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NotebookBY Alex J. Hayes
A publication of Gettysburg Times, LLC When Gettysburg officials started planning the 150th Anniversary of the Battle PO Box 3669, Gettysburg, PA 17325 of Gettysburg in 2011, it seemed to be so far away. Now it’s here, it’s almost hard to believe. Several million visitors will enjoy our small town and all its history in the
publisher next few weeks giving all of us who live here the unique opportunity to honor those Harry Hartman soldiers who fought here 150 years ago as well as show America what Adams County Editor has to offer. Alex J. Hayes One of the newest offerings is pictured on the cover. It’s the historic cupola that Magazine Design & Production sits atop Schmucker Hall on the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg. Civil Chris Blaska War generals used this cupola to watch for Confederate troops approaching from the Kate Delano west. Schmucker Hall was also used as a hospital for Union and Confederate troops. Today, it’s been transformed into a museum opening July 1. Writer Jarrad Hedes Matt Fern shares the story of the hospital, now museum. Contributing Writers Visitors to Gettysburg this summer certainly have a lot of options when it comes Ashley Andyshak Hayes time to touring the battlefield. Jim Hale writes about how to tour on a horse, via Jessica A. Haines Segway, in your own car and more. Jim Hale We now fully understand how July 1, 2 and 3 transformed Gettysburg in 1863, Jarrad Hedes but what effect will those same three days in 2013 have on Gettysburg’s future? Tommy Riggs Tommy Riggs talked to tourism officials and historians about their predictions. Dick Watson Many of our regular features also relate to the battle anniversary. Ashley Andyshak Photography Hayes profiles Gettysburg Foundation President Joanne Hanley. Jessica Haines recently took a trip to the National Museum of Civil War Medicine for “One Tank John Armstrong Traveler.” Darryl Wheeler After a long day on the battlefield and at various attractions, visitors will certainly Advertising Sales be hungry. Hickory Bridge Farm was established in the 1600s and now houses a Gettysburg Times sales staff unique restaurant that serves its meals family style. Dick Watson has more in “Delectable Dining.” The Gettysburg Companion is published bi- I hope you enjoy this magazine, and if you are a visitor, I hope you enjoy our town. monthly and distributed throughout the area. The Gettysburg Companion can be mailed to you This entire year is especially unique, so in our August/September issue, look for a for $27 per year (six issues) or $42 for two years feature on the 2013 Congressional Medal of Honor Society Convention that will be (12 issues). Discount rates are available for multi- ple subscriptions. You can subscribe by sending a happening here in September. I talked to Convention CEO Bob Monahan recently check, money order or credit card information to and he assures me that we will all be moved by the incredible stories of these brave the address above, online at gettysburgcompan- ion.com or by calling 717-334-1131. men and women. All information contained herein is protected by copyright and may not be used without written permission from the publisher or editor. Information on advertising may be obtained by calling the Gettysburg Times at 717-334-1131. Visit the Gettysburg Companion website at get- tysburgcompanion.com for additional informa- tion on advertisers.
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FAreaaces residents from all walks of life, who are out & about, doing this & that.
1. Staff from the Littlestown Area School District presented a mixed-up comedy featuring three pigs, three billy goats and three bears for the benefit of the Littlestown Library on April 26. 2. Kristi Kraft was crowned the 2013 Pennsylvania Apple Queen during the Apple Blossom Festival on May 5 at South Mountain Fairgrounds. The daughter of Robert and Mary Kraft, Kristi is 17 years old and a junior at Fairfield High School. 3. Bob MacBeth laughs as he instructs the assembled tractor drivers prior to the South Wheeler Darryl by Photo Mountain Antique Engine Association’s Tractor Parade on May 11. 2 3 4. The owner and staff of Mamma Ventura’s Restaurant and Lounge on Chambersburg Street in Gettysburg work hard to treat their guests to an authentic Italian dining experience. Front row from left: Cristina Fazzolari, Gioconda Fazzolari, Mona Stull and Jennifer Krape Miller; back row: Stephen Ian Price, Christopher Garrison and Juan Carlo Barbosa. 5. Viewing flowers created by local artist Annie Byrne for the children’s portion of the Gettysburg Festival are, from left, Stephen Moores, Byrne, Gettysburg Festival Executive A rmstrong Director Randy Prasse, Mary Moores, Ella Moores and Sophia Moores. This year’s festival
will be June 8 – 16. Wheeler Darryl by Photo John by Photo 6. Larry Kennedy, former Upper Adams School District teacher and principal, gives the “Go!” 4 command during the relay race event at Upper Adams Color Day on May 17. This was Kennedy’s 50th year working Color Day.
7. The “Smurfs” and the “Diablos” battled in a fundraising dodgeball tournament on April 13 at Gettysburg Area High School. Approximately $1,500 was raised for the school’s band program. 8. Amy Beckman of New Oxford Middle School was named the 2013 Gettysburg Adams Chamber of Commerce Educator of the Year on May 16. Pictured from left are: Sen. Rich Alloway, Commissioner Marty Qually, Beckman, Commissioner Randy Phiel, Chamber President Carrie Stuart and Adams County Commissioner Jim Martin. Wheeler Darryl by Photo
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6 7 WHAT’S
GCompiledoin by Jessica A.’ H ainesOn Saturdays, June-July, 11 a.m. Majestic Theater, 25 Carlisle St., Gettysburg. Historic Gettysburg Adams County offers tours www.gettysburgmajestic.org. (717) 337-8200. Ongoing of the Underground Railroad at McAllister Mill. June 7 Meet at 1360 Baltimore Pike, Gettysburg. (717) First Friday, Gettysburg Style, is celebrated 659-8827 at stores, galleries and restaurants Saturdays, June-July, 5-8 p.m. throughout downtown Gettysburg. Music in the Valley concert series is held at gettysburgretailmerchants.com. Reid’s Orchard & Winery, Orrtanna. www. June 7-July 7 reidsorchardwinery.com Gettysburg Community Theatre, 49 York St., Saturdays and Sundays, Gettysburg, presents “The Civil War (For the June-July, 2-5 p.m. Glory).” www.gettysburgcommunitytheatre.org Music in the Valley concert series is held at (717) 334-2692. Reid’s Orchard & Winery, Orrtanna. www. June 7-July 7 reidsorchardwinery.com Gettysburg Community Theatre, 49 York St., Saturdays, July 6-27, 2-5 p.m. Gettysburg, presents “Children of Gettysburg.” Summer concert series at Adams County www.gettysburgcommunitytheatre.org (717) Winery, Orrtanna. www.adamscountywinery. 334-2692. com/events (717) 334-4631 June 8, 7 a.m.-2:30 p.m. The 38th annual Gettysburg Region Antique and Classic Auto and Truck Show at Flea Market, Latimore Valley Fairgrounds, York Now-June 9 june Springs. (717) 451-0092 June 8, 1-5 p.m. Totem Pole Playhouse, Fayetteville, presents June 1, 6-8 p.m. “Noises Off.” www.totempoleplayhouse.org Adams County Winery, Orrtanna, celebrates the Murder Mystery Wine Dinner at the (717) 352-2164 25th anniversary of Tears of Gettysburg. www. Adams County Winery, Orrtanna. www. adamscountywinery.com/events (717) 334-4631 Wednesdays, June-July, adamscountywinery.com/events (717) 334-4631 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. June 8, 8 p.m. June 1, 6:30 p.m. Adams County Farmers Market is held at the Songs and Stories of a Civil War Hospital at The Adams County Arts Council celebrates its Gettysburg Recreation Park, Gettysburg. www. historic Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, 30 20th anniversary at Sidney at Willoughby Run, acfarmersmarkets.org. Chambersburg St., Gettysburg. (717) 334-5212. Gettysburg. www.adamsarts.org (717) 334- June 8 & June 15 Thursdays, June 13-Aug. 15, 7:15 p.m. 5006. Hike with Ike is offered in Gettysburg, meeting June 1, 6 p.m. The Pennsylvania Lavender Festival is held at the Gettysburg College gates on North at Willow Pond Farm, Fairfield. www. “An Evening with the Painting” will be offered Washington Street. www.nps.gov/eise (717) palavenderfestival.com at the Gettysburg National Military Park 338-9114. June 8-9, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Museum and Visitor Center, Gettysburg. www. Thursdays, June-July, 6-9 p.m. gettysburgfoundation.org , (877) 874-2478. “Wilderness Medicine” will be offered at Thirsty Thursday at Hauser Estate Winery, June 2, noon-4:30 p.m. Strawberry Hill Nature Preserve, Fairfield. Pre- Biglerville. www.hauserestate.com. registration preferred. www.strawberryhill.org Adult & Child CPR/AED will be offered at (717) 642-5840 Fridays June-July, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Strawberry Hill Nature Preserve, Fairfield. Pre- June 8-9 Adams County Farmers Market is held at registration preferred. www.strawberryhill.org the Outlet Shoppes at Gettysburg. www. (717) 642-5840 D-Day Anniversary Weekend at the Eisenhower acfarmersmarkets.org. June 4, 7-8:30 p.m. National Historic Site, Gettysburg. www.nps.gov/eise (717) 338-9114. Fridays and Saturdays, Nature Arts & Crafts Summer Series at the June 8-16 June-July, 6-9 p.m. Preserve, Part 2: Painting, will be offered at Hauser After Hours at Hauser Estate Winery, Strawberry Hill Nature Preserve, Fairfield. Pre- The Gettysburg Festival, featuring arts, Biglerville. www.hauserestate.com. registration preferred. www.strawberryhill.org theater, music and culinary arts is held at sites Saturdays , June-July, 7 a.m.-noon (717) 642-5840 throughout Gettysburg. www.gettysburgfestival. org (717) 334-0853 The Gettysburg Farmers’ Market is held on June 5, 7:30 p.m. Lincoln Square, Gettysburg. “The Ten Commandments” will be shown at the
