Gettysburg News

GUNS WERE WIELDED at Gettysburg and bayonets at Brandywine, but the weapons on those Pennsylvania battlefields pale next to the arsenal that will descend upon Fairmount tomorrow: Cardboard tubes.

What does a group of more than 1,200 motorcycles cruising the streets of Gettysburg look like? Thousands of people likely will find out this weekend as the eighth annual Gettysburg Bike Week returns to town for another year of music, shopping and shimmering chrome.

The coalition does not provide legal representation but does work to connect people like Golden with attorneys who can represent them, said Kim De Bourbon, the organization's executive director.

A two-man team from MTV's 'Real World' program spent a week at Joint Security Station Saydiyah here filming the final portions of a follow-up story on one of the show's former participants.

Midstate Episcopalians last month expressed support for the creation of liturgies for the blessing of same-sex unions.

The site of the famous Civil War battle and President Lincolna s Gettysburg Address will come alive with the sound of motorcycle engines on July 9, 10 and 11.

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Two people were killed in a motorcycle accident early Saturday in western Adams County.

As the nation begins to focus on july 4th, Pennsylvanians are remember The Battle of Gettysburg.

Step back in time to July 1863 as the North faces the South in the 3-day battle in Gettysburg.

You don't have to bring bags of Lipton or Tetley to this tea party. Flags and signs are more appropriate, said Susan Williams, the woman organizing Saturday's TEA party in Gettysburg.

On July 1, 1863, Gen. Robert E. Lee led Confederate troops into the battle of Gettysburg, the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.

For Carol Posinski, participating in the annual Civil War re-enactment events at Gettysburg means connecting with fellow history buffs, including those from around the world.

Joyce Linkey said her grandmother used to tell the story of how her family, which lived outside McSherrystown in the early 1860s, would post a young boy high in a tree to keep watch for coming Union or Confederate troops.

A new Freedom Transit trolley stops along Baltimore Street in Gettysburg on its way to the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center on Monday afternoon.

For most Americans, the Battle of Gettysburg evokes memories of Martin Sheen as Gen.

Confederates fire cannons during the Gettysburg battle re-enactment last year. Several thousand re-enactors are expected to invade the Gettysburg area later this week for the annual battle re-enactment, commemorating the 146th anniversary of the battle.

The 146th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg is July 1-3. There's plenty to do in Gettysburg and elsewhere leading up to the annual battle re-enactments, which are set for July 3-5. Some of those options: DAILY All-in-one ticket prices for Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center, museum exhibits, a film and the Cyclorama ...

Mark Hubman will sign copies of his romance/historical fiction novel, "Dearest Issabella" on July 4 from 10am-2 pm, at the Patriot Point Building, 241 Steinwehr Avenue in Gettysburg; and on July 5 from 11am-3 pm at the Civil War Museum and gift shop GETTYSBURG, PA, June 27, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Since Civil War buff Mark Hubman's love affair ...

The high-water mark of Gettysburg's summer tourism will be reached over the next two weekends, when thousands of people will visit the historic Civil War battlefield and related attractions in Adams County.