2009 HGAC Meetings

January

10^th - Board Retreat 9 am-noon

27^th - Preservation Committee 7:30 pm

20^th - Educational Series 7:30pm

February

5^th - Board Meeting 7 pm

17^th - Educational Series 7:30 pm

"THE BIRTH OF PENNSYLVANIA FORESTRY
& HISTORIC & EXCEPTIONAL TREES OF ADAMS COUNTY Speaker: Bruce W. Kile, Forester, retired, PA DCNR, Bureau of Forestry

24^th - Preservation Committee 7:30 pm

March

5^th - Board Meeting 7 pm

17^th - Educational Series 7:30 pm

"Fascinating Photos of the Battlefield Throughout the 20th Century" by George Pyle

24^th - Preservation Committee 7:30 pm

April

2^nd - Board Meeting 7 pm

21^st - Educational Series 7:30 pm

"Gettysburg's Extaordinary Collector of History: J. Howard Wert By Craig Caba

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28^th - Preservation Committee 7:30 pm

May

4^th – Annual Membership Dinner 6 pm

16th - HGAC Bean Soup Sale & Bake Sale

19^th - Educational Series 7:30 pm

Historical Architecture: Defined, Refined Gary Shaffer

In his presentation in May, Gary hopes to have some fun discussing and distinguishing between “Historical Architecture” and buildings, “architecture”, involved in historical events. As a result of the very significant involvement of Adams County in the American Civil War there is constant confusion related to the whole term of “historical architecture”. Mr Shaffer also will also discuss some of the significant buildings constructed after the Civil War as well as the earlier structures dealing with the practice of architecture in the “hinterlands” of the rural towns and communities common in Adams County. Therefore, the program will feature a mixture of the significant structures that exist on the square, the Lutheran Theological Seminary campus, Gettysburg College as well smaller commercial and residential buildings exhibiting the trademarks of a more local indigenous architecture.

26^st - Preservation Committee 7:30 pm

June

4^th - Board Meeting 7 pm

7th - Pennsylvania Barns Annual Meeting & Tour

18th - 21st - 3rd Annual Barn Art Show

20th - Artist Reception 2 pm

23^rd - Preservation Committee 7:30 pm

July

No Board Meeting

28th - Preservation Meeting 7:30 pm

August

6^th - Board Meeting 7 pm

25^th - Preservation Committee 7:30 pm

Annual Membership Picnic

Sunday, August 30th

September

3^rd - Board Meeting 7 pm

15^th - Educational Series 7:30 pm

Adams County native Debra Sandoe McCauslin will be presenting “Echoes of the Past: African American Voices of Gettysburg” on Tuesday, September 15 at 7:30 at the GAR Hall, 53 E. Middle St., Gettysburg. The program is sponsored by the non-profit organization Historic Gettysburg Adams County (HGAC) and is the first of the season for HGAC’s education programs.

19th- Open House at the Salvage Warehouse on S. Washington Street in Gettysburg, 1-4pm.

22nd - Preservation Committee 7:30 pm

October

1^st - Board Meeting 7 pm

27^th - Preservation Committee 7:30 pm

20^th - Educational Series 7:30 pm

“Tombstones Talk” by licensed battlefield guide and former high school history teacher Deb Novotny on Tuesday, October 20th at 7:30. Tombstones which Novotny will be speaking about include many from Ever Green Cemetery, and some from Solomon's (Pine Bank) off the Taneytown Rd, White Church off the Baltimore Pike, and Lower Marsh Creek Presbyterian Church cemetery. A few stones are from Baltimore, Arlington, and Harrisburg cemeteries. Most are from the Victorian Era but generally cover 1775--1870s

November

5^th - Board Meeting 7 pm

17^th - Educational Series 7:30 pm

The November lecture, Tuesaday, November 17th at 7:30 pm, on the history of the Adams County National Bank will be presented by historian Elwood “Woody” Christ, who has done extensive research on the bank, which was founded in 1857.

Woody is a graduate of Gettysburg College in 1975, where he received his BA degree

and he also received his MA in American Studies, at Penn State in 1995.

He has worked at ACHS for 12 years, Lutheran Seminary, 15 years, and was a Licensed battlefield guide for 27 years.

Numerous research projects including the most recent, he prepared a 150 years history for ACNB and set up archives of their older records.

24^th - Preservation Committee 7:30 pm

December

3^rd - Board Meeting 7 pm

12th - Saturday, Inns of the Gettysburg Area

13th Annual Holiday House Tour Noon - 5 PM

22nd - Preservation Committee 7:30 pm

2009 Holiday House Tours

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