidate.
May 16, 2008
by Gray Williams

If you attend the tag sale (or even if you don’t), take the opportunity to visit the Horace Greeley House to view two ongoing special exhibitions.

Historical Society exhibit of Thomas Nast, father of American political cartooning

May 9, 2008
by Christine Yeres

Click on “Photo Gallery,” on our menu at left, to see pictures of the Nast exhibit and of the Historical Society’s preparations for their Tag Sale May 16 and 17. There are lots of frames among the tag sale miscellany, so measure your pictures before you come!

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