February 8, 2011 | Posted by javal
Instead of spending the day in front of a computer as usual, a group of technology professionals gamely followed their boss across the battlefields of Gettysburg to where a pivotal skirmish was fought nearly 150 years ago.
At the summit of Little Round Top, Rocky Cintron, chief executive of Force 3, a Crofton-based consulting firm, read [...]
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January 10, 2011 | Posted by javal
An omnibus lands bill that would have expanded the boundaries of Gettysburg National Military Park died last week after it met Republican opposition in the U.S. Senate.
The bill would have added to the park the 151-year-old Gettysburg train station where President Abraham Lincoln arrived to dedicate the national cemetery.
It also would have expanded the park’s [...]
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January 10, 2011 | Posted by javal
Following the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board’s postponement of the decision awarding the state’s remaining Category 3 gaming license, Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT) president James Lighthizer issued the following statement:
“While I understand and commend the members of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board for their desire to carefully consider the myriad aspects and implications of the [...]
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January 10, 2011 | Posted by javal
Detours and alternative routes are planned over the spring and summer, when the state’s Department of Transportation reconstructs Pa. 116-West Middle Street in Gettysburg.
The three-phase, multi-million dollar project could take 12 months to complete, with pipeline replacement, roadway reconstruction, and streetscape beautification
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January 10, 2011 | Posted by javal
Withstanding the steely glares of the bosses in a boardroom might not seem like withstanding an iron hail of Confederate cannon fire, but a University of Maryland program is using the battle of Gettysburg to provide leadership lessons to modern executives.
A new partnership between the University of Maryland, College Park and the Gettysburg Foundation is [...]
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December 22, 2010 | Posted by javal
It’s all over except the decision from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. For the second time in five years, Gettysburg has been subjected to a pitched PR battle over the location of a gaming business.
The first was a proposed full-sized casino at routes 15 and 30, across the street from a cluster of hotels and [...]
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December 17, 2010 | Posted by javal
In early December, Barb Sanders and Scott Hartwig at
Gettysburg National Military Park received an Excellence in Interpretation
Award from the National Park Service Northeast Region. The award
recognized their role in the development of the film, “Big Deal at
Gettysburg: The Value of Historical Places,” a multimedia product aimed at
providing an understanding of the value of historic places [...]
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December 13, 2010 | Posted by javal
The 151-year-old Gettysburg train station where President Abraham Lincoln arrived to dedicate the national cemetery will not be closing to visitors, borough officials say.
Concerns were raised last month after it was announced the funding source that kept the station open for the last three years will run out after Dec. 23.
But the Gettysburg Convention & [...]
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December 9, 2010 | Posted by javal
A $5,000 reward is being offered by Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) for information on the arson case which destroyed a replica Civil War chapel.
The fire broke out Friday on Chambersburg Street, damaging four buildings.
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December 8, 2010 | Posted by javal
JANUARY 2011
January 8, 9, 15, 22,23,29,30 Perspectives on the Battle – Gettysburg
National Military Park Winter Lecture Series. This series of
FREE, one-hour programs begins at 1:30 p.m., in one of the
theaters at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and
Visitor Center. Additional lectures will take place on
February 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, [...]
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