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Facility is first museum in Pennsylvania, only fourth in nation, to achieve Gold certification GETTYSBURG, Pa., July 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center has achieved Gold certification in the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Green Building Rating System(TM). The LEED Green Building Rating System is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of...

'Abraham Lincoln: One Man, Two Views' at Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center GETTYSBURG, Pa., June 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The amazing creative and visual journey taken by artists to represent Abraham Lincoln through sculpture is the focus of a new exhibit at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100610/DC19206 ) (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100610/DC19206 ) The exhibit --...

In Gettysburg, Agency Launches Search for Descendants GETTYSBURG, Pa., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Tourism Office is searching for the families of James Shirk of Shippensburg, Enoch Watson of Lancaster, and Robert Bridges Forten of Philadelphia, as well as the relatives of tens of thousands of other men who fought in the Civil War as members of the United States Colored Troops. The Colored Troops were regiments of the U.S. Army that were comprised of free blacks and...

Historian and actor Patrick Falci will be featured at the meeting of Lancaster Civil War Round Table at 7 p.m. Thursday at Lititz Public Library. In the film "Gettysburg," Falci portrayed Confederate Gen. A. P. Hill and served as director Ron Maxwell's historical adviser. He also assisted casting director Joy Todd and music supervisor David Franco. The event is free and open to the public. Registration is suggested by e-mailing your name, phone number and number of people attending to...

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...