Gettysburg News

Athens State University Professor of English and law first became enthralled with the words of Abraham Lincoln when as a fifth grader he was required to memorize the words to the "Gettysburg Address." "I was attracted to Lincoln himself, and as a Baptist, I had to memorize the King James Bible, and then I began to see how they interconnected," ...

The Civil War by Martha M. Boltz Today is the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, delivered at the dedication of the Gettysburg Cemetery in Gettysburg, PA on November 19, 1863.

Gettysburg businessman David LeVan is hoping to start a resort casino at the Eisenhower Hotel and Conference Center south of the Gettysburg Battlefield.

The push to add table games to Pennsylvania casinos might do more for midstate gamblers than bring blackjack tables or roulette wheels to Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course.

Very interesting piece about the visitation numbers at Gettysburg. For many years, during the 1990s, I worked the front desk at one of Gettysburg's hotels.

Sculptor Stanley Watts and borough officials have all but settled on Alumni Park on Baltimore Street as the ideal site for the statue.

The 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry monument has been the victim of vandalism over the years and has not been restored completely.

State Police in Gettysburg are investigating an armed robbery that left an Adams County Man's dog dead.

Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell shows off his American flag-themed tie to Jim Getty, portraying President Abraham Lincoln, and David Klinepeter, portraying Lincoln bodyguard and biographer Ward Hill Lamon, before a program Thursday marking the 146th anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address at Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pa.

Tom Ridge, the former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, speaks at the annual Henry M. Scharf Lecture held on Wednesday at Gettysburg College.

Academy Award-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss addresses the media Wednesday in the lobby of the Majestic Theater to promote his new education program called the Dreyfuss Initiative.

Swine flu vaccination clinics have been scheduled for toddlers and pre-school children in York and Adams counties, the York-Adams Metropolitan Response System announced Tuesday.

The Danbury Middle School eighth grade class recently took a four-day trip to Gettysburg and Washington, D.C. The students left the Danbury school parking lot at 6:45 a.m. and spent their first day in Gettysburg, Pa.

Here's where you'll enjoy the oddities and ironies of history. Your guide is Bruce Kauffmann, who worked at CBS as Dan Rather's top radio writer and speechwriter.

Re-enactor Jim Getty brings history to life as he presents Lincoln's Gettysburg Address during a recent Dedication Day ceremony.

State police and the Adams County Coroners Office are trying to determine the identity of a man who was struck and killed while trying to cross Route 15 north of York Springs early Sunday morning.

Academy Award-winning actor, Richard Dreyfuss will introduce the Dreyfuss Initiative -- a not-for-profit organization that strives to restore the teaching of civics in schools -- at 3 p.m. Nov.

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Gettysburg National Military Park 1195 Baltimore Pike, Suite 100 Gettysburg, PA 17325 717/334-1124 phone 717/334-1891 fax Philadelphia, PA, November 10: National Park Service Northeast Regional Director Dennis R. Reidenbach has named Mel Poole as interim superintendent of Gettysburg National ...

Two surprises are in store for those who tune in to "Return to Duty" on Wednesday night on MTV .

After a two-year hiatus, Gettysburg business owners are once again making a concerted effort to discuss the Americans with Disabilities Act in the context of numerous complaints that have been filed in the historic town in the past several years.