Past Events

5 p.m. – A Thousand May Fall (Book Talk and Signing by Brian Matthew Jordan) Join Pulitzer Prize finalist Brian Matthew Jordan, associate professor of history at Sam Houston State University, for an analysis of the 107th Ohio. Based on his new book, A Thousand May Fall: An Immigrant Regiment’s Civil War, Jordan details this Eleventh Corps unit’s story. Approximately 45 minutes plus Q&A. Meet at Hill-Unger Performance Pavilion, near intersection of Springs Avenue and Seminary Ridge. Chair recommended. 6:30…

9:30 a.m. – Buford Meets Reynolds (Real-Time Program) Though it is one of the most famous conversations between two officers at Gettysburg, many questions linger about the conference between United States generals John Buford and John Reynolds on the morning of July 1, 1863. Explore where the meeting might have happened, what was discussed, and how eyewitness accounts vary. Approximately 30 minutes. Meet on the west side of the Museum. Chair recommended. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Lee’s Headquarters…

Join Seminary Ridge Museum & Education Center staff at the historic Mary Thompson house, which is open in conjunction with the American Battlefield Trust. On-site interpreters are ready to answer questions and tell the story of this crucial ground, which witnessed deadly fighting on July 1, 1863, and subsequently served as the headquarters for Confederate General Robert E. Lee.

Join us in the side yard of the new interactive children’s history museum Children of Gettysburg 1863 to interact with living historians of Officers for the Union and Ladies for the Union. Learn about Civil War officers who commanded and fought in the Battle of Gettysburg, featuring first-person impressions by the Officers for the Union. The Ladies for the Union will gather in a “ladies salon” setting, demonstrating unique home craft skills of the era, such as bobbin lace, hand…

This First Friday is all about Red, White and You, filled with special events, discounts and more! Celebrate you for supporting amazing GARMA members. Be sure to look for the First Friday flags that signify participating businesses.

Join us at the George Spangler Farm & Field Hospital for a special Battle of Gettysburg anniversary encampment, Friday through Monday, July 1-4. A significant presence of living historians will set the scene and fill the historic site with a wide range of programming, demonstrations and first-person impressions. Experience and visualize many aspects of the events surrounding the American Civil War. See Union and Confederate soldiers, generals, surgeons, embalmers, tintypes and more. A Confederate field hospital portrays surgeon Hunter McGuire.…

Join us in the side yard of the new interactive children’s history museum Children of Gettysburg 1863 to interact with living historians of Officers for the Union and Ladies for the Union. Learn about Civil War officers who commanded and fought in the Battle of Gettysburg, featuring first-person impressions by the Officers for the Union. The Ladies for the Union will gather in a “ladies salon” setting, demonstrating unique home craft skills of the era, such as bobbin lace, hand…

Friday, July 1: 12:00 pm – Harold Knudsen: James Longstreet and the American Civil War  1:30 pm –Ron Kirkwood: Too Much for Human Endurance 3:00 pm – Jeff Harding: Gettysburg’s Lost Love Story – The Ill-Fated Romance of General John Reynolds and Kate Hewitt 4:30 pm – Scott Mingus: Flames Beyond Gettysburg: The June 26 Fighting and the March to the Susquehanna River 6:00 pm – Mike Eisenhut: Brothers of War; The Iron Brigade at Gettysburg