Historic Adams County

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The court case that launched Thaddeus Stevens’s crusade against slavery

Ross Hetrick – January 18, 2025

President Eisenhower and Chessie 29:  The Room on Rails Where Cold War Intrigue Happened

Community Contributors – January 18, 2025

What’s Happening at the Lincoln Cemetery Project Association

Community Contributors – January 16, 2025

The Gettysburg Film Festival will return in May with a focus on World War II

Community Contributors – January 15, 2025

Celebrate Gettysburg Magazine Showcases Adams County’s Best

Gettysburg Connection News Team – December 26, 2024

Thaddeus Stevens should join the Gettysburg Trinity

Ross Hetrick – December 25, 2024

America 250 community meeting to be held January 15

Community Contributors – December 25, 2024

Gettysburg Foundation Announces “An Evening with the Painting” 2025 Program Schedule

Community Contributors – December 25, 2024

Thaddeus Stevens Wig rising New Year’s Eve

Charles Stangor – December 18, 2024

Thaddeus Stevens comes to Gettysburg

Ross Hetrick – December 10, 2024

Photos: 2024 Remembrance Day Parade and Activities

Jim Bargas – November 16, 2024

Seminary Museum will hold “Gettysburg Address 161st Anniversary on the Ridge”

Community Contributors – November 12, 2024

Gettysburg to celebrate ‘Abe Days’

Community Contributors – November 2, 2024

4th Annual “24 Hours on the Ridge” this weekend

Community Contributors – October 29, 2024

Ike and Army football

Community Contributors – October 22, 2024

Thaddeus Stevens before Gettysburg

Ross Hetrick – October 19, 2024

Gettysburg National Military Park Seeks Public Assistance For Missing Artifacts

Community Contributors – August 13, 2024

Spangler Farm continues summer season on weekends through August 11th

Community Contributors – July 26, 2024

Delegation from Gettysburg’s Japanese Sister City visits Gettysburg

Community Contributors – July 19, 2024

Gettysburg Foundation to Host Historians After Hours in the Historic Rupp House

Community Contributors – July 17, 2024

Eisenhower Society Picnic Celebrates Ike and Mamie in Paris

Gettysburg Connection Admin – July 10, 2024

Adams County Black History Trails Tour announced

Leon Reed – June 27, 2024

Super Lawyer Thaddeus Stevens

Ross Hetrick – June 16, 2024

GNMP announces schedule for the 161st anniversary of the Gettysburg Battle

Gettysburg Connection Admin – June 6, 2024

Lincoln Cemetery Project Association sponsors Memorial Day ceremonies

Leon Reed – May 28, 2024

Photo Gallery: Gettysburg Commemorates 157th Memorial Day with Solemnity and Pride

Gettysburg Connection News Team – May 28, 2024

Thaddeus Stevens: railroad developer

Ross Hetrick – May 25, 2024

Main Street Gettysburg launches Legacy Endowment Campaign for Gettysburg Welcome Center Project

Community Contributors – May 24, 2024

Major rezoning plan will redefine Gettysburg

Gettysburg Connection – May 22, 2024

Whitmore explains the proposed Gettysburg zoning plan

Gettysburg Connection – May 22, 2024

Lincoln Cemetery will hold Memorial Day Program

Community Contributors – May 19, 2024

ACHS receives historical deed to 59 E. High St. in Gettysburg

Community Contributors – May 19, 2024

Summer Underground Railroad Tours Start Today

Gettysburg Connection Admin – May 4, 2024

Gettysburg Foundation to host “A Historic Evening with Stephen Lang, Jeff Shaara & Harold Holzer”

Community Contributors – April 30, 2024

Friends of Caledonia State Park needs more friends

Gettysburg Connection Admin and Ross Hetrick – April 20, 2024

Gettysburg Foundation to Host a Historic Evening with Stephen Lang and Jeff Shaara

Community Contributors – April 16, 2024

Second Ken Burns Film Festival Draws 4000

Leon Reed – April 7, 2024

Thad’s Place opens in Gettysburg

Gettysburg Connection – April 5, 2024

Thaddeus Stevens Museum opens in Gettysburg

Ross Hetrick – March 16, 2024

Jean Green cares for Gettysburg’s Lincoln Cemetery

Charles Stangor – February 27, 2024

Seminary Ridge Museum starts the 2024 season with its Annual Symposium

Stefany Kaminski – February 27, 2024

Thaddeus Stevens’s 14th Amendment again in the news

Ross Hetrick – February 17, 2024

Ike, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Unification

Community Contributors – February 15, 2024

Gettysburg Heritage Center Offers Adams County Residents Complimentary Admission on President’s Day

Community Contributors – February 15, 2024

Gettysburg the …… World War II Center?

