A Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission sign commemorating one of the darkest events in Johnstown’s history, the 1923 Rosedale banishment, was officially displayed for the first time on Thursday.
An official blue-and-yellow, cast-aluminum state historical marker commemorating “The Rosedale Banishment” was installed at Hinckston Run Reservoir on Tuesday.
A century to the day from when Blacks and Mexicans who had not lived in Johnstown for at least seven years were banished and the Ku Klux Klan burned crosses
A century to the day from when Blacks and Mexicans who had not lived in Johnstown for at least seven years were banished and the Ku Klux Klan burned crosses
Two events are scheduled to take place in Johnstown on Sept. 7 to commemorate what Gov. Josh Shapiro recently officially proclaimed to be Rosedale Banishment Remembrance Day.