TENTATIVE GETTYSBURG EVENTS
November 2006

Lincoln Forum Dates November 16-18, 2006

Lincoln Forum Symposium: "The Genius of Abraham Lincoln" (advance registration and fee required).  For further information, visit their website: http://www.thelincolnforum.org.  Currently filled.

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Saturday, November 18

11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Celebration of the opening of the newly restored historic Lincoln Train Station.

1:00 p.m.  Remembrance Day Parade and activities, sponsored by the Sons of Union Veterans. The route of the parade will be as follows; Exiting Lefever Street onto East Confederate Ave. and turning west onto East Middle Street. Upon striking Baltimore Street the parade will turn south and then veer south west onto Steinwehr Ave where it will terminate at the National Park. For additional information contact Gettysburg Convention and Visitors Bureau:  Phone: (717) 334-6274;
website: http://www.gettysburg.travel/ 

5:30 p.m.  The Gettysburg Foundation will host the Fourth Annual Remembrance Illumination (5:30-9:30 p.m.) at the Soldiers' National Cemetery.  Anyone interested in sponsoring one of the 3,500 luminaries is encouraged to contact the Friends. 
Phone: (717) 334-0772;
website: http://www.friendsofgettysburg.org.

Sunday, November 19

11:30 a.m.  Lincoln Fellowship Luncheon Registration begins (Gettysburg College Union Ballroom).

12:00 p.m.  Lincoln Fellowship Luncheon (advance registration, membership and fee required).  Click here for a PDF version to reserve luncheon and membership dues.  Deadline to make a reservation is November 10, 2006.
                  
Speaker: Gabor Boritt will talk about his forthcoming book: The Gettysburg Gospel: The Lincoln Speech Nobody Knows (Simon & Shuster, November 2006).

2:45 p.m.  Wreath Laying Ceremony, Soldiers' National Monument, Soldiers' National Cemetery; free and open to the general public.

3:00 p.m.  Dedication Day Ceremony, Soldiers' National Cemetery; free and open to the general public.
Speaker: Tom Brokaw.  Sponsored by the Lincoln Fellowship of Pennsylvania, the Gettysburg National Military Park, and the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College.
Rain Location: The Majestic Theater in Gettysburg, PA

5:00-8:00 p.m.  Lincoln Train Station open to the public.

8:00 p.m.  The Eighth Annual Michael Shaara Prize for Excellence in Civil War Fiction will be awarded by Jeff Shaara. 
Recipient: E. L. Doctorow, The March: A Novel (Random House).

Sunderman Conservatory of Music Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Lewes Peddell and the Gettysburg College Camerata, under the direction of Rob Natter will be performing
"Homage - November 19, 1863."

45th Annual Robert Fortenbaugh Memorial Lecture, Majestic Theater.
Speakers: James and Lois Horton. 
Title: "Abraham Lincoln in African American History and Memory."  Dr. James O. Horton is the Benjamin Banneker Professor of American Studies and History at George Washington University and Director of the African American Communities Project of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.  Horton was historical advisor on the PBS series, Slavery and the Making of America, and co-authored the companion book.  Lois E. Horton is a Professor of History at George Mason University.  She is the author of In Hope of Liberty, nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in nonfiction.

9:15 p.m.  Public Reception and book signings by Gabor Boritt, E. L. Doctorow, James and Lois Horton, and Jeff Shaara.