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GETTYSBURG, Pa., Oct. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In preparation for the 2013 Congressional Medal of Honor Society Convention in Gettysburg, the Convention Organizing Committee will host a ceremonial flag raising event on Wednesday, Oct. 17. The event, which will be held in Lincoln Square, will officially kick-off the events leading up to 2013 Convention, scheduled for Sept 18-22. During the ceremony, the Congressional Medal of Honor Society and American flags will be raised in honor...
Wilderness Voyageurs’ Civil War bicycle tour was selected for National Geographic Traveler’s prestigious “50 Tours of a Lifetime.” On this 150th anniversary of the Civil War, history-hungry cyclists and Civil War buffs alike pedal nine days from Leesburg, Va., to Gettysburg, Pa., visiting notable war landmarks, touring battlefields with licensed battlefield guides, and relaxing in deluxe inns. Ohiopyle, PA (PRWEB) April 19, 2012 Wilderness Voyageurs is pleased to announce their...
GETTYSBURG, Pa., Sept. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Gettysburg Foundation, in cooperation with the International Panorama Council (IPC), will host the 2011 International Panorama Conference at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center September 14 - 17. The conference will feature two full days of presentations delivered by cyclorama experts from around the globe, and other activities including a behind-the-scenes look at Gettysburg's own cyclorama. (Photo:...
HARRISBURG, Pa., March 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Events in April 2011 mark the beginning of the anniversary: Event at the Capitol in Harrisburg marks the official beginning of the anniversary of the Civil War on April 12th and commemorates the immediate response of Pennsylvania's governor and legislature in support of the United StatesPhiladelphia parade, review and living history re-enactment on April 16 commemorates the departure of the first troops from Philadelphia in 1861 Adams...
HARRISBURG, Pa., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Learn about the unique role that Pennsylvania's farms and farmers played supporting the Union troops during the Civil War, and about their allure and resources that drew Robert E. Lee across the Mason-Dixon Line and into the "Pennsylvania Bread Basket," during the next South Mountain Speakers Series on Thursday, Aug. 12, at the Historic Round Barn in Biglerville, Adams County. The event, entitled "Feeding the Troops, Nourishing a Nation:...
Civil War re-enactors will observe the 145-year anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg on the grounds of the Lancaster County Historical Society and James Buchanan's Wheatland, 230 N. President Ave. "After Gettysburg, the Aftermath of Battle" will include Union and Confederate "soldiers" and "civilians setting up more than a dozen tents to display the equipment, firearms, ammunition and accouterments of the tragic confrontation that pitted brother against brother and destroyed life, land,...
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society is staging its 27th annual used-book sale Aug. 13-16 on its grounds along Route 30 East at Millstream Road. Hours are 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, rain or shine. Besides some 75,000 items in 25 categories ranging from theology to history to cookbooks to Christian fiction and music, food will also be sold. All proceeds support the historical society, which received $38,000 from last year's sale. "Buy your books here...
One of the last living "witness trees" to the decisive Civil War battle in Gettysburg, Pa., has been felled by a storm, National Park Service officials say. The tree, a honey locust situated on Cemetery Hill in the Gettysburg National Military Park, split and crashed to the ground during a severe storm last week, leaving only three such "witness trees" remaining, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Sunday. Historians said the tree was only 150 feet from the platform where U.S. President...