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GoinCONTINUED ’ On June 8-Aug. 18 June 15, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Songs and Stories of a Civil War Hospital at Daily Ranger Walks and programs are offered The 57th annual New Oxford Antique Market historic Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, 30 at the Gettysburg National Military Park. is held throughout downtown New Oxford. Chambersburg St., Gettysburg. (717) 334-5212. www.nps.gov/gett (717) 334-1124, ext. 8023. (717) 624-2800. June 24-Aug. 2 June 8-Aug. 18 June 15, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Gettysburg Community Theatre, 49 York St., Daily Exploring Eisenhower Programs are The 4th annual Rusty’s Birthday Bash is Gettysburg, offers summer theatre day camps. offered at the Eisenhower National Historic Site. celebrated at the Adams County Winery, www.gettysburgcommuntytheatre.org (717) www.nps.gov/eise (717) 338-9114. Orrtanna. www.adamscountywinery.com/events 334-2692. (717) 334-4631 June 25, 7-8 p.m. June 15, 8 p.m. Nature Arts & Crafts Summer Series, Part 1: Songs and Stories of a Civil War Hospital at Pottery, will be offered at Strawberry Hill Nature historic Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, 30 Preserve, Fairfield. Pre-registration preferred. Chambersburg St., Gettysburg. (717) 334-5212. www.strawberryhill.org (717) 642-5840 June 16, 1-4 p.m. June 25-June 29 Picnic Day at the Adams County Winery, Gettysburg Fireman’s Carnival, Gettysburg Orrtanna. www.adamscountywinery.com/events Recreation Park, Gettysburg. (717) 334-7548 (717) 334-4631 June 16, 3 p.m. “The Gettysburg Story,” will premiere at the Majestic Theater, 25 Carlisle St., Gettysburg. Movie will be shown nightly June 28-July 11. www.gettysburgmajestic.org, (717) 337-8200. June 17-Aug. 9 Summer camp will be offered at Strawberry Hill Nature Preserve, Fairfield. www.strawberryhill. org (717) 642-5840 June 11-23 June 18, 7:30 p.m. Totem Pole Playhouse, Fayetteville, presents Frank Orlando as Robert E. Lee is the “A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline.” www. educational speaker at the monthly meeting totempleplayhouse.org (717) 352-2164 of Historic Gettysburg Adams County, 53 E. June 12, 7:30 p.m. Middle St., Gettysburg. hgaconline.org (717) “Singin’ In the Rain” will be shown at the 334-8312. Majestic Theater, 25 Carlisle St., Gettysburg. June 19, 7:30 p.m. www.gettysburgmajestic.org, (717) 337-8200. “Lawrence of Arabia” will be shown at the Wednesdays, June 12-Aug. 28, Majestic Theater, 25 Carlisle St., Gettysburg. June 25-July 7 6 p.m. & 6:30 p.m. www.gettysburgmajestic.org (717) 337-8200. Totem Pole Playhouse, Fayetteville, presents Historic Church Tours of Gettysburg are June 21-25 “Dames at Sea.” www.totempleplayhouse.org (717) 352-2164 offered. Tours change each week. www. The annual Civil War Institute is held at historicchurchwalkingtours.org Gettysburg College. www.gettysburg.edu/cwi June 26, 7:30 p.m. June 13-15 (717) 337-6590 “His Gal Friday” will be shown at the Majestic “History Meets the Arts” is celebrated at art June 21-23 Theater, 25 Carlisle St., Gettysburg. www. gettysburgmajestic.org, (717) 337-8200. galleries throughout downtown Gettysburg and The annual Latimore Valley Fair is held at at the Gettysburg Fire Department, N. Stratton the Eastern Museum of Motor Racing, York June 27, 6:30 p.m. St., Gettysburg. (717)334-7950 Springs. (717) 528-8279 “Copperhead” will premiere at the Majestic June 15 June 22, 8 a.m. Theater, 25 Carlisle St., Gettysburg. Movie will be shown nightly June 28-July 11. www. The Gettysburg National Military Park’s Brass The 23rd annual Spirit of Gettysburg kicks off at gettysburgmajestic.org, (717) 337-8200. Band Concert, Gettysburg National Military the YWCA Gettysburg & Adams County. (717) Park Museum and Visitors Center, www.nps. 334- 9171. www.ywcagettysburg.org June 28-30 gov/gett (717) 334-1124, ext. 8023 June 22, 8 p.m. Annual Gettysburg Civil War Collectors Show,
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GoinCONTINUED ’ On Allstar Events Complex, Emmitsburg Road, org/Flohrs_Lutheran_09/Welcome.html July 1-4 Gettysburg. (717) 334-2350 June 29-30 The 150th anniversary of the Battle of June 28, 10 a.m. 150th Gettysburg Re-enactment – A Blue Gray Gettysburg will be commemorated with a “Attack of Culp’s Hill - Wounded Converge Alliance Event, held at 1845 Pumping Station series of interpretive programs by the National on the Lady Farm CSA Field Hospital” at Road, Gettysburg. www.bluegraygettysburg.com. Park Service. Programs include Key Moment Programs, Overview Hikes, Battlefield Experience the Daniel Lady Farm, 986 Hanover Road, June 29-July 5 Gettysburg. www.gbpa.org. Programs, Voices Programs featuring living “Celebrate History Music Festival” at the historians, specially scheduled ranger programs, June 28, 6 p.m. American Civil War Wax Museum, 297 and ranger programs at the Gettysburg National “An Evening with the Painting” will be offered Steinwehr Ave., Gettysburg. www.celebrate- Military Park Museum and Visitor Center. A full at the Gettysburg National Military Park history-music-festival.com schedule of is at www.gettysburgcivilwar150.com Museum and Visitor Center, Gettysburg. www. June 30, 9 a.m. or www.nps.gov/gett. gettysburgfoundation.org , (877) 874-2478. Prince of Peace Episcopal Church, Gettysburg, July 2, 11 a.m. June 28-July 4 marks its 125th anniversary with a service of Annual Battle of Hunterstown Commemoration, “War Meets Compassion, The Confederate Field commemoration. (717) 334-8554 Tate Farm, 1975 Shrivers Corner Road, Hospital,” will feature interactive programs and June 30, 7:30 p.m. Hunterstown. www.hunterstown1863.org displays at the Daniel Lady Farm, 986 Hanover “Gettysburg: A New Birth of Freedom” July 2, 1 p.m. Road, Gettysburg. www.gbpa.org Commemorative Ceremony at Meade’s 150th Re-enactment of the Battle of Hanover, June 28-July 1 Headquarters, Gettysburg National Military 1750 Westminster Road, Hanover. www.lcacnet. “Skirmishes on Seminary Ridge” opening events Park, Gettysburg. Featuring keynote speaker org. for the Seminary Ridge Museum, will be held Doris Kearns Goodwin, country music artist July 3, 7 p.m. at 111 Seminary Ridge, Gettysburg. (717) 339- Trace Adkins, and the United States Military 1300 Academy Orchestra. Independence Day in downtown Gettysburg. Parade kicks off from Lefever Street and June 29, 1-5 p.m. June 30, 9-10:30 p.m. continues to East Middle Street before “150th Gettysburg Commemoration Family 150th Commemorative Illumination, Soldiers’ proceeding south on Baltimore Street and Festival” will be held at the Adams County National Cemetery, Gettysburg. Steinwehr Avenue. www.gettysburgcivilwar150. Winery, 251 Peach Tree Road in Orrtanna. The com. event will feature living history figures, local July 3, 7:30 p.m. authors, re-enactors, live music, family- and children-related activities, the only official “Gettysburg” will be shown at the Majestic 150th Anniversary wines, and more. www. july Theater, 25 Carlisle St., Gettysburg. www. adamscountywinery.com/events (717) 334-4631 gettysburgmajestic.org, (717) 337-8200. July 1, 8 a.m. June 29, 2 p.m. July 4, 2-4 p.m. Grand opening of the Seminary Ridge Museum, Eternal Peace Light Memorial Commemoration Marching Orders: A Tour for the Whole Family, Gettysburg. www.seminaryridgemuseum.org, featuring guest speaker Maj. Gen. Anthony at the Gettysburg National Military Park (717) 339-1300. Cucolo, Commandant of the U.S. Army War Museum and Visitor Center. 1-877-874-2478 College. Shuttles will be provided from HACC July 1, 7-8:30 p.m. July 4, 5-7 p.m. Gettysburg Campus, 731 Old Harrisburg Road. “The Landscape and Rocks of the Gettysburg The Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra presents a June 29, 8 p.m. National Military Park” will be offered by Fourth of July gala concert on the north lawn of Strawberry Hill Nature Preserve at 670 Old Songs and Stories of a Civil War Hospital at Pennsylvania Hall at Gettysburg College. (717) Harrisburg Road, Gettysburg. Pre-registration historic Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, 30 337-6390. preferred. www.strawberryhill.org (717) 642- Chambersburg St., Gettysburg. (717) 334-5212. July 4-7 5840 June 29-30 July 1, 8 p.m. Gettysburg 150th National Civil War Battle “A Sacred Trust” lecture series featuring notable Re-enactment, Gettysburg Anniversary Songs and Stories of a Civil War Hospital at historians on a variety of topics will be held Committee, 1085 Table Rock Road, historic Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, 30 at the Gettysburg National Military Park Gettysburg. A full events schedule is at www. Chambersburg St., Gettysburg. (717) 334-5212. Museum and Visitor Center, Gettysburg. www. gettysburgreenactment.com. gettysburgfoundation.org, (877) 874-2478 July 1-4 July 5 June 29-30 “Preserving Schmucker Hall: Seminary Ridge First Friday, Gettysburg Style, is celebrated Museum” will be held at the Seminary Ridge “Prelude to Gettysburg: The Cashtown Road” at stores, galleries and restaurants Museum, 111 Seminary Ridge, Gettysburg. held at sites in Cashtown. www.flohrslutheran. throughout downtown Gettysburg. (717) 339-1300. gettysburgretailmerchants.com. 10 WHAT’S