Leon Reed – February 2, 2024

Nominations open for annual Jim Getty Award

Charles Stangor – January 29, 2024

Thaddeus Stevens museum will open in Gettysburg

Ross Hetrick – January 29, 2024

Why support the Thaddeus Stevens Society?

Charles Stangor and Ross Hetrick – January 16, 2024

Seminary Ridge Museum Receives NEH Grant

Community Contributors – January 11, 2024

Eisenhower and Oppenheimer

Community Contributors – January 9, 2024

GNMP honors veterans of The Battle of the Bulge

Leon Reed – December 17, 2023

GNMP announces 2024 Winter Lecture Series

Community Contributors – December 5, 2023

Lee’s Headquarters hosts Holiday Open House

Community Contributors – November 28, 2023

Brotherly love leads to giving and Thanksgiving

Amy Thomas – November 25, 2023

The wig of Thaddeus Stevens

Ross Hetrick – November 21, 2023

Dedication Day celebrates 160th Anniversary of Gettysburg Address

Leon Reed – November 19, 2023

Slideshow: Remembrance Day Parade

Jim Bargas – November 18, 2023

Fort Delaware Cornet Band will perform at Prince of Peace Episcopal Church Sunday

Community Contributors – November 17, 2023

Gettysburg tells the story of more than a battle − the military park shows what national ‘reconciliation’ looked like for decades after the Civil War

The Conversation – November 17, 2023

Susan Eisenhower, J’Nai Bridges, Graham Sibley, Harold Holzer, and Doris Kearns Goodwin to appear at Dedication Day Events in Gettysburg Sunday, Nov 19.

Community Contributors – November 8, 2023

Veterans Appreciation Day announced

Charles Stangor – October 27, 2023

Gettysburg needs a Thaddeus Stevens museum

Ross Hetrick – October 19, 2023

County celebrates the 30th anniversary of iconic “Gettysburg” film

Leon Reed – October 15, 2023

GAHS Students continue Civil War Hospital Sign project

Community Contributors – October 10, 2023

Gettysburg College author discusses Black history in Gettysburg

Leon Reed – October 4, 2023

Gettysburg College’s Eisenhower Institute Celebrates Democracy Week

Vincent diFonzo – October 2, 2023

Thaddeus Stevens and the Christiana Resistance 

Ross Hetrick – September 15, 2023

Gettsburg recognizes Thaddeus Steven’s accomplishments

Ross Hetrick – August 31, 2023

One Hundred Nights of Taps closes successful 7th year at Gettysburg National Cemetery.

Community Contributors – August 31, 2023

Seminary’s Schmucker House gets an update

Charles Stangor – August 29, 2023

Gettysburg Heritage Center presents “One More War to Fight” book presentation and signing by Stephen A. Goldman

Community Contributors – August 15, 2023

Thaddeus Stevens and Gettysburg College

Ross Hetrick – August 15, 2023

Thinking about “New Beginnings,” Braver Angels, and the multiple meanings of Gettysburg.

