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The Friends is pleased to present...

A Sacred Trust:

Gettysburg Perspectives

June 30-July 2, 2006

at the

Rupp House History Center

451 Baltimore Street

Gettysburg, PA  17325

717-334-7292

Held each year during the anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, this event runs for several days and features presentations by living historians, authors, licensed battlefield guides and musicians.

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

2006 schedule

(Please note that all appearances are subject to change without notice.)

Friday, June 30

12 p.m.: Perry Jamieson, "Long Remember"

1 p.m.: Kent Gramm, "Grant & lee"

2 p.m.: Jeff Shaara, book signing

4 p.m.: Mike Riley, "General Reynolds"

5 p.m.: Ed Bearss, TBD

7 p.m.: Deb McCauslin, "Reconstructing the Past Puzzle of a Lost Community"

Saturday, July 1

1 p.m.: Kent Masterson Brown, "Retreat from Gettysburg"

2 p.m.: Glenn LaFantasie, "Why William Oates & the 15th Alabama lost at Little Round Top"

3 p.m.: Jeffry Wert, "Lee-Longstreet Controversy at Gettysburg"

4 p.m.: James Getty, "Abraham Lincoln" (opportunities for photos with "the president" will be available following his presentation)

5 p.m.: George Sheldon, "The defense & destruction of the bridge that spanned the Susquehanna"

6 p.m.: Diana Loski, "The Vincents of Erie: Story of a Civil War Family"

7 p.m.: Thomas Eishen, "Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain: Hero or Braggart?"

Saturday, July 2

12 p.m.: Darl Stephenson, "Union Scouts & Irregular Warfare"

1 p.m.: Michael Fahle, "2nd Regiment's Actions at the Slyder Farm"

2 p.m.: Tim Smith, "Farmsteads and Farmers"

3 p.m.: Eric Campbell, TBD

4 p.m.: Garry Adelman, "Thy Myth of Little Round Top"

4 p.m.: Bill Frassanito, book signing

5 p.m.: Patrick Falci, "Lee's Forgotten General: A.P. Hill and the Battle of Gettysburg"

6 p.m.: Bill Styple: "Generals in Bronze: Sculptor James E. Kelley & the Buford Monument at Gettysburg"

7 p.m.: Troy Harman, "Hunterstown & Camp Letterman"

Please note: Schedules/appearances are subject to change without notice.

 

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