GoinCONTINUED ’ On July 5 present “The Road from Appomattox” at the preferred. www.strawberryhill.org (717) 642-5840 Coronets and Cannons brass band concert will Majestic Theater, Gettysburg. July 24, 7:30 p.m. be held on Steinwehr Avenue near the Lincoln www.gettysburgmajestictheater.org (717) 337- “American in Paris” will be shown at the Train Museum. (717) 337-1698. 8200. Majestic Theater, 25 Carlisle St., Gettysburg. July 5-7 July 11, 7-8:30 p.m. www.gettysburgmajestic.org, (717) 337-8200. “A Sacred Trust” lecture series featuring notable “Summer Tree ID” will be offered at Strawberry historians on a variety of topics will be held Hill Nature Preserve, Fairfield. Pre-registration at the Gettysburg National Military Park preferred. www.strawberryhill.org (717) 642- Museum and Visitor Center, Gettysburg. www. 5840 gettysburgfoundation.org, (877) 874-2478 July 11-14 July 6, 5-9 p.m. The 12th annual Gettysburg Bike Week at “Confederates Take the Shriver House” at various sites. www.gettysburgbikeweek.com. Shriver House Museum, Gettysburg. www. July 13, noon-2 p.m. shriverhouse.org. “Bee Keeping for Bee-ginners, Part 3 of 4” will July 6, 8 p.m. be offered at Strawberry Hill Nature Preserve, Songs and Stories of a Civil War Hospital at Fairfield. Pre-registration preferred. www. historic Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, 30 strawberryhill.org (717) 642-5840 Chambersburg St., Gettysburg. (717) 334-5212. July 13, noon-2 p.m. July 6, 8 p.m. “Backcountry Navigation” will be offered at Sweet Honey in the Rock will perform at Strawberry Hill Nature Preserve, Fairfield. Pre- the Majestic Theater, Gettysburg. www. registration preferred. www.strawberryhill.org gettysburgmajestictheater.org (717) 337-8200. (717) 642-5840 July 13, noon-6 p.m. The Gettysburg Cook-off with games, samples and competition, at Gateway Gettysburg, sponsored by the Adams County Arts Council. July 23-Aug. 4 www.adamsarts.org. Totem Pole Playhouse, Fayetteville, presents July 20, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. “Boeing, Boeing.” www.totempleplayhouse.org The 14th annual Adams County Irish Festival, (717) 352-2164 Gettysburg Moose Lodge Park, Gettysburg. July 25, 7-8:30 p.m. (717) 337-3500 Nature Arts & Crafts Summer Series at the July 20, 8 p.m. Preserve, Part 4: Photography, will be offered at Songs and Stories of a Civil War Hospital at Strawberry Hill Nature Preserve, Fairfield. Pre- historic Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, 30 registration preferred. www.strawberryhill.org Chambersburg St., Gettysburg. (717) 334-5212. (717) 642-5840. July 20-21 July 26-28 The 4th annual Gettysburg 19th century Base The Mountain Folk and Roots Festival, South Ball Tournament is held at the Schroeder Mountain Fairgrounds, Arendtsville. (570) 419- Farm, 965 Pumping Station Road, Gettysburg. 6236 gettysburgbaseballfestival.com. July 27, 8 p.m. July 21, 6 p.m. Songs and Stories of a Civil War Hospital at “An Evening with the Painting” will be offered historic Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, 30 at the Gettysburg National Military Park Chambersburg St., Gettysburg. (717) 334-5212. July 9-21 Museum and Visitor Center, Gettysburg. www. July 31, 7:30 p.m. Totem Pole Playhouse, Fayetteville, presents gettysburgfoundation.org (877) 874-2478. “Fort Apache” will be shown at the Majestic “The Sunshine Boys.” www.totempleplayhouse. July 23, 1-2:30 p.m. org (717) 352-2164 Theater, 25 Carlisle St., Gettysburg. www. Nature Arts & Crafts Summer Series, Part 3: gettysburgmajestic.org (717) 337-8200. July 10-21 Pressed Flowers, will be offered at Strawberry Totem Pole Playhouse and Majestic Theater Hill Nature Preserve, Fairfield. Pre-registration
10 11 PERSONALITY Profile Text By Ashley Andyshak Hayes Photos By John Armstrong
12 Joanne Hanley Head of Gettysburg Foundation enjoys turning love of history into preservation
oanne Hanley’s office sits on the Hanley loves helping people express University. It was there that she was top floor of the new Gettysburg their appreciation for Gettysburg. She introduced to the Park Service. During J National Military Park Visitor said her favorite part of the job is helping her graduate studies, her academic Center. It’s fitting that her office is part turn people’s love of Gettysburg and its advisor encouraged her to complete a of this building, since the foundation history into tangible ways they can help yearlong internship with the National she oversees is an integral part of the preserve it: through donations of their Park Service, and she returned to work preservation of the park. time and money and by supporting there after graduation. Hanley became president of the Foundation events throughout the year. Hanley’s love of the outdoors also Gettysburg Foundation in 2011, The Foundation encourages people who helped lead her into working for after working for the National Park appreciate Gettysburg’s history and want the National Park Service. “I loved Service for 32 years. The Foundation to preserve it to become “Friends of backpacking, canoeing and the outdoors, is a non-profit organization formed by Gettysburg” at a variety of membership so it was a natural thing for me,” she the merging in 2006 of two groups, levels. “People want to connect to said. “Mine is a natural resources focus.” the Gettysburg National Battlefield history here,” she said. “I try to help She also appreciates the natural Museum Foundation and the Friends people tap into that history in ways that resources of other countries, and said of the National Parks at Gettysburg. are meaningful to them.” one of her favorite vacation spots is The Foundation is the only private non- Hanley’s career with the National Park Killarney Provincial Park in Ontario, profit organization within the NPS, Service has been life-long. She was born Canada, where she enjoys wilderness Hanley said, and this partnership allows and raised on Long Island and earned canoeing. Hanley to combine the historical and her bachelor’s degree in environmental Hanley’s more than three decades of natural resources of the NPS with the science from Long Island University. service with the National Park Service fundraising and marketing capabilities She earned her graduate degree in took her to Alabama, Colorado, New of the Foundation. the same field from Washington State York and Washington, D.C. in the
12 13 United States, along with southeast Asia feel strongly about preserving the ideals to act can be found many times in many and Africa. Her most recent position was and history of America,” she said. “We stories of the men who died during the superintendent of the National Parks of can’t lose sense of what we’ve done, or Battle of Gettysburg, she said. Western Pennsylvania, which include the we’ll lose our sense of country.” “Character has to be built before we’re Fort Necessity National Battlefield, the called to act,” she said. “What made the Johnstown Flood National Memorial, people on that plane ready to act? The the Allegheny Portage Railroad National People want to connect men on that battlefield were ready to Historic Site, Friendship Hill National act.” Historic Site and the Flight 93 National “to history here. I try to On a personal level, Hanley said she Memorial. prioritizes her life and work into five The Flight 93 memorial was created help people tap into that areas. The first four are God, family, through a partnership between the country and avocation. Hanley says her National Park Service and other groups avocation is “to preserve history to give to memorialize the 40 people who died history in ways that are others the opportunity to have [these on Sept. 11, 2001, when their plane strong] feelings,” she said. These four crashed in a Shanksville, Pa., field after meaningful to them. help her with the fifth area, which are terrorists on board the plane stormed ” the day-to-day duties of her job. the cockpit. Hanley was superintendent While in her position in western Hanley’s faith is an important part of of the Western Pennsylvania Parks when Pennsylvania, Hanley had the her life. She joined the Roman Catholic the attack occurred and was instrumental opportunity to give leadership talks Church in 2012. She said her 21-year-old in developing the memorial. to various groups about the people on daughter, Annie, piqued her intellectual Hanley said she believes that every board Flight 93 who gave their lives to curiosity about Catholicism. “I had been experience she’s had has prepared her to thwart the attempted terrorist attack exposed to it all my life, as my father was accept her current position in Gettysburg. on Washington, D.C. These same Catholic. I was a lifelong Protestant,” “I’m not a historian or a scholar, but I characteristics of courage and readiness she said. “But my daughter challenged 50th Annual Catoctin Colorfest Thurmont, MD Admission!FREE Nationally Recognized Juried Arts & Crafts Show October 12th & 13th, 2013 Thurmont Community Park (Frederick Rd.) 301-271-7533 • www.colorfest.org Ample Parking & Shuttle Bus Service Available
