| The Great Commoner Volume 9, No. 2 thaddeusstevenssociety.com Fall 2007 |
The next meeting of the Thaddeus Stevens Society will be a potluck picnic at Caledonia State Park on
Sunday, October 28, at 1 p.m. After lunch and a short business meeting, we will tour the Thaddeus
Stevens Blacksmith Shop and possibly hike the Thaddeus Stevens heritage trail to see remains of the iron
mill operation.
Chicken barbeque and sodas will be provided. If you’d like to bring a dish to the gathering, please
call Ross Hetrick at 717-334-5227 and leave a message as to what you will be bringing.
To get to the park, take Route 30 west over South Mountain towards Chambersburg. Shortly after
going over the mountain, you should see the entrance to the park to your right. Turn into the parking lot
and walk over the small foot bridge that is across the street from the parking lot. You will see a small white
building, which is the Thaddeus Stevens Blacksmith shop. That is where we will be gathering. Hope to see
you there.
Sunday, October 28, at 1 p.m. After lunch and a short business meeting, we will tour the Thaddeus
Stevens Blacksmith Shop and possibly hike the Thaddeus Stevens heritage trail to see remains of the iron
mill operation.
Chicken barbeque and sodas will be provided. If you’d like to bring a dish to the gathering, please
call Ross Hetrick at 717-334-5227 and leave a message as to what you will be bringing.
To get to the park, take Route 30 west over South Mountain towards Chambersburg. Shortly after
going over the mountain, you should see the entrance to the park to your right. Turn into the parking lot
and walk over the small foot bridge that is across the street from the parking lot. You will see a small white
building, which is the Thaddeus Stevens Blacksmith shop. That is where we will be gathering. Hope to see
you there.
Society To Meet Oct. 28 at Caledonia
Not only did Thaddeus Stevens make a joke about a politician stealing a red-hot stove, he also made
stoves at his Caledonia iron mill near Chambersburg. Now one of those stoves is on display at the visitor
center at Caledonia State Park.
William K. Nitterhouse, a well-know businessman in the Chambersburg, recently donated the stove. He
had owned the ornate stove for more than 10 years and decided to give it to the park after it opened its
new visitor center, which provides a prominent space to show off the antique.
The park already owned a Caledonia-made stove, which is in the Thaddeus Stevens Blacksmith shop, a
small building containing artifacts alongside Route 30. The recently donated stove is much fancier and
probably was used in a parlor, Nitterhouse said.
Many thanks to Mr. Nitterhouse for his generous donation, which is a tangible part of the Thaddeus
Stevens heritage.
stoves at his Caledonia iron mill near Chambersburg. Now one of those stoves is on display at the visitor
center at Caledonia State Park.
William K. Nitterhouse, a well-know businessman in the Chambersburg, recently donated the stove. He
had owned the ornate stove for more than 10 years and decided to give it to the park after it opened its
new visitor center, which provides a prominent space to show off the antique.
The park already owned a Caledonia-made stove, which is in the Thaddeus Stevens Blacksmith shop, a
small building containing artifacts alongside Route 30. The recently donated stove is much fancier and
probably was used in a parlor, Nitterhouse said.
Many thanks to Mr. Nitterhouse for his generous donation, which is a tangible part of the Thaddeus
Stevens heritage.
Caledonia State Park Gets Another Stove
Stove donated by William K.
Nitterhouse at the Caledonia State Park
Visitor Center.
Nitterhouse at the Caledonia State Park
Visitor Center.
Stove at the Thaddeus Stevens Blacksmith
Shop.
Shop.
Stevens Quote:
“There can be no fanatics in the cause of genuine liberty. Fanaticism is excessive zeal. There may be,
and have been fanatics in false religion – in the bloody religions of the heathen. There are fanatics in
superstition. But there can be no fanatic, however warm their zeal, in the true religion, even although you
sell your goods and bestow your money on the poor, and go on and follow your Master. There may,
and every hour shows around me, fanatics in the cause of false liberty – that infamous liberty which
justifies human bondage, that liberty whose ‘corner-stone is slavery.’ But there can be no
fanaticism however high the enthusiasm, in the cause of rational, universal liberty – the liberty of the
Declaration of Independence.� – June 10, 1850.
“There can be no fanatics in the cause of genuine liberty. Fanaticism is excessive zeal. There may be,
and have been fanatics in false religion – in the bloody religions of the heathen. There are fanatics in
superstition. But there can be no fanatic, however warm their zeal, in the true religion, even although you
sell your goods and bestow your money on the poor, and go on and follow your Master. There may,
and every hour shows around me, fanatics in the cause of false liberty – that infamous liberty which
justifies human bondage, that liberty whose ‘corner-stone is slavery.’ But there can be no
fanaticism however high the enthusiasm, in the cause of rational, universal liberty – the liberty of the
Declaration of Independence.� – June 10, 1850.
Thanks to volunteers from the Thaddeus Stevens
Society, an exhibit of Thaddeus Stevens artifacts is now
open on Sundays from 2 to 5 p.m.
The exhibit is part of the archives at the Thaddeus
Stevens College of Technology in Lancaster. Society
volunteers have been staffing the exhibit since September
9. The display includes a 12-minute video about Stevens,
original letters, Stevens’s clubfoot boot, as well as
furniture and other items used by the Old Commoner.
To spread the word about the exhibit, a flyer has been
produced and is being distributed in a box at Stevensâ
€™s cemetery and at various Lancaster historical
organizations.
The archives are located within the Learing Resources
Center, behind the college’s main building, Mellor
Hall. The college is located at 750 East King Street.
If you would like to volunteer to staff this important
exhibit, please email the society at
contact@thaddeusstevenssociety.com or by calling Ross
Hetrick at 717-334-5227. Also come by some Sunday
afternoon, you will find it fascinating.
Society, an exhibit of Thaddeus Stevens artifacts is now
open on Sundays from 2 to 5 p.m.
The exhibit is part of the archives at the Thaddeus
Stevens College of Technology in Lancaster. Society
volunteers have been staffing the exhibit since September
9. The display includes a 12-minute video about Stevens,
original letters, Stevens’s clubfoot boot, as well as
furniture and other items used by the Old Commoner.
To spread the word about the exhibit, a flyer has been
produced and is being distributed in a box at Stevensâ
€™s cemetery and at various Lancaster historical
organizations.
The archives are located within the Learing Resources
Center, behind the college’s main building, Mellor
Hall. The college is located at 750 East King Street.
If you would like to volunteer to staff this important
exhibit, please email the society at
contact@thaddeusstevenssociety.com or by calling Ross
Hetrick at 717-334-5227. Also come by some Sunday
afternoon, you will find it fascinating.
Stevens Exhibit Open Sundays In Lancaster
Stevens Exhibit at the Thaddeus Stevens
College of Technology in Lancaster
College of Technology in Lancaster