Pres. Riggs authors piece on students' passion for service in Huffington Post

Gettysburg College President Janet Morgan Riggs '77 authored a piece on our students' passion for service, connecting the College to the historic events of Gettysburg, not only by location, but also the issue of service. The piece appeared in the Huffington Post on March 28.

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Civil War conference brings historians to campus during Sesquicentennial

An innovative three-day conference, “The Future of Civil War History: Looking Beyond the 150th” will be held on campus March 14-16. Gettysburg College, Gettysburg National Military Park, and the Gettysburg Foundation will host the conference...

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Traveling Lincoln exhibit, spring library events highlight Sesquicentennial

A national traveling exhibit about President Abraham Lincoln will visit Gettysburg College’s Musselman Library from Feb. 22 to April 4. “Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War,” examines how Lincoln used the Constitution to confront three intertwined crises of the Civil War&mdash...

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2013 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize winner announced

The 2013 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize will go to James Oakes of the Graduate Center, City University of New York, for “Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861-1865” (W. W. Norton & Company).

The Prize is awarded by Gettysburg College and the ...

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Majestic Theater tops digital cinema campaign goal

Gettysburg College’s Majestic Theater is proud to announce its “Save Our Downtown Movies” campaign has raised $161,703, exceeding its $150,000 goal to convert two cinemas to digital projection. The U.S. movie industry is abandoning 35-millimeter film production after more than 100...

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Prof. Scott Hancock connects Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. on Huffington Post

As we enter 2013, the year of the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation enactment and Gettysburg Address, and the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, Gettysburg College Africana studies and history Prof. Scott Hancock considers the journey, struggles ...

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Top 12 moments of 2012

We may say it every December, but 2012 was another big year for Gettysburg College.

Over the last 12 months we saw Gettysburg “go Hollywood” when we filmed a movie on campus and welcomed one of the best filmmakers in history to town. The College and our students, faculty, and alumni...

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Steven Spielberg's Gettysburg Address

On Nov. 19, 2012, the 149th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, a famed filmmaker known for his ability to bring history to life spoke to thousands at Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg during the annual Dedication Day ceremony.

Standing on the...

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Guelzo to present second of four Civil War-themed lectures Nov. 14

Prof. Allen Guelzo will give a lecture, “Liberty and Union” on Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. as part of the “A Walk Through the Civil War” lecture series.

The talk will take place in Gettysburg College’s Kline Theatre, near the intersection of Water and North Washington Streets...

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Fall colors illuminate Gettysburg College campus

Before super-storm Sandy's gale-force gusts swept through, Gettysburg College's historic campus was ablaze with fall colors.

Luckily, photographs captured the beauty of the season before the tempest struck.

Rising from the sea of transfigured trees were, as always, the cupola of 175...

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Celebrate Penn Hall’s 175th birthday Friday, Nov. 2 at 1:30 p.m. in the Lyceum

Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday dear Penn Hall
Happy birthday to you.

Our very own Pennsylvania Hall is turning 175 years old!

Come celebrate Penn Hall’s birthday on Friday, Nov. 2 at 1:30 p.m. in the Lyceum.

The party will include...

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Lecture on Jewish contributions to the Civil War to be presented Oct. 18

A lecture on Jewish contributions to the American Civil War will take place Oct. 18 at 7:30 p.m. at Gettysburg College.

Adam Mendelsohn will deliver the lecture, “Beyond the Battlefield: Reevaluating Jews and the Civil War,” in Room 260 of the College Union Building, located on...

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Guelzo to present first of four Civil War-themed lectures on Oct. 17

Prof. Allen Guelzo will give a lecture, “The Coming of the War” on Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. as part of the “A Walk Through the Civil War” lecture series.

The talk will take place in Gettysburg College’s Kline Theatre, near the intersection of Water and North Washington...

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Guelzo's new book examines Civil War as ultimate test of American democracy

How did a government of the people and by the people survive a bloody civil war over serious issues of race, economics, and governance?

That is the question Gettysburg College’s Allen Guelzo, Henry R. Luce Professor of the Civil War Era and professor of history, asked in his new book...

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Civil War Era Studies: Classroom to battlefield, and beyond

Less than half a mile. That’s how far it is from Gettysburg College’s Weidensall Hall, home of the Civil War Era Studies program, to a historic battlefield.

Where else can students immerse themselves in history and study the American Civil War mere steps from the battlefield ...

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Battlefield leadership program empowers students and CEOs

What do the CEOs of Crayola, Trader Joe’s, and Sherwin-Williams have in common with presidents of Gettysburg College’s Greek organizations?  

They’ve all walked in the footsteps of leaders, tracing the paths of great commanders across the Gettysburg battlefield....

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34-star flag flies over Gettysburg College without Congressional approval

Legend has it that Congress gave Gettysburg College special permission to fly the United States flag 24 hours a day above the campus's oldest building, Pennsylvania Hall.

Nope.

Flag Day, June 14, is a good time to lay the legend to rest, as history Prof. Charles Glatfelter ...

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Gettysburg College prof’s book sheds light on the Underground Railroad

Gettysburg College Prof. Kerry Walters’ new book, The Underground Railroad: A Reference Guide, offers a fresh look at hundreds of men and women — white and black, from all walks of life — who helped enslaved people escape to freedom in the decades leading up to the Civil War...

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2012 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize awarded April 11

William C. Harris and Elizabeth D. Leonard were presented the 2012 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize April 11 at a ceremony at the Union League Club in New York City. The $50,000 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize, awarded by Gettysburg College and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, was shared...

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Thaddeus Stevens historical marker to be dedicated on campus April 16

A historical wayside marker commemorating Thaddeus Stevens’ connection to Gettysburg College will be dedicated April 16 on the Gettysburg College campus, less than two weeks after Stevens’ 220th birthday.

The 4 p.m. ceremony will take place near Stevens Hall at the new Thaddeus...

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Historian to speak on Lincoln and slavery April 12; livestream available

Dr. Eric Foner, one of the country’s most prominent historians and 2011 winner of the Lincoln Prize and Pulitzer Prize, will present a lecture on President Abraham Lincoln and slavery April 12 at Gettysburg College.

The 7:00 p.m. lecture, “The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American...

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Brian Jordan ’09 speaks on Union Civil War veterans March 20 - watch the video

Brian Jordan ‘09, a cultural historian of the American Civil War and Ph.D. candidate at Yale University, will present a lecture on the marginalization of Union veterans after the Civil War March 20 at Gettysburg College.

The 7:30 p.m. lecture, “When Billy Came Marching Home: Union...

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