(Editor’s note: This is another in a series of occasional stories about York County in the American Revolution. The Continental Congress’ productive visit to York in 1777 to 1778 prompted ...

This painting shows Marquis de Lafayette toasting George Washington, a longtime fixture in the old Lafayette Club in York, Pa. The impact ... 1778 when the Continental Congress was meeting in ...

The Continental Congress’s nine months in York were heady ... Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. In the city of York, Pa., a statue of the Marquis de Lafayette — the famous French major ...

YORK, Pa. (WHTM) – The United States of America declared York, Pennsylvania the nation’s first Capital in 1777. The British were advancing on the Continental Congress in September of 1777 ...

"They originally head to Lancaster, Pa. They find the state assembly ... Some of the members of the Continental Congress in York at the time include Founding Fathers John Hancock, Henry Laurens ...

The B.P.O. Elks York Lodge #213 invites the community to attend its annual Flag Day Ceremony, at the Lodge at 223 N. George ...

YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — The Pennsylvania Society ... for participating in this event honoring the fact that The Continental Congress met in York from September 1777 – June 1778.” ...

A mural by David Naydock on a building in York, Pa., depicts members of the Continental Congress debating the Articles of Confederation. But the city is perhaps most proud of its claim as the ...

5 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1774, the first Continental Congress convened in secret ... in the first Labor Day parade -- in New York City. In 1939, President Franklin D.