Interview of Jeff Gibelius for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. Gibelius discusses how he came to be the lead pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church including his early life in Ballston Lake, New York and how the Church has changed over the years.
James Hamilton, Jr., founder of the Hamilton Library Association and what became the Cumberland County Historical Society, was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania on October 16, 1793, the only son of Judge James Hamilton (born 1752 in Belfast, Ireland, died February 13, 1819) and his wife Sarah Thomson, daughter of Rev. William and Susanna Ross Thomson.
Interview of Jack Larson for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. Larson discusses how he came to be a pastor in the Presbyterian Church including his eventual role as the Music Director and Associate Pastor of Second Presbyterian Church in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Interview of Cassie Line for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. Line discusses her early life growing up at Greystone and Pomfret Street as well as the many friends and family she has known including stories of her husband Jim Line.
Interview of Al Masland for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Memory Bank. Masland discusses his family's involvement in the Second Presbyterian Church in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and the role it has played in his life.
Interview of Jennifer McKenna for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. McKenna discusses growing up in Carlisle and attending the Second Presbyterian Church. She further talks about leaving Carlisle and working in the South including a death row ministry that eventually led her to the Seminary and returning to Second Presbyterian as the Associate Pastor.
Captain William E. Miller was one of the few Cumberland County residents who won the Medal of Honor during the Civil War. However, Miller may be the most distinctive honoree for winning his medal by going against his orders. Miller was born to a farming family in West Hill, Cumberland County, one mile west of Plainfield in West Pennsboro Township. As a young man, Miller ran his father’s farm and was establishing a small family of his own, when his life was interrupted by the call to war in 1861.
Interview of Ann Moser for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. Moser discusses her life at the Second Presbyterian Church in Carlisle including growing up next to the Manse, the move to Garland Ave., and the history of the Church.
Interview of Judge Sylvia Rambo for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. Rambo discusses her life at the Second Presbyterian Church in Carlisle as well as her career as a lawyer and a Judge.
Interview of Eugene Schlosnagle for the Second Presbyterian Church and the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. Schlosnagle discusses his involvement with Second Presbyterian as well as his experiences during World War II and teaching veterans how to farm.