HAGERSTOWN – The Antietam Historical Association will hold its 12th annual meeting on Wednesday, April 16, featuring well-known genealogist Pam Anderson as guest speaker. The deadline for reservations is Tuesday, April 8.
The meeting will occur at Fountain Head Country Club in Hagerstown. Festivities will begin at 5:30 p.m. with hors d’œuvres, cash bar, live piano music, an exhibit and book signing. A chicken cordon bleu dinner (or vegetarian alternative) will follow at 6:30 p.m.
The cost of the event is $45.00 per person, payable when making reservations. To make reservations, please contact Antietam Historical Association by email or calling 717-762-2006. Those requesting the vegetarian alternative dinner need to do so when making reservations. Please also communicate any dietary restrictions at that time.
Anderson is the owner of Anderson CoGen in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. She began her genealogical career in 2010, researching her own family history. In 2014 she went professional and has researched for clients from California to Slovakia. Anderson has written articles for and presented to the Association of Professional Genealogists, the National Genealogical Society, the Maryland, New Jersey and New York genealogical societies, and various Franklin county organizations.
But her passion is researching little known facts about Franklin County. Her works about the Antietam country include “The Two Emilie Reeds of Blue Ridge Summit” and “Finding the First Flu Victim of Franklin County.”
Presently, Pam Anderson is focusing on William Wallace Denslow (1856–1915). Denslow was a native Philadelphian and is best remembered as the illustrator of the first edition of L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.” But Denslow is best known locally as the illustrator of the 1878 edition of I. H. M’Cauley’s “Historical Sketch of Franklin County.” As such, Denslow preserved dozens of local scenes (although he playfully used artistic license to enhance some views). Some of these places are remarkably identifiable today; others are greatly changed, while some have been erased from the landscape. Denslow’s skill and artistic temperament combined to create a topic well worth sharing.
