Calendar of Events

JULY

 

July 24, 2010
A Confederate Picket Post
Rolando Woods Lion's Club Park

Join the Monterey Pass Battlefield Association as we present "A Confederate Picket Post". During their retreat from Gettysburg, the Confederate Army had many picket posts set up in order to observe Union troop movements from the direction of Emmitsburg, Thurmont and Wolfesville. Talks will include the "Average Confederate Soldier" which will provide the spectator with information on Confederate troops during the Pennsylvania Campaign as well as a battlefield interpretive program entitled "Monterey Pass Before the Battle of Gettysburg". Also included in this event will be "Cooking Over a Campfire", a program given by the Citizens of the Cumberland Valley on how food was prepared in camp during the Civil War. This is a free event and will open to the public at 10:00am and end at 4:00pm so come and mingle with Confederate Living Historians.

Website: www.emmitsburg.net/montereypass

July 24

John Scott Adams Seminar Series
The Gettysburg Foundation
Gettysburg, PA

The John Scott Adams Seminar series offers a more in-depth look at some aspect of the Battle of Gettysburg and supports the Gettysburg Foundation's commitment to education in support of its mission to enhance preservation and understanding of the heritage and lasting significance of Gettysburg.

July 24, 2010: "Sickles at Gettysburg" with Licensed Battlefield Guide Jim Hessler Registration information for this seminar is coming soon.
Contact: Michael Vyskocil 717-338-1243      Website: www.gettysburgfoundation.org

July 24-25, 10am-4pm
Living History Encampment- 4th Maryland
National Civil War Museum
Harrisburg

Come and experience a soldier's life in the 1860's!

July 31, 10am-4pm
Living History Encampment- 31st Virginia Co.
National Civil War Museum
Harrisburg

Come and experience a soldier's life in the 1860's!

AUGUST

August 1, 10am-4pm
Living History Encampment- 31st Virginia Co.
National Civil War Museum
Harrisburg 

August 1, 7-8, 14-15, 21-22, 20-21, 28-29
Living History Encampments
American Civil War Museum
Gettysburg

Most weekends, April through November, the American Civil War Museum hosts complimentary Living History Encampments. Visitors are welcomed to actively learn by strolling through the camp, viewing drills and demonstrations, and engaging in conversation with historians.

98th PVI, General Meade Society
Saturday, July 31, 2010 to Sunday, August 01, 2010

42nd Mississippi, Co. I
Saturday, August 07, 2010 to Sunday, August 08, 2010

21st PA Cavalry
Saturday, August 14, 2010 to Sunday, August 15, 2010

7th South Carolina
Saturday, August 21, 2010 to Sunday, August 22, 2010

82nd Airborne
Friday, August 20, 2010 to Sunday, August 22, 2010

16th PA Vol. Inf. Co. G
Saturday, August 28, 2010 to Sunday, August 29, 2010

August 6-7, 2010

3^rd Annual Living History Days in the Street
US Christian Commission
Gettysburg

Website:          www.usccgettysburg.org

 

August 20-22, 2010
Civil War Living History Weekend
Codorus State Park
Route 216 Hanover, PA

Sponsored by the 16th PA Volunteer Infantry and the Civil War Re-enactors of Hanover PA. Registration Fee: $10.00
Website: www.16thpvi.com

August 21-22, 2010
Eckley Miners' Village Civil War Encampment
Weatherly

Artillery, cavalry, & infantry units will be conducting drilling, firing, and military camp life demonstrations along with a tactical skirmish between federal and confederate forces. Bounty for cavalry, stipend for powder, firewood and other amenities.Civilians will be setting up camps portraying camp followers, Sanitary & Christian Commission members, political & historical figures from the era. Entertainment will include period music & dancing Saturday evening as well as a town ball game of north verses south. Sunday will include a period interdenominational church service in the camp, with a lemonade social and period music following the service. Other activities include sewing workshop, period demonstrators, & lots of good food. There will be a number of sutlers on site who will be selling reproduction military and civilian clothing and personal items from the era, as well as period journeymen who will demonstrate their nineteenth century skills such as chair caning, paper making, old time medicine, quilting, cooking, & more
Website: www.eckleyminers.org

