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CLOSED SEPTEMBER 7 | All operations of LancasterHistory will be closed to the public on Monday, September 7, 2026 for Labor Day. We will reopen to the public with normal operating hours on Tuesday, September 8. Thank you!

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Earl Rebman’s scrap drive accumulated 1,000 tons for the war effort on September 13, 1942.

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