Leon Reed – July 29, 2023

“Gettysburg” 30th Anniversary Festival comes to town in October

Community Contributors – July 25, 2023

Thaddeus Stevens versus James Buchanan

Ross Hetrick – July 15, 2023

Historic Preservation Project reaches milestone

Community Contributors – July 6, 2023

Arendtsville Lions turn 50

Community Contributors – July 5, 2023

Gettysburg’s Lincoln Cemetery among 13 PA African American cemeteries to receive assistance

Community Contributors – June 22, 2023

The financial genius of the Union cause

Ross Hetrick – June 20, 2023

Seminary Ridge Museum announces 160th Battle of Gettysburg Anniversary on the Ridge

Community Contributors – June 7, 2023

Sach’s Covered Bridge slated for some TLC

Judi Seniura – June 7, 2023

Volunteers honor local D-Day fallen from 116th Infantry Regiment

Community Contributors – June 3, 2023

Summer Holiday Events at Children of Gettysburg 1863

Community Contributors – June 1, 2023

GNMP sponsors 160th Gettysburg battle events

Community Contributors – May 30, 2023

Local author Jeff Shaara shares his work

Community Contributors – May 25, 2023

HGAC’s Summer at Spangler program begins May 27

Community Contributors – May 24, 2023

Thaddeus Stevens’s greatest achievement, the 14th Amendment, is once again in the news

Ross Hetrick – May 21, 2023

Land Conservancy of Adams County preserves nearly 10 acres in Franklin Township

Community Contributors – May 13, 2023

Lincoln Fellowship sponsors 100 Nights of Taps

Charles Stangor – May 11, 2023

HGAC offers McAllister Mill tours, replaces Civil War hospital signs with a key assist from high school students

Community Contributors – May 11, 2023

ABT will hold its 2024 annual conference in Gettysburg; announces new virtual tour at Lee’s Headquarters

Community Contributors – May 8, 2023

Gettysburg Underground Railroad tours will begin in May

Community Contributors – April 29, 2023

The lasting appeal of Gettysburg

Leon Reed – April 23, 2023

Discover the Untold Stories of Gettysburg at Beyond the Battle Museum

Community Contributors – April 18, 2023

79 Years Ago: Worst WW2 Liberty Ship disaster claimed local soldier

Chris Moyer – April 18, 2023

GNMP adds bronze relief tactile accessibility tables

Community Contributors – April 14, 2023

24th annual History Meets the Arts next weekend

Community Contributors – April 6, 2023

Tours of the Eisenhower home will resume April 1

Community Contributors – March 18, 2023

HGAC Educational Speakers Program features author Ron Kirkwood

Community Contributors – March 16, 2023

National Park Service announces 2023 operating hours for Wills House

Community Contributors – March 10, 2023

WWII American Experience celebrates Women’s History Month

Donate Gardner – March 8, 2023

Gary Ozenbaugh and American Battlefield Trust make donation to GARA

Charles Stangor – February 28, 2023

Burns’ “Gettysburg” episode deserves its iconic status

Leon Reed – February 12, 2023

Documentarian Ken Burns’ first-ever film retrospective kicks off in Gettysburg

Leon Reed – February 10, 2023

Live artillery Shell from the Battle of Gettysburg found on the GNMP battlefield

Community Contributors – February 8, 2023

Winter programming at Gettysburg National Miliary Park

Community Contributors – December 15, 2022

Public Meeting about Trail to Adams County Historical Society Facilities

Community Contributors – December 1, 2022

Slideshow: Remembrance Day Parade 2022

Luca España – November 21, 2022

Hi-tech research pinpoints where Lincoln stood while delivering his Gettysburg Address

Leon Reed – November 20, 2022

Dedication Day ceremony celebrates 159th anniversary of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address

Leon Reed – November 19, 2022

Slideshow: Dedication and Remembrance Day 2022

Jim Bargas – November 19, 2022

The Shared History of the Musselman Family and the Adams County Fruit Industry

Gettysburg Connection – November 15, 2022

Dedication Day and Remembrance Day events calendar

Gettysburg Connection – November 12, 2022

“Ticket to the Past:” A virtual reality tour about Basil Biggs

Matthew Jackson – October 17, 2022

160th anniversary reenactment of Antietam battle this weekend

Community Contributors – September 13, 2022

It’s Back to School Time – 1896, That Is!

Community Contributors – August 17, 2022

Local sculptor’s statue dedicated in York

Leon Reed – August 15, 2022

Gettysburg National Military Park Living History demonstrations continue this weekend

Community Contributors – July 13, 2022

New World War II Museum Opens in Gettysburg on Saturday

Sophia Kenny – June 16, 2022

America250PA launches programs to honor the US semiquincentennial. 

