OT for you battle of Gettysburg buffs something to do

[s1uggo72]

The Winter Lecture Series is back!

Featuring some of the best Rangers, historians, and authors from across the country, the 10-week Winter Lecture Series will once again return to the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center in 2022! From the Centennial of the Civil War and the complicated legacy of Robert E. Lee, to the creation of the novel The Killer Angels and the evolution of the Gettysburg battlefield, these free hour-long lectures will explore and illuminate the people, places, and continuing legacies of the American Civil War. The Winter Lecture Series is held at 1:30 p.m. on weekends in the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center from January 8 through March 12, 2022. Free tickets will be available day of at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center.

For a listing of the full schedule visit:

Ranger Programs at Gettysburg - Gettysburg National Military Park (U.S. National Park Service)

Ranger programs at Gettysburg National Military Park.

www.nps.gov

NOTE: Due to the continuing impacts of the Covid pandemic, attendance will be limited to the first one hundred individuals and mask usage in the theaters will be mandatory, regardless of vaccination status.

For those unable to attend in person, all Winter Lectures will be live streamed to the Gettysburg National Military Park YouTube and Facebook Pages.

 

[wbcbus]

I haven't been there since I was a child. As soon as my son is old enough to understand, I'm excited to revisit.

 

[mfb5053]

Why would folks go to Gettysburg when they can go to the Mecca of civil war museums in Harrisburg?

 

[PSJimbo]

The Winter Lecture Series is back!

Featuring some of the best Rangers, historians, and authors from across the country, the 10-week Winter Lecture Series will once again return to the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center in 2022! From the Centennial of the Civil War and the complicated legacy of Robert E. Lee, to the creation of the novel The Killer Angels and the evolution of the Gettysburg battlefield, these free hour-long lectures will explore and illuminate the people, places, and continuing legacies of the American Civil War. The Winter Lecture Series is held at 1:30 p.m. on weekends in the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center from January 8 through March 12, 2022. Free tickets will be available day of at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center.

For a listing of the full schedule visit:

Ranger Programs at Gettysburg - Gettysburg National Military Park (U.S. National Park Service)

Ranger programs at Gettysburg National Military Park.

www.nps.gov

NOTE: Due to the continuing impacts of the Covid pandemic, attendance will be limited to the first one hundred individuals and mask usage in the theaters will be mandatory, regardless of vaccination status.

For those unable to attend in person, all Winter Lectures will be live streamed to the Gettysburg National Military Park YouTube and Facebook Pages.

I lived about twenty minutes from Gettysburg in Carroll County MD for eight years. I regularly went there and spent time studying various parts of the battle. I really enjoyed doing that. I have a map of the locations of all the monuments, I would visit them and immerse myself in the reasons why the monuments were where they are. It helped that I was a mug club member of the Gettysburg Brewing Co! I still love going there. I've made note of this series and I will be sure to attend as many as I can. Thanks, Sluggo.

 

[TiogaLion]

Why would folks go to Gettysburg when they can go to the Mecca of civil war museums in Harrisburg?

Apparently you haven't been to the museum in Harrisburg as it's very nice and their collection changes regularly. If you are interested in the Civil War this museum should be on your list of places to visit.

 

[mfb5053]

Apparently you haven't been to the museum in Harrisburg as it's very nice and their collection changes regularly. If you are interested in the Civil War this museum should be on your list of places to visit.

I’m glad Reed left some artifacts for others to enjoy!

 

[step.eng69]

Apparently you haven't been to the museum in Harrisburg as it's very nice and their collection changes regularly. If you are interested in the Civil War this museum should be on your list of places to visit.

I’m glad Reed left some artifacts for others to enjoy!

So tell me, I haven't been to Harrisburg or Gettysburg since the middle 70's...

 

[TiogaLion]

So tell me, I haven't been to Harrisburg or Gettysburg since the middle 70's...

Tell you what?

 

[s1uggo72]

OT but speaking of Gettysburg,
On Tuesday, Clemson announced that it was formally promoting Brandon Streeter to oversee the Tigers’ offense

Brandon is a Gettysburg nstive, his Dad was a long time coach at Gettysburg College

 

[step.eng69]

Tell you what?

Who is Reed that mfb is referring to?

 

[mfb5053]

Who is Reed that mfb is referring to?

Former Harrisburg mayor Stephen Reed gets probation, small fine in stolen artifacts case - Central Penn Business Journal

Former Harrisburg Mayor Stephen Reed walked away this afternoon with two years of supervised probation and a $2,000 fine following his guilty plea over stolen historic artifacts owned by the city.

www.cpbj.com

 

[step.eng69]

Former Harrisburg mayor Stephen Reed gets probation, small fine in stolen artifacts case - Central Penn Business Journal

Former Harrisburg Mayor Stephen Reed walked away this afternoon with two years of supervised probation and a $2,000 fine following his guilty plea over stolen historic artifacts owned by the city.

www.cpbj.com

Thank you mfb..

“Reed was indicted in the summer of 2015 on nearly 500 theft, bribery and corruption charges, but most of those charges were later droppedbecause too much time had passed since he left office.”

 

[TiogaLion]

Thank you mfb..

“Reed was indicted in the summer of 2015 on nearly 500 theft, bribery and corruption charges, but most of those charges were later droppedbecause too much time had passed since he left office.”

Ignore that shat. It was a Media frenzy and it's impossible to dig through the pile to find the truth. I'll give you a short summary about Reed.

