1 • HAGC Appreciation Night Wine and Cheese Party. 4-7 pm. GAR Hall. Message from the President at 5: 30 pm at. the G.A.R. Hall, 53 East Middle Street, Gettysburg. Please RSVP to Anne Zabawa at 717-339-9057 or email Laurie Harding at histgettyac@aol.com.
2 • Surgeons' Stories: Perspectives on Medicine at Gettysburg and Beyond. 2:00pm - 5:00pm Valentine Hall, United Lutheran Seminary. Join Dr. Robert Hicks, Director of the Mutter Museum and Historical Medical Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia; Barbara Franco, Founding Executive Director Emerita of Seminary Ridge Museum, Gettysburg; and Pete Miele, Chief Operating Officer and Director of Education, Seminary Ridge Museum, Gettysburg, for a round table discussion on new and emerging scholarship in the field of Civil War medicine. Hicks will discuss Union army doctors as a professional class, based on his new book Civil War Medicine: A Surgeon's Diary, which examines wartime experience of Dr. James Fulton, 143rd Pennsylvania. Franco will discuss her ongoing effort to identify and document every surgeon present during and after the Battle of Gettysburg. Miele will comment on Civil War Medicine in the public consciousness.
This special, free event promises to shed new light on an oft-misunderstood topic of the Civil War and plenty of time will be given to audience questions and comments.
RSVP online at www.seminaryridgemuseum.org or by calling 717-339-1300. For questions or RSVP by email, contact Rob Williams at rwilliams@seminaryridge.org,.
Free - Donations Appreciated.
8-9 • ALBG Fall Seminar:
Gone But Not Forgotten. A weekend-long visit to locations, landmarks, and areas that used to be on the Battlefield, but are no longer there. Many of these features still actually have remnants on the field. There will be five programs, one indoor on Friday, November 8, and four separate tours on Saturday, November 9. For more information: https://gettysburgtourguides.org/2019-fall-seminar/
16 • Remembrance Day in Gettysburg. General Meade & his Generals and the veterans of the Battle of Gettysburg Honor/Dedication Ceremonies during the Remembrance Day Observance. Honoring all commanders and veterans of the Battle. Meet at the General Meade Equestrian Monument at 10:30 a.m. For information; Jerry McCormick, 215-848-7753 or gedwinmc@msn.com for info.
18 • David Wills House And Gettysburg
Lincoln Railroad Station Open House: 6 PM – 8 PM. Evening Open House at the David Wills House and Gettysburg Lincoln Railroad Station. Special interpretive programs will coincide with the period President Lincoln occupied the two structures during his visit to Gettysburg to dedicate the Soldiers’ National Cemetery. This event is sponsored by the Gettysburg Foundation.
19 • Dedication Day Ceremony: 10:15 AM Dedication Day 2019 will commemorate the 156th anniversary of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. The ceremonies begin at the Soldiers’ National Cemetery with a wreath laying at the Soldiers’ National Monument at 10:15 AM. The formal Dedication Day program, with keynote speaker, follows at the Rostrum at 10:30 AM. Presidential scholar Michael Beschloss (see related article on page 4) will present the keynote address. This event is sponsored by Gettysburg National Military Park, the Lincoln Fellowship of Pennsylvania, the Gettysburg Foundation, and Gettysburg College.
23 • Parade: 1:00 PM An annual parade of Civil War living history groups is held in conjunction with the Gettysburg Address anniversary. This event is sponsored by the Sons of Veterans Reserve, the Military Department of the Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War.
23 • Remembrance Day Illumination: 5:30 pm to 9 pm This solemn commemoration features a luminary candle on each of the 3,512 Civil War soldier’s graves. Names of the fallen soldiers will be read throughout the evening. This event is sponsored by the Gettysburg Foundation. |