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14 15 Schmucker Hall to Re-Open July 1 as Civil War Hospital Museum
By Jarrad Hedes | Photos by Darryl Wheeler
Schmucker Hall is going back to its the museum’s executive director. Schmucker Hall, home of the largest field roots. The Battle of Gettysburg’s largest The exhibits include an in-depth look at hospital at Gettysburg; exploration of the field hospital has been transformed after the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, topics of faith and freedom; the role of seven-months of construction into a Civil waged along Seminary Ridge; detailed religion in the Civil War and the meaning War enthusiast’s paradise. insight into the care of the wounded at of freedom. The $13.3 million, 20,000-square- “Over 90 percent of the original fabric foot Seminary Ridge Museum is slated “Each room will be of the building is still here,” Franco said of to open July 1 on the campus of the Schmucker Hall, which was built in 1832 Lutheran Theological Seminary, featuring historically accurate and and underwent a few renovations in 1895 interactive exhibit galleries and educational set up to look like what after the completion of the seminary’s programming. it would have looked like Valentine Hall. “This was a historic tax The four-floor museum and its “Voices when Schmucker Hall credit project and part of that requires us of Duty and Devotion” exhibits will feature was used as a hospital to maintain as much of the original fabric themes “not focused on anywhere else in of the building as we could.” Gettysburg,” according to Barbara Franco, during the battle.” Construction on the museum began 16 17 in April 2012 and was completed in that he was in the Massachusetts Regiment. November. Then a Virginia company He was a shoemaker from Ireland and was began installing exhibits in January 2013, 21 when he died.” setting up each room in the building. The exhibits are more about the stories Crews installed, for example, an 1840s that go along with them than the actual farm door, which would have been used artifacts, Franco said. as an operating table during the Battle of Crews installed a door from the Gettysburg in 1863. McPherson Barn, which still stands “Each room will be historically accurate just west and within view of the and set up to look like what it would have museum. The barn saw heavy looked like when Schmucker Hall was fighting on the first day of the battle. used as a hospital during the battle,” said “The door, which will be featured on the J. Craig Nannos, a historical and military fourth floor of the permanent exhibit that consultant who has worked on Hollywood examines the first day of the battle, is on films such as “The Last of the Mohicans” loan from museum supporters Dr. and and “The Patriot.” “There will be rooms Mrs. Paul and Bailey Orange,” museum depicting everything from soldiers lying spokesperson Dru Ann Neil added. The museum will be open for visitors to on the floor waiting to be treated to the Several exhibits also ask visitors to put go through on their own, with admission surgery room to a room where officers themselves in the shoes of the Ziegler set for $9 for adults and $7 for senior were recovering months after the battle.” family, who lived in the building when its citizens and students, with group discounts Nannos said he tracked down many of use as a hospital started. “Many wounded available. The museum will offer guided the artifacts for the museum as he did for soldiers could not even feed themselves,” tours of the seminary’s cupola, from which other projects and movies. His collection one display reads. “The Ziegler children Union General John Buford observed included a set of Civil War era crutches assisted the nurses changing bandages the first day’s battle movements, and will recovered from Adams County. Of the and chamber pots or bedpans! They also require a separate ticket. other artifact donations, of note is a bone fed patients, or just read or talked to the The Rev. John Spangler, president of from a knee of a Civil War soldier who had wounded to help them rest.” the Seminary Ridge Historic Preservation his leg amputated in Schmucker Hall. The exhibit contains a Bible passage and Foundation, said that during the early “That came from the National Museum visitors are asked to read it aloud as if they stages of Schmucker Hall’s rehab, a shoe of Health and Medicine,” Franco said. were soothing a wounded soldier. It also was found in one of the walls. This was “I think the allure is that part of the includes 10 original Dale Gallon paintings, a German-American tradition to ensure amputation was done right here in the which will be included in the “Voices of good luck when buildings were erected. building. We know the soldier’s name and Duty and Devotion” exhibit. “Schmucker Hall has had a lot of good
17 luck and that luck continues today,” cupola restoration, roof repair, moisture Spangler said. inhibition and a new lighting protection Jefferson Coates was a Union Army system. Structural work was also needed to soldier and one of 64 men who received stabilize portions of the foundation walls, the Medal of Honor for his actions during which were settling. the Battle of Gettysburg. During combat, Other work included restoration of the he was blinded in both eyes. One of his Peace Portico, added in 1914, in honor of descendants donated a Bible he carried with the 50th anniversary of the Civil War the him that will be placed in the museum. previous year. “It was added as a memorial “I have a feeling that after we open, to the many wounded soldiers cared for in and people see what we are doing and the the building,” Neil explained. kind of things we have in the museum, State Sen. Rich Alloway with the support we’re going to have people coming out of of Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi the woodwork with artifacts they have,” and Governors Ed Rendell and Tom said Ben Neely, Adams County Historical Corbett, was able to obtain $4 million Society executive director. in 2010 in state grant funding through Franco said the museum isn’t accepting the Redevelopment Assistance Capital “It’s part of the Gettysburg Borough’s any artifacts directly, but will instead pull Program. 1990 interpretive plan in making from the collection of the historical society Approximately $1 million in Scenic Gettysburg a more pedestrian-friendly and seminary archives. Byway funds, new market and historic area,” said the Rev. John Spangler, Schmucker Hall was once referred to as tax credits, and gifts from individuals, president of the Seminary Ridge Historic “Old Dorm,” and it served as a military organizations and foundations went Preservation Foundation. observation post and field hospital during toward the cost of the project. The 10-foot-wide trail will accommodate the July 1-3, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg. Economic studies predicted the project bikers, pedestrians and those using mass It was originally built to prepare public would generate $23 million during the transit with various drop-off and loading theologians to serve “at the crossroads of 15-month construction phase, and $5 zones for tour buses and Freedom Transit. hope and history.” million in new annual spending after the It will be comprised of crushed stone From the building’s cupola, Union grand opening. with a binder that enables wheelchairs cavalry commander Gen. John Buford In addition to the renovation and and bicycles to use the pathway. The “tan observed Confederate forces advancing transformation of Schmucker Hall into path” that runs from Hay Street westward on Gettysburg from the west. Within a a museum, the project called for two to the front door of Schmucker Hall few hours, Seminary Ridge became, most pathways, an eastern and western leg, will be restored as part of the project. A likely, the largest field hospital of the a roughly mile-long gravel path with portion of the trail will also seek linkage three-day battle. Care for more than 600 historic wayside markers to portray the to the proposed Gettysburg Inner Loop, wounded soldiers on both sides continued seminary coming to Gettysburg, black a bicycle and pedestrian path that will in the building until September 1863. theologian Daniel Alexander Payne, the circumnavigate the Gettysburg Borough. Rehabilitation of the building, in Battle for McPherson’s Ridge and defense On the west side, a redesign of campus preparation for the museum, included of Seminary Ridge, the Lincoln Highway, parking relocates high-density parking to masonry restoration, window, dormer civilians at Gettysburg and the natural a space behind the seminary’s A.R. Wentz and lintel repair and replacement, habitat of the landscape. Library. This move cuts in half (34 spaces)
