Behind the Bronze: The Story of Pennsylvania's Commonwealth Monument
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Description
A video short about the Commonwealth Monument Project's bronze statuary group, A Gathering at the Crossroads, which commemorates the anniversaries of the ratification of the 15th and 19th Amendments. The monument celebrates the Old Eighth Ward and its residents and features four African American orators who visited or resided in Harrisburg in the late 1800s.
Publication Date
2022
Document Type
Video
Keywords
Harrisburg, Thomas Morris Chester, The Chester Way, William Howard Day, Frances Harper, Jacob T. Compton, Eighth Ward, Commonwealth Monument Project, Digital Harrisburg, Center for Public Humanities
Disciplines
African American Studies | History | United States History
Recommended Citation
Ganey, Keli, "Behind the Bronze: The Story of Pennsylvania's Commonwealth Monument" (2022). Chester Way. 8.
https://mosaic.messiah.edu/chesterway/8
Comments
This video short was produced by Keli Ganey in collaboration with Messiah University's Center for Public Humanities and the IIPT-Commonwealth Monument Project. The video features interviews with Mr. Lenwood O. Sloan and Mr. John Melham. Special thanks to Mr. Chad Frey for use of his community studio, to the T. Morris Chester Welcome Center and Research Collection at the McCormick Riverfront Library, The Foundation for Enhancing Communities, and Messiah University.