Gettysburg News

GETTYSBURG >> The Gettysburg Riding Club Inc. wrapped up its series of Blue and Gray horse shows recently.

Bill Emig, of Gettysburg, rests on his Harley Davidson Road King at the Granite Hill Campground while event organizers and vendors were preparing for Bike Week in 2012.

GETTYSBURG >> Join Licensed Battlefield Guide John Fitzpatrick from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, as he examines how the United States Constitution and the laws enacted under it govern, impact and protect us.

Clarks Green resident Barry Phillips was chosen as one of 40 participants nationwide in the National Endownment for the Humanities' "On Hallowed Ground: Gettysburg in History and Memory" workshop.

Jon "Hammer" Hepner of the Neshanocks reaches for the ball as Elkton player Glyn "Hammer" Richards tries to make it to third during the July 2010 festival.

Glasgow's SSE Hydro has been immortalised in a new live album and concert movie, the first to be filmed at the new venue.

A Maryland man faces burglary and related charges after DNA evidence linked him to a 2005 burglary at an Adams County archery club, state police say.

GETTYSBURG >> The National MS Society will hold its annual Bike MS: Mason-Dixon Challenge at Gettysburg College Saturday and Sunday, July 26 and 27. Participants of all levels can expect route support, rest stops and camaraderie along the way.

The Gettysburg Riding Club finished up its' Blue and Gray horse shows recently with a special class, The Adams County Pleasure Class.

Adams County police will conduct sobriety checkpoints during Gettysburg's Bike Week, according to a release from the Center for Traffic Safety.

The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1st - 3rd, 1863. Those three days and their impact on American history being brought back to life on the battlefield this weekend.

Patty Ewers closes her eyes Sunday and sings along from her seat with the 2nd South Carolina String Band.

"Aesop's Fables" is running on select Saturday's this summer at the Totem Pole Playhouse in Fayetteville.

Carlisle Summerfair The Carlisle Summerfair continues and concludes this weekend.

For many people in the area, the Warren County parade is the beginning of their 4th of July holiday celebration.

In this Tuesday, March 30, 2010, photo, Patti Lawson, right, and her daughter Katie Byrne, 22, are photographed on the campus of Gettysburg College, in Gettysburg, Pa.

Canal Park will come alive with music throughout the day on July 19 during Danville's Iron Heritage Festival.

Residents and visitors alike can test their observation skills Aug. 2 at the Adams County Arts Council's first scavenger hunt.

Union action on the battlefield during the first re-enactment, "The Devils to Pay" at the Gettysburg Anniversary Committee re-enactment in Gettysburg in 2013.

Today we celebrate Independence Day and, while this will make little if any sense to some, allow me to offer a different view of our most treasured national holiday.