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the parking spaces in the immediate area of the grove where on July 1, 1863, Union forces made their heroic last stand. The plan, created by the seminary and the Seminary Ridge Historic Preservation Foundation, replants two trees for each one of the remaining trees in the grove. Plans for replanting appropriate oak trees in the seminary grove were aided by the National Park Service’s Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation. They have recommended native oak species that will not block the view of the historic seminary building cupola once they mature. “We are losing the grove of trees to age and ash-boring insects and the current view is interrupted by concentrated parking of 68 vehicles,” said Spangler. “This project will preserve the viewshed of Schmucker Hall from the west and restore a grove-like appearance to the area that now has only about 20 trees left, none of which are historic ‘witness trees.’”
18 19 Seeing the Battlefield Guided tours come in a variety of styles — from those using new technology to more traditional approaches.
By Jim Hale | Photos by Darryl Wheeler
Back in the days of the Gettysburg battle, the boys in blue and gray grew up with horses and carriages, locomotives were high tech and bicycles hadn’t evolved into their modern form. In the heat of the battle, soldiers were on foot or horses, so it seems a bit surreal to see today’s motorized scooters and Segways traversing the battlfi eld. Yet, those are two of the many means of taking in the battlefi eld. From the old-fashioned hooved to the new- fangled wheeled, numerous options are available for tours of the sprawling 6,000-acre Gettysburg Battlefi eld, and each provide a diff erent way to view history. 20 Segway Tours owner Rachel Stephens and her husband, Doug, are attuned to the A top-ranking local activity on Tripadvisor.com is a Segway tour. experience of soldiers. e pace of a horse tour “gives you time to Segways “merge new technology with the 19th century, and it’s a really think about and process what they went through here,” Rachel good pairing,” said Bob Velke, owner of Segway Tours of Gettysburg. Stephens said. With an LBG, tours are $70 per person for one hour e six-year-old business off ers two historic routes aboard the and $105 for two hours. A ride with a re-enactor in period clothing self-balancing, two-wheeled, near-silent mechanical marvels. e focuses on the life of a soldier rather than battle strategy. e one- machines are fun to ride for the whole family, including those less hour experience costs $65 per person. A ride with recorded narration interested in history, said Velke, and they provide a perfect way to is $60 per person for an hour and $85 for two hours. Call 724-315- absorb the terrain while sweating less than bicyclists and moving RIDE to make a reservation or visit confederatetrails.com. faster than equestrians. e 150-minute, nine-mile western route After Doug Stephens suff ered a hip injury in Afghanistan that made encompasses historical highlights such as Pickett’s Charge, Little riding uncomfortable, Confederate Trails’ sister business was formed. Round Top and the High Watermark of the Confederacy. e price, e Victorian Carriage Company makes an equine experience of the $70 per person, includes recorded narration by a Licensed Battlefi eld battlefi eld available to those who can’t ride a horse solo and to families Guide (LBG). A live LBG costs $15 per person, with a minimum with small children, Stephens said. A two-hour, horse-drawn tour charge of $60. e eastern route, recommended for those who with recorded narration is $55 per person, with $5 off for those with already have a good general understanding of the battle, focuses on a military ID. Kids ages 2 to 10 are $35. e company also plans Culp’s Hill, East Cemetery Hill and Spangler’s Spring. e price of to add live LBGs this year. e 12-person carriage provides each $50 again includes recorded narration with the same fee structure passenger space equivalent to a movie-theater seat. A rider in need of for a live LBG. Staff members accompany all tours as well as rides more space for comfort may consider purchasing two seats, Stephens without historic narration, which are also available. Riders must said. Call 530-535-8687 or visit victoriancarriagecompany.com. be at least 8 years old and weigh 100 to 280 pounds. Gettysburg A ride with “General Lee” (re-enactor Frank Orlando) is among
residents (verifi ed by a driver’s license address) receive a 50 percent options off ered by Cornerstone Farm Horseback Tours. A one-hour discount, which does not extend to their guests. e business is in ride is $45 per person if escorted by wranglers and $55 if led by the Gettysburg Shopping Center at Buford and West streets. Call LBG and published author Andie Custer Donahue. Prices are $67 717-253-7987 or 888-4SEGTOURS, or visit segtours.com. and $82 for two hours, and $90 and $110 for two hours. Rides with “Lee” are $70 for one hour, $105 for 90 minutes, and $120 for two Horseback hours. “Nuances of terrain meant life and death” for soldiers, and While the Segway may be ultra-modern, the allure of a horse riding horseback is the best way to understand the lay of the land, said is timeless. Previous riding experience is not required by any Alice Paxson, who along with her husband, John, co-owns the tour of Gettysburg’s equestrian tour providers. All send experienced business and the Cornerstone Farm Bed and Breakfast at 305 Crooked wranglers along with tour groups. None allow more than one rider Creek Road. She said that Cornerstone treats their quarter horses per horse. Generally, tours begin at the National Park’s McMillan like family. Riders must weigh less than 240 pounds and be at least 8 Woods trail, off of Confederate Drive about three-fourths of a mile years old. Private rides can be arranged. Call 717-334-8205 or visit south of Route 116 (Middle Street). Minimum ages vary from 7 to ridehorsesgettysburg.com. 8. Rider weight limits are between 240 and 250 pounds. “You wouldn’t believe the diff erence” between viewing the As military veterans themselves, Confederate Trails of Gettysburg battlefi eld from high up on the back of a horse — ‘a general’s
20 21 perspective’ — as opposed to down at infantry level,” said Pam the Union line and costs $56 per person. e Town Tour — three Grimes, owner of Hickory Hollow Farm, a family-owned business hours, 4.5 miles, $51 per person — is for ages 13 and up due to in operation for 30 years. During that time, she said, she has never traffi c. e Grand, at $71 per person, lasts four hours, examines grown tired of the National Park’s trails. Every tour off ers something all three days of the battle, and covers 13 miles. new, she said: the light, the people, perhaps an owl or deer, and Gettysbike, located in the bus and recreational vehicle lot at once an albino fox sleeping on the trail. An un-narrated trail ride the National Park Visitor Center at 1195 Baltimore St., requires is $40 per hour. Add an LBG and the price is $45 per hour with a riders to be four feet tall, but tandem and trailer-tandem bikes two-hour minimum. Grimes said she invests in “happy horses” and are available. Bring your own bike and get a $5 discount. e comfortable saddles. Riders must weigh less than 250 pounds and minimum number of riders for a tour is two although a lone rider be at least 7 years old. Tours are by appointment only. Call 717- can pay double. Custom tours can be arranged. Call 717-752- 334-0349 or 717-253-6300 or visit hickoryhollowfarm.com. 7752 or visit gettysbike.com. e National Riding Stables at the Artillery Range Campground Motorized scooters combine the mobility of a car or bus with have been off ering tours for 32 years, including 22 years under the unrestricted view of a horse or bike, said Josh Henson, who the current ownership. Tours start at 610 Taneytown Road (as owns GettyPeds along with David Henson. e business at 39
