Welcome to
the Most important Round Table, in the Most important small town,
at the Most important Battlefield,
in the Most important Country
in the World.
Joe Mieczkowski, Past President
Thursday, July 24th 6:30p - Places Every Guide Should Know:
Presented by Fred Hawthorne
About the Speaker
Fred will present another edition of his program dealing with the list he titles “140-Places Every Guide Should Know.” Since it was developed by several guides in the early 1990’s the list has grown by leaps-and-bounds. This program will concentrate on sites located on Cemetery Hill including both Soldiers National Cemetery and Evergreen Cemetery. Join Fred as we spend a summer’s evening strolling about listening to battle-related tales and soldiers and civilians long gone.
About our Guide:
Fred is a retired Educator living in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. A graduate of the Pennsylvania State University, he holds advanced degrees in History (Colonial America /Historical Archaeology specialty), Secondary Education, and Adult Education. A native of western Pennsylvania, Fred and his wife Nancy settled in Gettysburg in the early 1980’s when he accepted a job with the nearby South Western School District. At the same time Fred took the battlefield guide qualifying exam administered by the National Park Service earning a federal license to serve as a Licensed Battlefield Guide. For nearly forty-five years he has conducted more than 100,000 visitors around the battlefields of Gettysburg and other sites of that war. These visitors came from all fifty states and over forty foreign countries. For thirteen of those years Fred served as president of the Association of Licensed Battlefield Guides, Inc. – the oldest professional guide service in the United States dating back to 1915. He has long been involved with the process of examining, training and testing of prospective guide candidates. Though he has slowed down his touring in recent years in favor of world travel he can still be found most summer days showing visitors around this very special place. He is a past President and a past Secretary of the Gettysburg Civil War Roundtable and served a number of years on the Board of Directors of the Evergreen Cemetery. In 1989 Fred was one of the founding Board members of the Friends of the National Parks at Gettysburg and served ten years on its Board of Directors.
Please park in the National Cemetery parking lot and meet him at the Soldiers National Monument.
Please note the tour may be postponed due to weather, check our Facebook or website for updates. The back-up date is Monday, July 31st 6:30p-8:30p.
Meetings held between September and May begin at 7:00 p.m. at the Adams County Historical Society.
During the Summer we meet on the battlefield.Please check our further meeting page for our summer excursions. These are not live streamed.
You can view May's Meeting at the link below:
https://www.facebook.com/share/16Dq5tQR3M/
For questions concerning the Gettysburg Civil War Roundtable please feel free to email GettysburgCWRoundtable@gmail.com, and someone will get back to you as soon as possible.