Gettysburg Becomes Very Festive this Time of Year...
Join the Gettysburg Heritage Center for special events and programming during the Gettysburg Christmas Festival!
The spirit of the season is all around, come be a part of it!
The spirit of the season is all around, come be a part of it!
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Saturday, December 4th
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM: Christmas Traditions: Colonial Era through the Civil War Free Event! Presented by Brad Stone Brad Stone presents this festive look at Christmas traditions from the Colonial Era through the Civil War. Dressed as the patriotic Santa depicted in an 1863 cartoon drawn by Thomas Nast, he also talks about how the Civil War forged the foundations for the modern American Christmas. Brad Stone has had a long career with the federal government as a senior public relations executive dealing with a wide variety of public health issues. This experience included leading the public relations operations of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). He currently combines his interest in the Civil War and medical history by volunteering as a docent at both the National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick, MD and aboard the USS Constellation in Baltimore Harbor. He has given presentations on a variety of Civil War topics at a number of institutions including the Gettysburg Heritage Center and the U.S. Navy Museum. |
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5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Night at the Museum, 1863 $20/adult & $15/child The Battle of Gettysburg changed more lives than we could ever imagine. The events that took place in July of 1863, in a small town many people had never heard of, forever affected our nation's history. The Gettysburg Heritage Center museum will come to life with first-person accounts of the battle. You will hear stories such as how the townspeople reacted to the battle raging outside their front door - did they hide? Fight? Run? What dangers did the civilians encounter during the battle? How did a town left with nothing but wounded and dead, find the strength to continue on? These are the stories of the people who struggled, survived, and rebuilt not only a town but a country. Throughout the museum, you will hear messages of courage and strength - that through the dark there is light. You will gain a better sense of what life was truly like for them during the war, and how they were ordinary people like us, who had to do extraordinary things! |
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Saturday, December 11th
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5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Night at the Museum, 1863 $20/adult & $15/child The Battle of Gettysburg changed more lives than we could ever imagine. The events that took place in July of 1863, in a small town many people had never heard of, forever affected our nation's history. The Gettysburg Heritage Center museum will come to life with first-person accounts of the battle. You will hear stories such as how the townspeople reacted to the battle raging outside their front door - did they hide? Fight? Run? What dangers did the civilians encounter during the battle? How did a town left with nothing but wounded and dead, find the strength to continue on? These are the stories of the people who struggled, survived, and rebuilt not only a town but a country. Throughout the museum, you will hear messages of courage and strength - that through the dark there is light. You will gain a better sense of what life was truly like for them during the war, and how they were ordinary people like us, who had to do extraordinary things! |
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