Washington Street is known south of town). A two-hour tour with N. Washington St. has a fl eet of one-person scooters and two- a live LBG traces the Union’s “fi shhook” line and crosses to the passenger “coupes” that can reach 25 miles per hour, all with rebel side. It costs $80 per person, including taxes. A one-hour tour automatic transmissions. e 2 ½-hour Blue Tour with an with recorded narration is $50 per person. Special group and private LBG focuses on the battle’s fi rst day and Culp’s and Cemetery tours are available. “People are so glad they got the opportunity to hills. It costs $50 per person for a scooter and $90 for a coupe. experience the battlefi eld like the soldiers did,” said Offi ce Manager e family rate provides one scooter at the regular price and a Sue Conover. Riders must be at least 8 years old. Call 717-334- second for $30, or one coupe at the regular price and a second 1288 to make a reservation. for $50. e three-hour Gray Tour focuses on the second and third days, including Pickett’s Charge. Scooters are $55, coupes Bicycles and Scooters $95. At the family rate, add a second scooter for $35 or coupe Two-wheelers, motorized or not, bridge the technological gap for $55. Reservations are recommended, and riders should arrive between the 19th and 21st centuries. Bicycles not only let you 30-minutes early to complete paperwork and training. Drivers slow down and smell the fl owers, said Gettysbike Tours Co- must be 18 and have a valid license. Kids as young as 6 years old owner Kelly Steenstra, but they also teach you the tactical lessons can ride in a coupe. Helmets and gas are included in the price. of terrain: “why soldiers like high ground and how hard it is to Non-tour rentals are also available. Call 717-398-2600 or visit get to it.” But, unlike soldiers, Gettysbike’s guests never quick- gettypeds.net. march and they get to stop and rest as they absorb knowledge from their guides. e family business (co-owned by Kelly’s All tour operators recommend booking as far ahead as possible, father, Bob) covers both the battlefi eld, with live LBGs, and the though many can serve a limited number of walk-up customers. All Borough of Gettysburg, where combat also raged, with Licensed require cancellation well in advance for a full or partial refund. Most Town Guides. e three-hour, 7.5-mile Yanks Tour focuses on tours are rain-or-shine unless the weather turns dangerous.
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150th AnniversAry CommemorAtion is An eConomiC Boon for the AreA Story and Photos by Tommy Riggs
he once-in-a-lifetime event of the Gettysburg businesses are hoping to take T150th anniversary of the Battle of advantage of the increase in visitors. Gettysburg is going to be a huge boon “We’re going to be extraordinarily busy,” for the town of Gettysburg, drawing said Johlene “Spooky” Riley, manager at in visitors and re-enactors from at least Gettysburg Ghost Tours. “We certainly 16 different countries and providing a had the 150th in mind when we made major economic impact that will extend the decision to double our storefront. all summer long and throughout the We’ve added a number of staff to assist our fall. It will also likely renew people’s customers.” interest in the Civil War and the Battle Paul Witt, owner of the Quality Inn of Gettysburg. All of which has business Motor Lodge and America’s Best Value Inn leaders, tourism officials, historians and in Gettysburg, said the hotels in the greater shop owners excited. region are benefiting from this as well. “The biggest positive impact on the “We sold out last July for this July,” said community is going to be economic, with Witt. “I think a lot of the hotels in town are tourism being the largest industry, the probably full by now. The hotels that will largest employer,” said Norris Flowers, benefit the most are overflow, places such president of the Gettysburg Convention as York, Chambersburg and Frederick.” & Visitors Bureau. “This is how the The Gettysburg Civil War Battle Re- businesses make their money, so this will enactment, taking place this year July 4-7, be a boon to the local businesses.” is a boost for the local economy in itself. Randy Phiel, Gettysburg Anniversary “The re-enactment always means a lot Committee Chairman and Adams County to the community because we employ so Commissioner, echoed that thought. many people during the summer,” said “We’re looking for economic stimulus all Andrea DiMartino, media/public relations the time now. This is probably the best coordinator for the Gettysburg Anniversary short-term opportunity that we’re going Committee. “We essentially put up a small to have for economic stimulus.” city out at the Redding Farm for this event. 24 25 It’s not just hiring people; it’s the resources. experience, they’re more likely to come I can assure you that we’ll have 500 or back. It begins right from the moment better staff. It’s all within the community. they walk in the door. We pride ourselves The same goes for rentals and suppliers — on exceptional service.” we use all local people.” Witt noted that visitation in town has The number of re-enactors coming is increased in the past due to other events also expected to take a big jump. “Right involving the battle. “We noticed when now, we have in excess of 9,000 re-enactors, the movie ‘Gettysburg’ came out that including 300 from other counties, already visitation did go up, and then it kind of registered, as well as 135 full-size cannons plateaued instead of coming back down,” and 375 horses,” said Phiel. “We’re he said. “We’re hoping that people will like anticipating between 10,000 and 12,000 (the events this summer) and pass the word re-enactors by the time of the event.” reach the hearts and the minds of our so people come back in future years.” For the re-enactment, visitor numbers visitors,” Carmichael said. “When you can Local historian Walter Powell agreed, are important. However, numbers are not touch people in an emotional way as well saying, “Every time you have a major everything. “Sheer numbers alone don’t as an intellectual way, that’s the gauge of commemorative event like this, it will have begin to reveal the interest and the passion success.” a multiplier effect for a while, but then it that Americans have for the Civil War Repeat visitation is especially important will level off.” past,” said Peter Carmichael, director of the to the small business owners in town. Possibly the biggest aspect that leads Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College. “I believe we hold the record for the to repeat visitation is the experience “People can see the battlefield and converse most repeat customers in Gettysburg,” said that visitors have with members of the with the historians through the Internet. Riley. “You can’t keep a repeat customer community and employees of local “The goal of any historical site is not if you haven’t given them everything that businesses. simply numbers, but to deepen historical you’ve promised them. If you exceed their “We have to put our best foot forward on awareness. We want a program that will expectations and give them a favorable this,” said Flowers. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime
26 opportunity. Another thing the locals need are great pageants. I don’t know how much to understand is there are events going on the public ultimately learns from watching all summer and all year long. We have to them. The quality of the experience is going be prepared and treat the visitors right and to be varied.” expect what’s coming down the pike. It’s Carmichael hopes the sesquicentennial critical that our visitors are treated well events will broaden Americans’ perceptions and that our local citizens have a smile on of the Civil War. their faces. At the end of the day, it benefits “For the vast majority of American everybody.” people, their understanding of the Civil Phiel also stressed the importance of good War resides here at Gettysburg,” he said. impressions from the local community. “That perception is off because the Civil “This should be viewed as an opportunity War was obviously much more vast and not as an annoyance,” he said, “I hope that understanding of people,” said Powell, who complicated than those three days in July. our local community can appreciate all the teaches a course in battlefield preservation The 150th events give us the opportunity events and activities that are being offered at Shippensburg University. “The most to expand their understanding of the Civil this year and take advantage of them. We’re popular tours are the ones that are the most War. going to have a lot of guests, and hopefully entertaining. Ghost tours are immensely “I think the educational experience we are good hosts.” popular. Entertainment versus education is depends on how they engage the historic Many bucket-list items involve a continuing challenge here.” resources here in town. I don’t see how entertainment. While the entertainment Powell thinks the entertainment aspect it’s possible for anyone who is coming aspect is big, Powell says it might take away caters to the visitors, but he is unsure of to Gettysburg to think deeply about from the educational aspect. the educational aspect. “There are so many what occurred here without spending “I’m one of those historians who is competing objectives in this 150th,” he said. an extraordinary amount of time at the worried about the disconnect between “The event says a great deal about what the National Park Visitor Center.” what happened at Gettysburg and the public is looking for. The re-enactments Ben Neely, executive director of the
