Citizen's Voice

Photo gallery: First to Fall Commemoration

The West Pittston Historical Society held the 2025 First to Fall Commemoration, a tribute to the Revolutionary War patriots who perished in the 1778 Harding Massacre, on June 29 at the Jenkins Harding ...
The Times Leader

West Pittston Historical Society honors ‘First to Fall’

Mark Kahn, portraying Rev. Joshua Entwhistle, prays over the gravesite of Benjamin and Stukley Harding. The Jenkins-Harding Cemetery lies along side Wyoming Avenue, West Pittston. Re-enactors from the ...
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First to Fall event honors those who died in the Battle of Wyoming

WEST PITTSTON, Pa. — Take a step into July 3rd, 1778, when a battle during the Revolutionary War took place in the Wyoming Valley. Two brothers, Benjamin and Stukley Harding, were brutally murdered in ...
Citizen's Voice

West Pittston/Exeter Twp.: Historical society will remember first to fall in Harding Massacre

You may not realize, but the area which we call home is deeply steeped in history. A battle in the Revolutionary War even took place right here in the Wyoming Valley. The Battle of Wyoming, also known ...
Inside Higher Ed

First-Time Adult Enrollment Dropped This Fall. Should Colleges Be Worried?

Nearly 16 percent fewer adults started college for the first time this fall compared to the previous year. Some say the ...