August 21, 2010|
Voices of the Confederacy
General Lee's Headquarters
Gettysburg

The Voices of the Confederacy are a Civil War Living History Group which encamps on the grounds of General Robert E. Lee's Headquarters in Gettysburg. They provide demonstrations of Civil War Tactics, Displays of Civil War artifacts, 1st person portrayals of Civil War soldiers and interactions with visitors. Contact: Barb Martin at 717-334-3141   Website:          www.civilwarheadquarters.com

SEPTEMBER

September 4-6, 11-12, 18-19, 25-26

American Civil War Museum
Gettysburg

Most weekends, April through November, the American Civil War Museum hosts complimentary Living History Encampments. Visitors are welcomed to actively learn by strolling through the camp, viewing drills and demonstrations, and engaging in conversation with historians.

21st PA Cavalry
Saturday, September 04, 2010 to Monday, September 06, 2010

Gilmore's Rangers
Saturday, September 11, 2010 to Sunday, September 12, 2010

55th VIRGINIA INF.
Saturday, September 18, 2010 to Sunday, September 19, 2010

149th PVI
Saturday, September 25, 2010 to Sunday, September 26, 2010

September 15, 7-9pm
Book Discussion Group
National Civil War Museum
Harrisburg

Please join us for an interesting discussion on the latest book selection: The Scythe of Fire: Through the Civil War with One of Lee's Legendary Regiments by Steven Woodworth. "The men if the Eighth Georgia Infantry Regiment answered the Confederate call to arms in the spring of 1861. They fought hard in most major battles of the war including Bull Run and Gettysburg, enduring heartbreaking losses and finally, Appomattox, witnessing their ultimate defeat."

September 18, 2010
Voices of the ConfederacyGeneral Lee's Headquarters
Gettysburg

The Voices of the Confederacy are a Civil War Living History Group which encamps on the grounds of General Robert E. Lee's Headquarters in Gettysburg. They provide demonstrations of Civil War Tactics, Displays of Civil War artifacts, 1st person portrayals of Civil War soldiers and interactions with visitors. Contact: Barb Martin  at 717-334-3141 or visit the website.          

September 25, 2010
Understanding the Common Soldier of the Civil War
Blue Ridge Summit Free Library
Blue Ridge Summit

Blue Ridge Summit Library: Join the Monterey Pass Battlefield Association as we present "Understanding the Common Soldier of the Civil War". Understand the common Civil War soldier through this interpretive program which explains what the average Union and Confederate soldier carried on campaign as well as what type of uniforms and equipment they ore. Also featured at this event will be "Women on the Home Front" a program given by the Citizens of the Cumberland Valley.  For more info, please visit the website.         

OCTOBER

October 3, 2010

Civil War Letters by Campfire
Rolando Woods Lion's Club Park
Blue Ridge Summit

The Monterey Pass Battlefield Association presents "Civil War Letters by Campfire". Join us as we read the accounts of our local Civil War history. Hear the voices of the invaders and also those of the defenders as well as the civilians who were local to the area and in some cases participated in the battle of Monterey Pass. Free admission.

Website:          www.emmitsburg.net/montereypass

October 16-17, 30-31

American Civil War Museum
Gettysburg Gift Center
297 Steinwehr Avenue
Gettysburg

Most weekends, April through November, the American Civil War Museum hosts complimentary Living History Encampments. Visitors are welcomed to actively learn by strolling through the camp, viewing drills and demonstrations, and engaging in conversation with historians.