26 2715 Adams County Historical Society, believes scheduled for September and will bring been working for four years to make the all of the sesquicentennial events will in many of America’s bravest men and sesquicentennial events successful. complement each other. “I think they women. “Certainly, our biggest period of time is support each other more than 2013, and inside that, those 10 they beat against one another,” days, but we have big events he said. throughout the year,” said Gettysburg National Military Flowers. “Our long-term goal Park Superintendent Bob is beyond 2013. Using 2013, Kirby pointed out the allure of the spike we have is kind of a the battlefield and the extensive jumping off point for the next amount of information five or 10 years. I think that’s available at the visitor center. absolutely critical to the long- “The story is so complex and so term success of the tourism rich and so deep that the more industry in Adams County.” you explore it, the more you With all of the different want to know,” he said. “There’s aspects of the Civil War and an endless menu of different aspects of the “With the additional visitors this year, the sesquicentennial commemoration Civil War. We get to show the world what the the focus has been put on our little town,” in Gettysburg, the town is going to be story is here. The more people understand said Riley. “I think it’s going to renew showcased in a way that it has not seen in and appreciate the resources here, the more interest in the time, and I think we’re going quite some time. likely they are to come back, maybe donate to continue seeing a lot of folks. People “It’s sort of the community’s Olympic money to preserve these resources.” who couldn’t get in because the rooms are moment,” said Phiel. “We’re being The town is looking to benefit from booked will probably come well past the recognized as one of the top five travel this summer’s events after the summer is July re-enactment season.” destinations in the world by several over. The Medal of Honor Convention is The Convention & Visitors Bureau has sources.”
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Nestled in a beautiful, multi-story building is an impressive set of instruments, many of The bizarre tool delivered chloroform in the late in downtown Frederick, Md., is the National them original items. A small, wooden trumpet- 1840s, when it was administered successfully as Museum of Civil War Medicine. The museum, like item sat on a table surrounded by bandages an anesthetic during surgery. which opened in 1996, underwent a major and surgical instruments. The historians present Morphine was also used during the Civil renovation in 2000. Since then it has risen to at the display told us it was the predecessor to War. According to museum displays, about prominence as one of the top locations to learn the modern stethoscope. Close by were scalpels 95 percent of operations during the Civil War about medicine and medical innovations during and scissors, arranged just so in preparation for were done under some sort of anesthetic — a the Civil War. surgery. Unsurprisingly, these effective surgical reassuring figure in the face of portrayals of The museum, which has exhibits displayed tools have changed little in 150 years. surgeries in popular culture, which show little to on two floors, allows visitors the opportunity to Other artifacts on display included a satchel no pain relief for the injured. learn about medical practices at the start of the full of compounds and medications doctors used The living historians on duty were also eager war and study how those practices played into to treat soldiers on the go and implements of to share the work of Dr. Johnathan Letterman. recruiting and camp life. Additionally, exhibits anesthesia. A squat metal cylinder with a small (Adams County readers will be familiar with display medical education, treatment both on shoot on the top was one of those implements. his name because of Camp Letterman: the the battlefield and beyond and how modern Gettysburg camp, which was established as a military medicine compares to that practiced temporary hospital in the immediate wake of 150 years ago. If You Go the Battle of Gettysburg.) Prior to and during According to the National Museum of Civil National Museum of the Civil War, he developed a method of War Medicine, the organization was the idea of Civil War Medicine medical organization in order to treat casualties dentist Gordon E. Dammann, who by 1971 had 48 E. Patrick St. as effectively as possible. The living historians amassed a large collection of Civil War medical Frederick, MD 71701 referred to Letterman’s system as a forerunner of www.civilwarmed.org artifacts. Those artifacts make up a large portion the modern triage system. 301-695-1864 of the museum’s displays. Hours: Monday-Saturday, Letterman set up aid stations close to battle Not only does the museum offer a walk 10 a.m.-–5 p.m. action, where wounded soldiers were given first through history but living history displays and Sunday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. aid treatment. Those in need were transported lectures are regularly offered at their Frederick Admission: Adults, $7.50; by ambulance corps to a field hospital set up location. Children 10-16: $5.50; at the division or corps headquarters, also Children under 10: free. Discounts During our visit, a group of historians gathered near the fighting. After treatment there, the are available for seniors, students in the second-floor lecture hall to discuss the and military. wounded would then move on to more long- implements of Civil War medicine. On display term treatment facilities such as camps like
30 Gettysburg’s Camp Letterman or pavilion indicates that more Civil War soldiers died from hospitals. the complications of disease than from wounds Letterman also set about reorganizing medical sustained in battle. supply distribution during the war. Almost halfway through the museum, His methods, according to the museum, are visitors are treated to an extensive display on credited with making medical treatment during the Letterman Plan. Interestingly, veterinary the war more effective than previously enjoyed medicine was also important to the armies, by the military. according to the museum. Being largely After spending some time with the living dependent on horses and mules for the historians, we ventured into the exhibit transportation of goods and people, the armies space. Many of the exhibits are populated by had to ensure those animals were healthy. realistically dressed mannequins and filled with a In the downstairs of the museum, exhibits variety of period medical equipment. The visuals depict field hospitals and dressing stations, are punctuated at certain points with sound as well as field hospitals. A large display also effects. depicts life in a pavilion hospital during the The museum visitor starts by learning about war. These hospitals, according to the display, the medical education available to doctors were spacious and airy, and arranged in such a immediately before the Civil War. At the time, way to promote recovery for wounded soldiers. doctors did not have knowledge of germ theory, However, many soldiers didn’t make it, driving or the knowledge of how disease is spread from the need to prepare people for burial. According person to person. According to the museum to the museum exhibit, embalmers were exhibits, medical school often took about a year often pharmacists or surgeons with chemical and consisted mainly of lectures, though many knowledge who set up near battles. doctors became apprentices to physicians. At the end of the museum’s exhibits, Civil The doctor took an important role in the life War medical instruments and technology are of a Civil War soldier early. Each soldier recruited compared with instruments and technologies for the army had to undergo a physical. Once used in today’s American military. Soldiers in the those new recruits reached camp, they had to 21st century benefit from sophisticated research deal with the diseases that often came with living and technology, but the basics, like scalpels, in a large group. According to the museum, bandages, and the need for clean water, have soldiers had a poor diet, and intestinal issues remained much the same. were not uncommon. Research from the period Besides the exhibits, the National Museum
Things to consider Exhibits at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine are laid out on two floors of a large building in the museum’s downtown Frederick, Md. location. Paths through the exhibits are wide and level, making them handicap accessible. Visitors may get to the upper floor of the exhibit space via stairs or elevator. Exhibits are largely self-guided, though information and a map of the facility are available at the front desk of the museum. Group tours are available through advance arrangements. It may take anywhere from 45 minutes to several hours to fully enjoy the museum’s exhibits. The information presented requires a fair amount of reading to fully understand the context of the displays. Parking is available immediately next door in the Patrick Street parking garage. Limited on street parking is also available. Dining options at a variety of price points are available on East Patrick Street and nearby Market Street. The museum is located within the heart of Frederick’s historic district, which offers an array of shopping and eating opportunities.
