Check out this conversation on the Battle of Gettysburg that aired on yesterday’s Diane Rehm Show. Guests on the show included Adam Goodheart, Drew Gilpin Faust, and Scott Hartwick. I caught the end of this show yesterday while driving, but […]
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If you are unable to make it to Gettysburg this week (or if you have deliberately decided to avoid the crowds), the Civil War Trust is tweeting all the events of the Battle of Gettysburg over the next few days. […]
New Mapping Technology and the Battle of Gettysburg
About thirty miles from the place where I am typing this, thousands and thousands of people have converged on the town of Gettysburg to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the famous Civil War battle that occurred there from July 1-3, […]
Will There Be an African-American Museum in Gettysburg?
WW II vets outside Gettysburg’s St. Paul A.M.E. Zion Church (photo undated) Local residents in Gettysburg have been working on creating an African-American history museum for several years now. It seems like the 150th anniversary of the battle provides a...
Now That’s What I Call Publicity!
Last Saturday I passed this billboard on Route 15 South heading from Harrisburg to Gettysburg and just had to take a photo. I don’t think I have ever seen a history book advertised on a highway billboard before. It makes...
Image of the Day
I was strolling down the streets of Gettysburg with my family yesterday and came across this store–a combination Christian bookstore and Civil War relics shop. You can buy some Amish fiction in one aisle and then head over to the […]
The 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg is Almost Here
The Associated Press reports on the preparations for the big event. Here is a taste: A groomed path to the top of Little Round Top. Expanded cellphone coverage. Dozens of portable toilets. The National Park Service and a cadre of...
The Gettysburg Civil War Wax Museum is for Sale
If you $1,695,000 it is all yours. Read all about it here. I wonder if the snow globe is part of the package? HT: Past in the Present...
The Photographers of Gettysburg
If you are a Civil War buff, particularly one who is interested in the Civil War in Pennsylvania, you may want to check out the Pennsylvania Civil War 150 website, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and the...
Gettysburg Electric Map Finds a New Home
How many of you remember the old Electric Map of the Battle of Gettysburg? It used to be located in the old Gettysburg visitor center across the street from the National Cemetery. The map taught thousands of visitors the general...
Last Night in Gettysburg
It was a quick visit, but I enjoyed my evening last night at Gettysburg College. I gave a lecture on Was America Founded as a Christian Nation? to a mixed group of faculty, students, and community members. The lecture was […]
Gettysburg Tonight
Tonight at 7pm I will be giving a talk entitled “Was America Founded as a Christian Nation” at Gettysburg College. The lecture is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Iota Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. Fellow early Americanist Timothy Shannon serves as […]
Where Was the Birthplace of the American Vacation?
According to this article at Smithsonian.com, the American vacation was “born” in the late 19th-century resorts of the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York. Tony Perrottet has written a very interesting and informative piece about vacation culture in the Adirondack’s,...
Goodbye Gettysburg Cyclorama
Watch it fall: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRX6bu4WA84]
Goodbye Gettysburg Cyclorama
Read about it here....
Seminary Ridge Museum is Shaping Up
The exhibits are going up at the Seminary Ridge Museum in Gettysburg. This is great news. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this museum, it is housed in Schmucker Hall, the flagship building of the Lutheran Theological Seminary...
Then and Now at Gettysburg
Check out these cool pictures from photographer William Dupuis.
Goodbye Cyclorama Building
It has been a fixture on the Gettysburg battlefield since 1962, but it is apparently time for the Cyclorama Building to go. It will be torn down later this winter. Here is a taste of an article on the WITF...
Conference: The Future of the Civil War
The Gettysburg College Civil War Institute and the Gettysburg National Military Park is co-sponsoring “The Future of the Civil War: Looking Beyond the 150th.” It is a three-day conference that will run from March 14-16, 2013. James McPherson and Ed...
Religion and the Civil War Symposium
On October 5-6, 2012, the new Seminary Ridge Museum at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg, PA will be hosting a symposium on religion and the Civil War. The lineup of speakers includes Allen Guelzo, Kent Gramm, Richard Schwartz, Barbara...