16th PA
Saturday, October 16, 2010 to Sunday, October 17, 2010

55th VIRGINIA INF.
Saturday, October 30, 2010 to Sunday, October 31, 2010

NOVEMBER

November 1-30
Interactive Ballot Cast
The David Wills House
Gettysburg

The David Wills House Museum will host an interactive election. This program will educate visitors on the pivotal 1860 presidential election and the election process at this time. Visitors will be encouraged to cast a vote for their favorite 1860 presidential candidate. Tallies will be updated daily on the David Wills House website, www.davidwillshouse.org, and on our Facebook page. This program is included with a regular general admission ticket.   Website: www.davidwillshouse.org

November 2-December 18
Candlelight Christmas Tours

The Shriver House Museum
You are cordially invited to take a candlelight tour of the Shriver House Museum decorated for an 1860's Christmas, while hearing the story of the Shriver family and how the Battle of Gettysburg and the Civil War changed their lives forever. Christmas tours take place from November 28th through December 19th. Private tours for groups of ten or more are welcome anytime throughout the holiday season; reservations are required.    Website: www.shriverhouse.org

November 3-7
USCT Grand Review Commemoration
Harrisburg

The Pennsylvania Grand Review will serve as a commemoration of the November 1865 event of the same name organized by the women of Harrisburg to honor the United States Colored Troops who were not permitted to participate in the Grand Review of the Armies, a military procession and celebration held May 23-24, 1865 in Washington, D.C., following the end of the Civil War.

The Grand Review will include exhibition, presentation, and conservation projects that will reveal the hidden histories of the USCT. This commemoration will culminate November 3-7, 2010 in Harrisburg.

For more info, please visit the VisitPA website or the House Divided Project at Dickinson College website.

November 6
John Scott Adams Seminar Series
The Gettysburg Foundation
Gettysburg
The John Scott Adams Seminar series offers a more in-depth look at some aspect of the Battle of Gettysburg and supports the Gettysburg Foundation's commitment to education in support of its mission to enhance preservation and understanding of the heritage and lasting significance of Gettysburg.
November 6, 2010: "Not All Survived: Generals Killed or Mortally Wounded at Gettysburg" with Licensed Battlefield Guide Rich Bellamy Registration information for this seminar is coming soon.
Contact:           Michael Vyskocil
                        717-338-1243
Website:          www.gettysburgfoundation.org

 

November 19, 2010
Dedication Day - 147th Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address
Soldiers' National Cemetery
Gettysburg

Annual Dedication Day events include aWreath-laying ceremony at the Soldiers' National Monument and Dedication Day Ceremony at the Rostrum in the Soldiers' National Cemetery; Lincoln portrayer Jim Getty recites the Gettysburg Address and ceremonies conclude with the U.S. Colored Troops Graveside Salute. The 2010 keynote speaker will be announced at a later date.

Past speakers include Richard Dreyfuss, Ken Burns, Tom Brokaw and many other noted scholars and politicians.  The Dedication Day Ceremony is sponsored by the Lincoln Fellowship of Pennsylvania, the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College and the Gettysburg National Military Park. (Rain location for Dedication Day Ceremony is the Majestic Theatre). For more information about Dedication Day, please visit the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College website.

November 19, 2010
Gettysburg Addresses Lincoln
Gettysburg Presbyterian Church

Website:          www.gettysburgpresbyterian.org

November 28th
Annual Remembrance Day Illumination
Soldier's National Cemetery
Gettysburg

Each year, the Gettysburg Foundation and the Friends of Gettysburg lights over 3,500 luminary candles-one on each soldier's grave

in the Soldiers' National Cemetery-to remember and honor the sacrifices made by those who fought at Gettysburg.

Website:          www.gettysburgfoundation.org

November 20
Remembrance Day Parade and Ceremonies
Downtown Gettysburg
Gettysburg

Website:          www.suvcw.org

November 20
American Civil War Museum
Gettysburg

Most weekends, April through November, the American Civil War Museum hosts complimentary Living History Encampments. Visitors are welcomed to actively learn by strolling through the camp, viewing drills and demonstrations, and engaging in conversation with historians

CIVIL WAR HERITAGE FOUNDATION
Saturday, November 20, 2010 to Sunday, November 21, 2010

DECEMBER

December 1-31, 2010
An 1860's Holiday
The David Wills House Museum
Gettysburg

Visit the David Wills House Museum and be treated to the sights and sounds of traditional 1860 holiday festivities. The museum will feature traditional décor and volunteers will provide educational programming outlining how the Wills family celebrated the holiday season in 1860. This program is included with general admission.

Website:          www.davidwillshouse.org