30 31 of Civil War Medicine also offers an extensive Soldiers Office in downtown Washington D.C.. bookstore for people interested in learning more Once complete, visitors will be able to explore about medicine during the Civil War. Many of Barton’s life and work. Museum officials expect the books highlight famous doctors; women a welcome center to be completed in 2013. For and men serving as nurses, orderlies or stewards; more information on this site, call 301-695- important hospitals; medical practices and 1864. theories. There are also a few volumes available Additionally, the museum is heavily involved on the museum and medical history as it relates in the Pry House Field Hospital Museum. to the city of Frederick and the Maryland Located within miles of the Antietam National Campaign of 1862. Battlefield in Keedysville, Md., the house served For those who need to learn more about as the headquarters for Union General George Civil War medicine after their museum visit, B. McClellan and Dr. Johnathan Letterman the National Museum of Civil War Medicine during the September 1862 Battle of Antietam. plays a large role in two other nearby historical Living history exhibits are offered regularly at sites. Currently in the midst of being restored the site, which offers a commanding view of the and preserved is the Clara Barton’s Missing battlefield. HOW TO GET THERE from GETTYSBURG From Adams County, travel south on U.S. Route 15 to Frederick, Md. Exit at Exit 16, Motter Avenue, and turn right onto Motter Avenue. Continue onto North Bentz Street before turning left on West Church Street. Then turn right on Maxwell Avenue, and make a quick right onto East Patrick Street. The street in this area of Frederick is one-way.
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Within one square block of the Gettysburg Square there are no fewer than 15 restaurants and eating places featuring American, Chinese, French, Italian and Mexican cuisine. Traveling outside Gettysburg, there are dozens more, which means that even during this year’s 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, local residents and visitors will have little trouble finding a restaurant — providing reservations are made and everyone doesn’t have to eat at 6 p.m. Of all the restaurants, one is truly unique in its location, its setting, its hours and its menu. Hickory Bridge Farm, located just off Orrtanna Road in Orrtanna, is a leisurely nine-mile drive southwest of Gettysburg on a winding, hilly road that passes orderly rows of fruit orchards, small family farms, homes and a major fruit processing facility. Established in the late 1600s, Hickory Bridge is situated on 65 picturesque, quiet acres at the foot of the Appalachian Mountains.
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Hickory Bridge Farm features upscale “My parents had previously owned private table is set with old-fashioned dining in a 180-year-old restored the Fairfield Inn, but sold it to dinnerware and cloth linens. barn that’s decorated with hundreds realize a slower pace of life by serving Dinners consist of typical American of antiques. There is also bed-and- just large parties,” said Hammett’s foods prepared from family recipes breakfast lodging in cottages and a daughter Mary Lynn Martin, who favored by the German settlers in restored 170-year-old farmhouse, a now manages the facility. “It has and around Adams County. Many farm museum, a real country store, grown considerably since then into of the fruits and vegetables served a stream with a hickory bridge, a serving the public on weekends are from the farm’s own gardens or gift shop and banquet and wedding and developing other operations.” from neighboring gardens. “Our accommodations, all presided over Martin’s husband, Robert, also guests don’t get a printed menu when by a cheerful and alacritous staff of works at Hickory Bridge, farming they come here,” explains Martin. 40 employees. its gardens, beef cattle and 600 “Our menu changes every weekend, Hickory Bridge has been owned leased acres, mostly growing hay. but is set three or four months over the years by just five families, Dining at Hickory Bridge is not in advance and published in our currently the Hammett family that only popular, but an experience in newsletter that we send to patrons.” purchased the property in 1977. down-home, farm-style dining. Each A typical dinner begins with warm
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who lived here before, during and the racket, an elderly neighbor ran ust when you think after the Civil War have long been into the street, and when he realized you’ve seen, read or heard absent from Gettysburg’s history, what was happening, he joined in the Jeverything there is about a place, but many of these stories are now fray, beating the men with his cane. there is always more to uncover. So being highlighted in the Gettysburg Needless to say, Mag escaped and it is with Gettysburg and the history Black History Tour, led by licensed was never captured on the streets of of its African American community. town guides and sponsored by the Gettysburg. Though Gettysburg is located Gettysburg Black History Museum. Mag’s story is just one of many. north of the Mason-Dixon Line, One of the favorite stories of many The Black History Tour also includes black residents had to be brave to who have taken the tour is that of stories of Basil Biggs, a well-known live here during the time of the Civil Mag Palm. Mag was a free black veterinarian and the last black War. Gettysburg was “on the knife’s woman of considerable stature who resident to leave Gettysburg during edge of slavery,” to quote Jim Miller, lived and worked in Gettysburg. She the battle; Lloyd Watts, a sergeant in licensed town guide and licensed was purportedly a conductor on the the U.S. Colored Troops who later battlefield guide. The town lay just Underground Railroad, helping black became a teacher at Gettysburg’s eight miles north of the Maryland men, women and children find their all-black school; Jack Hopkins, a border, and black residents had to be way north to freedom. This made her janitor at Pennsylvania College (now constantly on alert, as slave catchers a prized target for slave catchers. Gettysburg College) who worked from Southern states could appear at After finishing a day’s work, her very closely with Thaddeus Stevens; any moment. Free blacks captured in boss, who is believed to have played a and many others. The tour route Northern states could be taken south dubious role in helping slave catchers also passes by the St. Paul AME and sold into slavery. find Mag, asked her to wait for her Zion Church, which has been a At the time of the Battle of pay in the alley that runs parallel to cornerstone of the black community Gettysburg, 189 free blacks were Chambersburg Street in Gettysburg. in Gettysburg, and Lincoln Cemetery, living in Gettysburg. While most While she waited there, three slave where black Civil War veterans and fled as Confederate troops advanced, catchers rode up and tried to subdue other black residents are buried. others went into hiding. Only about her. They managed to tie both her The tour offers a new perspective on 69 blacks returned to Gettysburg hands, but Mag wasn’t giving up Gettysburg, one that has not been following the battle. Some decided so easily. She fought back with all readily available to visitors before. to move farther north, while some her strength, ultimately biting the The tour is available by appointment. were captured and sent south into thumb off the hand of one of her Visit gettysburgblackhistory.org for slavery. The stories of black residents would-be captors. Upon hearing more information.
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