Charles Stangor – June 2, 2022

PA Governor Tom Wolf visits Gettysburg’s Beyond the Battle museum

Charles Stangor – June 2, 2022

Virtual Reality Museum opens at Gettysburg Train Station

Community Contributors – April 29, 2022

They Once Lived Here – A Hike through Gettysburg’s Forgotten History

Community Contributors – April 27, 2022

Gettysburg Majestic will present first-ever Ken Burns Film Festival

Community Contributors – April 20, 2022

Eisenhower Home Opens for Tours Memorial Day Weekend

Charles Stangor – April 12, 2022

David Wills House Reopens for 2022

Community Contributors – April 12, 2022

Artwork from the Battlefield at History Meets the Arts

Community Contributors – April 5, 2022

Thaddeus Stevens statue unveiled in Gettysburg

Charles Stangor – April 2, 2022

GNMP Winter Programs Continue

Community Contributors – January 22, 2022

Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens to become nonprofit

Charles Stangor – January 18, 2022

Gettysburg will dedicate Thaddeus Stevens statue at courthouse on April 2

Ross Hetrick – January 10, 2022

Gettysburg Licensed Town Guides offers tours of Gettysburg’s rich African American history this weekend

Brad Gottfried – January 10, 2022

Gettysburg 64th Annual Dedication Day Weekend

Charles Stangor – November 20, 2021

Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address: An Immortal Speech That Almost Didn’t Happen

Brad Gottfried – November 5, 2021

Adams County Arts Council to Feature Warren Tracy Davis, Marti Yeager and Diana Llauget Artwork at AECenter

Community Contributors – October 29, 2021

Historical Society presents inaugural “Photo Projection” on the Gettysburg Square

Charles Stangor – October 29, 2021

Veterans Day at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum & Visitor Center

Community Contributors – October 22, 2021

SCCAP Launches Million Reasons to Give Endowment Campaign

Community Contributors – October 20, 2021

Teas of the First Ladies Presentation at the Gettysburg Public Library

Community Contributors – October 9, 2021

Remembrance Day Illumination: Sponsor a Luminary Candle In Honor or Memory of a Loved One

Community Contributors – October 7, 2021

The 2021 World War II Weekend at Eisenhower National Historic Site will be a hybrid event

Community Contributors – September 11, 2021

#MoreHistory will engage historians and public in Civil War Era conversations on Saturday

Community Contributors – September 11, 2021

Explore Flohr’s Church Cemetery with the Adams County Historical Society

Community Contributors – September 3, 2021

HGAC Barn Tour on Sep. 18

Community Contributors – August 26, 2021

New York developer Tim Harrison purchases the Gettysburg Station Site for $1 million

Charles Stangor – July 31, 2021

HGAC Historic Barns Tour of Gettysburg and Adams County: Saturday, September 18 from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm

Community Contributors – July 27, 2021

Gettysburg Heritage Center to host numerous authors as part of the 158th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg

Community Contributors – June 30, 2021

Veterans Remembered at Gettysburg Memorial Day Parade and Presentation

Charles Stangor – June 1, 2021

George Spangler Farm and Field Hospital will open its summer season Friday June 11

Community Contributors – May 18, 2021

Gettysburg National Military Park & Gettysburg Foundation Partnership Project: Culp’s Hill Rehabilitation

Community Contributors – May 11, 2021

GNP Visitor Center Returns to Normal Daily Hours for Visitors

Community Contributors – May 2, 2021

Gettysburg Foundation Names New President

Community Contributors – April 20, 2021

Underground Railroad Tours Are Back!

Community Contributors – April 11, 2021

ACHS Breaks Ground and Selects Museum Design Firm

Community Contributors – April 10, 2021

The Black Influence – Series 2: 1847 to 1864

Jenine Weaver – April 1, 2021

Fifth Annual Absolutionists Day Event Scheduled for April 10

Community Contributors – March 17, 2021

Adams County Historical Society Breaks Ground on New Building

Community Contributors – March 8, 2021

The Black Influence – Series 1: 1780 to 1850

Jenine Weaver – March 2, 2021

ACHS Announces Partnership with Gettysburg Black History Museum

Community Contributors – February 15, 2021