MIFFLINTOWN — As America celebrates 250 years in 2026, reflections of history are certain to be part of the ceremonies. From Founding Fathers and gallant heroes to average citizens and townspeople, the nation was forged from the ground up. Not to be forgotten are the keepers of the books, ...

LEWISTOWN — We have all seen them, the jolly bell ringers dressed in red who faithfully stand outside during the frigid holiday months, protecting that red bucket and asking for your change. The ones most people walk right past. They are the Salvation Army soldiers, the strength of one of the ...

LEWISTOWN – There are places in this country where patriotism is something you buy, flags printed in bulk, fireworks stacked high in the supermarket aisle, slogans on t-shirts made somewhere else. But in small towns like the ones tucked between the ridges of Mifflin and Juniata County, it ...

The following profiles honor the 12 servicemen from Juniata Terrace whose lives, service and ultimate sacrifice are documented in Rick Bodenschatz’s book, “The Juniata Terrace Monument: A Community’s Story of Service and Sacrifice:” Private William Platt Allen Jr. 3rd Army, 80th ...

America: 250 years of Patriots and Patriotism I’m a flag waving patriotic Nephew of my Uncle Sam A rough riding, fighting, Yankee man I love mom and apple pie And the freedoms that we all enjoy across this beautiful land I worked hard, and I fight hard for the old red, white and ...

JUNIATA TERRACE – On the boulevard at Juniata Terrace, the stone monument stands the way it has for generations — quiet, weathered and easy to pass without a second thought. For decades, it has watched over the rowhouses and the families who built their lives there, its granite face ...