Antietam Historical Association

Antietam Historical Association ("AHA") is a not-for-profit educational organization founded June 20, 2006. It processes information about the Antietam country of Maryland and Pennsylvania through both traditional and digital means. AHA gathers and strives to protect historical information and images pertaining to its field of study. Then it interprets and disseminates this information, with an emphasis on scholarly publications and fun events.[1]

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Mission

The Association's mission is to collect, preserve, and interpret information about the region in Maryland and Pennsylvania drained by Antietam Creek and its tributaries. It pursues this mission through print publications, a website, a Facebook page, direct interaction with researchers, digital image archives, study groups, and an annual meeting featuring a scholarly presentation concerning some pertinent historical topic.[1]

Organization

AHA is headquartered at Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, and was incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on October 11, 2006.[2]

Fellowships

AHA is a non-member, non-stock corporation. It instead acknowledges its supporters by bestowing upon them "fellowships," in keeping with its emphasis on historical scholarship. The Association grants both regular and honorary fellowships.[3]

Regular Fellowships

Regular fellowships represent monetary support. The highest levels of these are named in memory of pioneer philanthropists of the Antietam country. To date, four categories of regular fellowships have been created:

Honorary Fellowships

Honorary fellowships represent scholarship. Each honorary fellowship is a lifetime grant to one person. To date, two honorary fellowships have been created:

The Hereditary Societies of Waynesboro

AHA sponsors The Hereditary Societies of Waynesboro, which recognize living descendants of selected persons who made significant contributions in Antietam history. To date, the following hereditary societies have been inaugurated:


Membership in The Hereditary Societies of Waynesboro is by application. Applicants need to provide documentary proof of descent from a qualifying ancestor. If approved for membership, the applicant is presented with a certificate evidencing acceptance, and is placed on the rolls of the Hereditary Societies.[3]

Publications

Study Groups

AHA sponsors three study groups which meet at stated intervals for informal exploration of local history.

The Potomac Street Irregulars

The Potomac Street Irregulars (PSI) meet the second Tuesday of every month to study crime in Antietam History. The group's name is borrowed from the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, in which Holmes engages the services of a group of street urchins to gather information for him. He called his urchins the "Baker Street Irregulars." Likewise, the history group's nickname, "PSI," is a parody of the titles of popular crime-fighting television shows. The PSI format is to dine together, followed by the presentation by one member (called the "lead detective") of his findings about a given case. The discussion then opens for input from all in attendance. This group has enjoyed great popularity since its inauguration in January 2013, based largely on its study of the unsolved murder cases of Samuel Shockey (1928) and Miss Betty Jane Kennedy (1946).[8]

Antietam Ramblers

The Antietam Ramblers take field trips to natural and historic places in the Antietam country and contiguous regions. The stated frequency of rambles is quarterly; however, weather and other considerations have caused the group to travel less frequently during its first year. To date, the group have visited the site of the Blue Mountain House, on the Western Maryland Railroad and the Appalachian Trail near Pen-Mar, Maryland; the sites of distilleries in the watershed of the east branch of Antietam creek; and the Cascades on Falls creek, near Cascade, Maryland.[9]

Third Thursday Biography Breakfast

In 2014 AHA inaugurated "Third Thursday Biography Breakfast" (TTBB) to study deceased local residents who are not already history-book celebrities. TTBB meets the third Thursday of every month, to eat breakfast and hold informal, roundtable discussions. Mrs. Rachael Patterson Green, Benjamin Tarman, Christian Welty Good, and "My Yellow Garl Rose" are among the topics thus far explored.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Mace, Nancy (April 29, 2010). "Antietam Historical Association and Little Antietam Creek Inc. look at local history from different angles". The Record Herald.
  2. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State. "Corporations". Retrieved March 11, 2012.
  3. 1 2 The Rivulet. Numbers 1-6. 2010–2011.
  4. ↑ Hershberger, Scott. "Todd Dorsett First Recipient of Nead Fellowship". Franklin County, Pennsylvania: Great Moments Along the Way. Franklin County Visitors Bureau. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Antietam Historical Association honors Mack descendant Dr. A. Kathryn Oller". The Record Herald. October 30, 2010.
  6. ↑ The Rivulet. Number 5. October 2011.
  7. ↑ The Rivulet. Number 1: 4. September 2010.
  8. ↑ The Rivulet. Numbers 8-15. 2012–2014.
  9. ↑ The Rivulet. Numbers 9-13. 2013.
  10. ↑ The Rivulet. Numbers 14-15. 2013–2014.

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