Dedication Ceremony to Honor Adams County USCT soldiers
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Join us on Sunday, November 15 at 2 p.m. at the G.A.R. Building for a very special event - the Dedication Ceremony for the new way marker honoring those Adams County residents who served in the U.S. Colored Troops during the Civil War. This marker now honors 13 Adams County USCT soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice.
The ceremony will feature Captain Edward W. Gantt, USN (Ret.), a respected USCT historian and longtime reenactor associated with the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, as keynote speaker.
Additional reflections will be offered by:
-- Tim Hodge, reenactor portraying Maj. Martin Robeson Delany, the highest-ranking Black field officer during the Civil War
-- Jean Howard-Green, president of Gettysburg’s Lincoln Cemetery Project
--Ross Hetrick as Thaddeus Stevens
We hope you can join us at the G.A.R. Building at 53 E. Middle Street in Gettysburg for this event! Click on www.HGAConline.org for more information
The ceremony will feature Captain Edward W. Gantt, USN (Ret.), a respected USCT historian and longtime reenactor associated with the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, as keynote speaker.
Additional reflections will be offered by:
-- Tim Hodge, reenactor portraying Maj. Martin Robeson Delany, the highest-ranking Black field officer during the Civil War
-- Jean Howard-Green, president of Gettysburg’s Lincoln Cemetery Project
--Ross Hetrick as Thaddeus Stevens
We hope you can join us at the G.A.R. Building at 53 E. Middle Street in Gettysburg for this event! Click on www.HGAConline.org for more information
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Where is it happening?
The GAR Building- 53 East Middle St, Gettysburg, PA, United States
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Host or PublisherHistoric Gettysburg- Adams County, INC.- HGAC
