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Three
Women of Gettysburg
Speaker: Chris Ericson
Hansen, Instructor of History
Tuesday, November
16, 7 p.m.
Special Collections (4th floor), Musselman Library,
Gettysburg College
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Chris Ericson Hansen discusses the experiences of three women
in Gettysburg during the momentous events of July 1863.
- Elizabeth
Thorn, caretaker of Evergreen
Cemetery during the battle
- Fannie
Buehler, the wife of one of the town leaders, and
- Elizabeth
Butler, a self-employed African American woman
This
event is sponsored by Friends of Musselman Library and refreshments
will be served.
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Elizabeth
Thorn by artist Don Rinehart
� 2000-2004 Brian A. Kennell, Evergreen Cemetery
By
discussing these women I hope to disprove the myth that there
was any single 'female' experience of the battle and instead
explore how ethnicity, class and race affected the civilian
experience of the Battle of Gettysburg.
-- Chris Hansen
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Dedication
Day – 141st Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address
Friday,
November 19
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Visit
Gettysburg College's
Civil War Institute web site for details on the day's
events!
10
a.m. - Ceremony at the Soldiers' National Cemetery
8
p.m. - Standing Tall: The Heroic Image of Abraham
Lincoln. Fortenbaugh
Lecture by renowned Lincoln scholar, Harold Holzer. Gettysburg
College Union Ballroom.
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Remembrance
Day
Saturday,
November 20
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1
p.m. – Parade and Ceremonies
Parade begins in Downtown Gettysburg at 1 p.m. with ceremonies
to follow at the Woolson Memorial and the High Water Mark. Sponsored
by the Sons of Unions Veterans. For details contact the Gettysburg
National Military Park at (717)
334-1124. |
5:30
p.m. – 2nd Annual Luminaria,
Soldiers' National Cemetery
Sponsored by the Friends of the National Parks at Gettysburg.
Luminary candles will be placed on each Civil War grave as a
testament to the sacrifices made here in 1863. For information
contact the Friends
at (717) 334-0772. |
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JANUARY
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Exhibit Opens
Monday, January 3rd
Musselman
Library, Gettysburg College
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 Forever
Free:
Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation opens!
The exhibit is free and open to the public during the library's
operating
hours. Use
these links for directions
to Gettysburg
College and the Campus
Map.
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of the last photographs of Abraham Lincoln from life,
taken by Alexander Gardner in Spring, 1865. (courtesy
Huntington Library, San Marino, California) |
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Film
& Discussion: "Young Mr. Lincoln"
Speaker:
Jim Udden, Asst. Professor of Film Studies
Tuesday, January 18, 7 p.m.
Joseph Theater (Breidenbaugh 201), Gettysburg College
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is the most famous film on Lincoln, yet it covers a part
of his career no one knows much about outside of experts.
Why then does this play so well as a film, and not other
lesser works that include famous moments like the Gettysburg
Address? —Jim Udden |
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Come hear
Professor Udden talk about this film classic by legendary
director John Ford. "Young Mr. Lincoln" was released
in 1939 and featured the young actor, Henry Fonda. It won
the Academy Award for Best Original Screen Play.
The movie
is a fictionalized account of Lincoln's early life including
his budding interest in politics, an early love, setting up
a law practice, and meeting Mary Todd. The film's highlight
is a court trial.
Professor
Udden will speak prior to the film and then take questions
at the end.
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Film
& Discussion "Adams County USA"
Speaker:
Jake Boritt, Producer, Director and Writer
Thursday,
January 20, 7 p.m.
Joseph Theater (Breidenbaugh 201), Gettysburg College
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Film:
"Glory"
Monday,
January 24, 7 p.m.
Bowen Auditorium
(McCreary Hall, Room 115), Gettysburg College
and
Tuesday,
January 25, 7 p.m.
Joseph Theater (Breidenbaugh 201), Gettysburg College
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Glory is the heart-stopping story of the first black regiment
to fight for the North in the Civil War. Despised by the South,
distrusted by the North, the 54th overcame seemingly
insurmountable odds in their fight to join the war for freedom.
Underpaid and ill-equipped, facing certain death at the hands
of the Confederacy, the 54th rose to every challenge;
from racism within the ranks to the harrowing final battle.
� RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video |
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington,
Cary Elwes
and Morgan Freeman. Glory is based on a true story. (1989,
122 mins., Rated R) |
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Civil
War Dance Workshop
Wednesday,
January 26, 7 p.m.
College Union Building (CUB) Ballroom, Gettysburg College
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 Get
on your feet!
Nancy Walker, a professional dancer and instructor specializing
in Early Dance, will talk about the role of dance in Civil
War era society and then conduct a workshop to teach participants
several dances.
You don't
have to have a partner or be JLO to master this class!
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Forever
Free: Opening Reception
Friday,
January 28, 4:30 p.m.
Musselman Library Apse (Main Floor), Gettysburg College
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You're
invited to an exciting celebration!
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Enjoy some
food, browse the exhibit, and hear live Civil War Era music.
Featured
music performances by Camerata and World Music Ensemble (Gettysburg
College choral ensembles) will include mainstream music from
the time and spirituals and emancipation songs.
Meet Lincoln
artist, Wendy
Allen.