Stephen Reed was a seven term mayor of Harrisburg. When he arrived at work on his first day the outgoing mayor had left completed bankruptcy forms on his desk for signature. Harrisburg was a literal dump at that time. Reed, working with private investors accomplished much:

-Developed City Island as a local destination.
-Got a baseball stadium built and brought in a minor league team.
-Purchased the minor league team when they threatened to move.
-Cleaned up the downtown section to attract all types of entertainment, bars, restaurants to an area that no one would visit after dark.
-Had all abandoned homes torn down at the owners expense secured.
-Installed local police stations in the neighborhoods.
-Brought in a very large donation to build the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts.
-Took over the Harrisburg schools and cleaned up the corruption.
-Created Sci-Tech High School to foster the best and brightest in Harrisburg.
-Created Harrisburg University to work directly with Sci-Tech high to provide an affordable higher education as well as bring outside money into the city as students from all over would come to study/live.



Out of time right now, but I'll finish up later.

 

[step.eng69]

Ignore that shat. It was a Media frenzy and it's impossible to dig through the pile to find the truth. I'll give you a short summary about Reed.

Stephen Reed was a seven term mayor of Harrisburg. When he arrived at work on his first day the outgoing mayor had left completed bankruptcy forms on his desk for signature. Harrisburg was a literal dump at that time. Reed, working with private investors accomplished much:

-Developed City Island as a local destination.
-Got a baseball stadium built and brought in a minor league team.
-Purchased the minor league team when they threatened to move.
-Cleaned up the downtown section to attract all types of entertainment, bars, restaurants to an area that no one would visit after dark.
-Had all abandoned homes torn down at the owners expense secured.
-Installed local police stations in the neighborhoods.
-Brought in a very large donation to build the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts.
-Took over the Harrisburg schools and cleaned up the corruption.
-Created Sci-Tech High School to foster the best and brightest in Harrisburg.
-Created Harrisburg University to work directly with Sci-Tech high to provide an affordable higher education as well as bring outside money into the city as students from all over would come to study/live.



Out of time right now, but I'll finish up later.

Thanks TiogaL,
I worked for Michael Baker located at Fourth & Divison in the early 70's. Also lived at the YMCA in 69 during the race riots.

 

[Nitt1300]

Anyone with any interest in history should visit Gettysburg, and not just for a couple of hours

 

[TiogaLion]

Thanks TiogaL,
I worked for Michael Baker located at Fourth & Divison in the early 70's. Also lived at the YMCA in 69 during the race riots.

Here's some follow-up to my earlier post on Mayor Reed.

-Brought in a professional soccer team to play on City Island Sports complex, which he had completely overhauled.
-Commissioned and funded the Civil War Museum in an attempt to lure some of the Gettysburg tourism to come 35 miles north to visit an incredible museum, which by all accounts has been a success.
-He had a plan to raise the dam (currently the dam is a low head dam) about 6 - 8 feet which would greatly increase the recreational value of the city island area and would have created enough electricity to pay for itself. This plan unfortunately never got implemented.

He had two major failures. He commissioned a study and the engineering to redesign the city incinerator to greatly increase capacity and to generate a large amount of electricity, which numbers showed would have been a huge profit maker for the city. He floated a large bond and awarded a contract to complete the work. Unfortunately, the company doing the work somehow failed to get it done and ended up declaring bankruptcy. This cost the city somewhere north of $100 million dollars.

Seeing the success of the Civil War Museum he commissioned a study to propose another museum in an attempt to increase tourism. He settled on a Wild West Museum and hired a company to procure the museum quality pieces. As it turns out the company he hired to procure the relics ended up paying way too much, sometimes magnitudes. Once the project was pitched it became apparent that they would only recover a small portion of the investment because they had paid too much on the front end. However, this project seemed like it was doomed from the start for obvious reasons. I would love to see the justification numbers on the number of expected visitors for this museum. Several of the wild west relics ended up in Reed's possession, which led to most of the charges against him.

In short, he absolutely saved Harrisburg from becoming another Gary Indiana. He poured his life into the city. I don't remember a single fire in the city that he wasn't actively directing fire fighters, nor a single event of any kind that he wasn't actively promoting, and not for self-admiration. Unfortunately the failed incinerator project is really what took him down.

 

[LionJim]

Here's some follow-up to my earlier post on Mayor Reed.

-Brought in a professional soccer team to play on City Island Sports complex, which he had completely overhauled.
-Commissioned and funded the Civil War Museum in an attempt to lure some of the Gettysburg tourism to come 35 miles north to visit an incredible museum, which by all accounts has been a success.
-He had a plan to raise the dam (currently the dam is a low head dam) about 6 - 8 feet which would greatly increase the recreational value of the city island area and would have created enough electricity to pay for itself. This plan unfortunately never got implemented.

He had two major failures. He commissioned a study and the engineering to redesign the city incinerator to greatly increase capacity and to generate a large amount of electricity, which numbers showed would have been a huge profit maker for the city. He floated a large bond and awarded a contract to complete the work. Unfortunately, the company doing the work somehow failed to get it done and ended up declaring bankruptcy. This cost the city somewhere north of $100 million dollars.

Seeing the success of the Civil War Museum he commissioned a study to propose another museum in an attempt to increase tourism. He settled on a Wild West Museum and hired a company to procure the museum quality pieces. As it turns out the company he hired to procure the relics ended up paying way too much, sometimes magnitudes. Once the project was pitched it became apparent that they would only recover a small portion of the investment because they had paid too much on the front end. However, this project seemed like it was doomed from the start for obvious reasons. I would love to see the justification numbers on the number of expected visitors for this museum. Several of the wild west relics ended up in Reed's possession, which led to most of the charges against him.

In short, he absolutely saved Harrisburg from becoming another Gary Indiana. He poured his life into the city. I don't remember a single fire in the city that he wasn't actively directing fire fighters, nor a single event of any kind that he wasn't actively promoting, and not for self-admiration. Unfortunately the failed incinerator project is really what took him down.

Appreciate the effort.