Gettysburg News

"This weekend is how we honor the memories of the fallen warriors who gave everything for their country," said Cooper, representing the Pennsylvania National Guard.

GETTYSBURG, Pa.-In July 1863, the 2,400 residents of Gettysburg had little time to prepare for 170,000 Confederate and Union soldiers who advanced on the town.

The annual Gettysburg Memorial Day weekend events are once again in full swing around and about the town.

MAJESTIC THEATER DEDICATES JOHN R. WHITE MEMORIAL CINEMAS: More than 80 invited guests gathered at Gettysburg's Majestic Theater for the dedication of the John R. White Memorial Cinemas which include the performing art center's two cinemas which show first run independent films.

Not everyone plans a getaway for Memorial Day weekend. But if you don't want to be stuck in the house with the kids for three days, a solidly-planned day trip with the family may do you some good.

VFW post 4712, 500 Main St. Simpson will honor the memory of our fallen comrades, and veterans with our community.

From left, Bonnie Barry, Elaine Fisher and Nancy VanSaun re-enact the first walk to the cemetery during the 148th Memorial Day service last year in Boalsburg.

Security officers from HACC, Central Pennsylvania's Community College, and members of the Cumberland Township Police Department, Gettysburg Borough Police Department, Gettysburg National Military Park Service and York City Police Officers joined forces Friday, May 24, 2013, for an active-shooter exercise at HACC's Gettysburg Campus.

Eleanor King , of Hanover, a graphic design major, exhibited her work during York Colleges Senior Exhibition in the York College Galleries.

Jim Chiaruttini of York joined Adams Electric Cooperative recently as manager of legal and corporate services, working out of the headquarters building in Gettysburg.

As part of the Mount Carmel's joint veterans services on Memorial Day, James A. Garfield Post 34 will pay honor to the memory of Sgt.

Four score and seven years ago ...." Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, delivered at the dedication of Soldiers' National Cemetery Nov.

As the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg approaches, a licensed battlefield guide takes visitors on a tour aboard Segways.

July 1, 2 and 3 will mark the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, the most costly battle of the American Civil War , and the one generally marked as the turning point of the conflict.

The stamp is a reproduction of an 1887 chromolithograph by Thure de Thulstrup, a Swedish-born artist who became an illustrator for Harper's Weekly after the Civil War.

The Gettysburg Joint Veterans Memorial Day Commission parade will begin at 2 p.m. May 27 at Lefever Street and end at Soldiers' Memorial Cemetery.

Even 150 years later, Vicksburg is still overshadowed by Gettysburg - so much so, that the Mississippi city is having its Civil War commemoration a few weeks early rather than compete with Pennsylvania for tourist dollars around July 4. Union forces waged a long campaign to conquer Vicksburg and gain control of the lower Mississippi River.

Adams County Courthouse workers were placed on lockdown because of a bomb threat in Gettysburg.

Gettysburg Photo walk 2013 sponsor Andy Smith stopped to snap a photo of the Union Drummer Boy, located at 13 Baltimore St., Gettysburg, during his first-ever community photowalk in 2008.

I can't get enough of Civil War history. I can't explain what my attraction is. It is what it is and what it has been is buckets of money spent on books, DVDs and some memorabilia dedicated to the 1861-65 conflict between the North and the South.