November 19, 2009 | Posted by javal Although Steve Wiley lived in Gettysburg, Pa., for a long time and even had a business there, it wasn’t until 1991 that he realized how the great Civil War battle related to business leadership.
Wiley looked around and researched the history of the 1863 battle and saw how leadership was the key to some of the [...]
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November 18, 2009 | Posted by javal DATE: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19
TIME: 10:00 A.M.
LOCATION: WWW.PALINCOLN.ORG
WHAT: On Thursday, November 19, the 2009 Dedication Day Ceremony will be live streamed on the Pennsylvania Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission webpage at WWW.PALINCOLN.ORG The Dedication Day Ceremony is held annually at the Soldiers’ National Cemetery. In case of inclement weather, the location will be The Majestic Theater in [...]
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November 17, 2009 | Posted by javal Another significant Abraham Lincoln anniversary will pass this week with no showing from the 16th president’s 7-foot-6-inch bronze likeness that a Utah-based sculptor has offered as a gift to Gettysburg.
Though the statue itself is finished, the logistics of finding it a permanent home are far from complete.
Thursday — the 146th anniversary of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address [...]
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November 16, 2009 | Posted by javal For a nine-foot statue of President Abraham Lincoln and a 15-foot wall with the Gettysburg Address etched into it to be erected on Gettysburg School District property along Baltimore Street by Remembrance Day, the subject would need to be on the agenda for Monday night’s school board meeting.
It isn’t.
The items are expected to arrive in [...]
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November 12, 2009 | Posted by javal
November 19, the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, was formally designated as Dedication Day by a joint resolution of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives on August 7, 1946. Through the efforts of Congressman Todd R. Platts (PA-19) a 2009 resolution (HRes736) was introduced and passed by unanimous vote of the House of Representatives [...]
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November 12, 2009 | Posted by javal National Park Service Northeast Regional Director Dennis R. Reidenbach has named Mel Poole as interim superintendent of Gettysburg National Military Park. Poole, who is currently superintendent of Catoctin Mountain Park in Thurmont, Maryland, will assume his duties on November 23, 2009. Reidenbach also named Gettysburg Chief Ranger Brion Fitzgerald as acting deputy superintendent.
“I appreciate that [...]
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November 6, 2009 | Posted by javal A battle is brewing at the Gettysburg Military Park over money donated to repair more than 100 monuments.
The Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association raised over $1 million 10 years ago, which was enough to repair all 140 Pennsylvania monuments.
The group said that half of the monuments are still missing pieces. The Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association raised over [...]
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November 6, 2009 | Posted by javal Jim Getty bears a striking resemblance to Abraham Lincoln, even when he’s just in jeans and a T-shirt.
It must be the beard.
The Gettysburg, Pa., man has been impersonating Lincoln for the past 30 years. He’s played the 16th president in the Turner Network film “The Ironclads,” and he’s done voice work for numerous Lincoln specials [...]
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November 3, 2009 | Posted by javal Gettysburg is an important historical midstate destination – but there’s a new skirmish being waged after the battlefield’s superintendent was reassigned for viewing porn on a work computer. The fight centers on how much government agencies have to tell you about how they’re spending your money.
Those who love Gettysburg are still smarting from news that [...]
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October 29, 2009 | Posted by javal The National Park Service hopes to name an “interim superintendent” at Gettysburg National Military Park sometime this week, and officials are indicating that it won’t be Acting Supt. Brion FitzGerald.
NPS Director of Communications David Barna explained that the interim battlefield boss will probably be a park staffer that is not currently employed at GNMP.
FitzGerald has [...]
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