The Gettysburg Pennsylvania Blog

If you are looking for good historical lessons or places to visit that are within driving distance, Gettysburg is not the only place to go. Washington D.C. is more than just a battleground for Democrats and Republicans trying to win the Oval Office. There are a ton of sites to visit in Washington D.C. that [...]

The last time the KKK, the historic hate group Ku Klux Klan, was in Gettysburg Pennsylvania was in September 2006. Now, a branch of the World Knights of the KKK are planning to descend upon Gettysburg Battlefield in November to protest the presidential election, interracial relationships, gay marriages, and black on white crime. They’re driving [...]

The York County Heritage Trust and York Daily Record/Sunday News are sponsoring an essay contest. The contest is open to third through fifth graders, sixth through eighth graders, and ninth through twelfth graders.
All students must submit original work not previously published. Younger students, grades three through five, should write 300-500 word essays. The sixth-eighth [...]

As a former resident of Gettysburg and a 55-year student of the Battle of Gettysburg, and as a great-grandnephew of two Union soldiers in the battle, one of whom was mortally wounded in the Wheatfield and the other of whom was captured in the Fairfield action, I was absolutely shocked and deeply disappointed when last [...]

This is an interesting concept - Pennsylvania Day.
In case you’re needing another day to celebrate something, I’m not sure Pennsylvania needs a state holiday. But if it does then March 4 is as good a day as any. William Penn’s date of chartering the land is as good a day as any, I guess. [...]

When French painter Paul Philippoteaux and his team of 20 assistants created the cyclorama that depicts Pickett’s Charge and the Battle of Gettysburg back in the 1880s, I’m betting they didn’t know that at one time it would need restoration work and that it cost $16 million to do it. But that is the case.
The [...]

If you’re going to be in or around Gettysburg Pennsylvania this coming Labor day then I highly recommend a trip over to Williams Grove to participate in the Williams Grove Steam Engine Show. In fact, the show has already started and will run for nine full days.
Every year the steam engine show in Williams Grove [...]

On his way back to Virginia from stomping out the Whiskey Rebellion, which took place in Pennsylvania, George Washington stayed a night right here in Adams County, at Russell’s Tavern.
The tavern is a stone building located on Biglerville Road just at Goldenville Road. The year was 1794.
Russell’s Tavern is the last sight you [...]

If you’re going to be around this Sunday, you might want to drive to Emmitsburg and participate in the 234th birthday celebration of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton.
Emmitsburg is the home of the Basilica at the National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, who was canonized on September 14, 1975 by Pope Paul VI. [...]

If you’re like I am then you like checking out the historical markers whenever you visit some place new. Well, Adams County Pennsylvania has a lot of historical markers. One historical marker is that you’ll find interesting, especially if you like old churches, is Rock Chapel.
Rock Chapel is one of the oldest churches in the [...]