Opening remarks will be given by Robin Wagner, Library Director,
and Professor Gabor Boritt, Director of the Civil
War Institute.
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FEBRUARY
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Crossing
Freedom's Fault Line:
The Underground Railroad in Southern Pennsylvania
Speaker:
Scott Hancock, Assistant Professor of History
Tuesday, February 1, 7 p.m.
Joseph Theater (Breidenbaugh 201), Gettysburg College |
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 The black men, women, and children who gambled their
lives to slip away from slavery through the wooded mountains
and valleys of Pennsylvania
give us tremendously exciting stories. Interest in the
Underground Railroad continues to grow. But has it changed
how we understand our history?
This
talk suggests that African Americans who attempted to escape
slavery played a central role in pushing the nation toward
Civil War. Their stories go beyond exciting the imagination;
their stories influenced how Americans, black, white, north
and south,
defined freedom and what it meant to be an American.
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A
Musical Reflection of Lincoln's Era
Friday, February 4, 7 p.m.
Musselman
Library Apse (Main Floor), Gettysburg College |
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Join us
for a musical celebration of Lincoln with the Gettysburg College
Wind Ensemble, Lewes Pedell conducting. This event will feature
a performance of Persichetti's "A Lincoln Address" with narrator
James Getty and historian Gabor Boritt, Director of the Civil
War Institute. Guest performance by the 11th PA Volunteer
Infantry Fife & Drum Corps.
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Secrets
of the Underground Railroad
Speaker: James Delle, Asst. Professor of Anthropology, Kutztown
University
Tuesday,
February 8, 7 p.m.
Adams
County Library, Main Branch, Gettysburg
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While
oral tradition and documentary history can tell us
much about Underground Railroad activities in Pennsylvania,
many secrets about the movement are literally hidden
underground.
James
Delle explores how archaeology can reveal secrets about
the movement that helped fugitive slaves gain their
freedom by discussing several Underground Railroad sites
in eastern Pennsylvania, including the Parvin Homestead
in Berks County and the Thaddeus Stevens house in Lancaster.
This event is hosted by the Adams
County Library System and
sponsored by the Pennsylvania
Humanities Council.
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The
President Who Did Not Bark:
The Mystery of Lincoln's
Emancipation Proclamation
Featured speaker: Allen C. Guelzo,
Henry R. Luce Professor of the Civil War Era
Wednesday,
February 9, 7 p.m.
Bowen
Auditorium (McCreary Hall, Room 115), Gettysburg College
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Prizewinning
Lincoln scholar Allen C. Guelzo discusses his latest book,
"Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation."
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do order and declare that all persons held as slaves...are,
and henceforward shall be free....
No other words in American history changed the lives of so
many Americans as this plain, blunt declaration from Abraham
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation...
What
were Lincoln's real intentions? Was he the Great Emancipator
or just a Great Fixer? What slaves did the Proclamation actually
free? Or did the slaves free themselves? Why is the language
of the Proclamation so bland, so legalistic, so far from the
soaring eloquence of the Gettysburg Address?
©
2004 Simon & Schuster, Inc.
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Brown
Bag Lunch for College Support Staff
Speaker: Jennifer Chesney Harp, Class of 2003
Friday,
February 11, Noon
Musselman
Library Apse (Main Floor), Gettysburg College
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Lifestyle
of the Victorian Woman
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Come
visit the world of the Victorian woman as we commemorate
the life of Abraham Lincoln. Learn the rules by which
she guided her life and the customs that spoke of her
high breeding. Examine the clothing she wore, the books
she read, the material culture that filled her home.
Bring your lunch (yes, you have special permission to
eat in the Library). After the presentation, celebrate
Lincoln's birthday with a cake and spend some time browsing
the exhibit.
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Image
from
Godey's Lady's Book, 1861.
Musselman Library Special Collections.
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Jack
Hopkins' Civil War: The African American Experience in Gettysburg
during the Civil War
Speaker: Peter Vermilyea, Teacher and Historian
Tuesday,
February 15, 7 p.m.
Joseph
Theater (Breidenbaugh, Room 201), Gettysburg College |
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a Gettysburg alumnus, relates the story of African Americans
in Gettysburg during the Civil War by focusing on one family,
that of Jack Hopkins. Hopkins was a custodian of the College
and his son served in the U.S. Colored Troops. The Hopkins home
was near the site of Musselman Library. |
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Alumni
Luncheon
Speaker: Charley Dittrich, Asst. Director Annual Giving, Class
of 1999
Wednesday,
February 16, Noon
Musselman
Library Apse (Main Floor), Gettysburg College
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Gettysburg
College alumni are invited to a private luncheon at Musselman
Library to view the "Forever Free" exhibit and hear
a lecture by fellow alumnus and history scholar, Charley Dittrich.
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Dittrich
will discuss the depiction of Lincoln and African Americans
in Civil War Era newspapers, analyzing how illustrations
and cartoons provide a clear representation of Lincoln’s
policies on slavery and emancipation.
Cost
for the lunch is $5 per person. Please call Stacey Zeller,
Assistant Director of Alumni Relations, at 337-6510
for more information.
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Last
Day of Exhibit
Friday, February 18th
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There
is no admission fee for these events.
For more information, please call Musselman Library at (717)
337-6600.
Directions
to Gettysburg
College and Campus
Map
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