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Gettysburg is a borough and the county seat of Adams County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The Battle of Gettysburg (1863) and President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address are named for this town. The town hosts visitors to the Gettysburg National Battlefield in the Gettysburg National Military Park. As of the 2010 census, the borough had a population of 7,620 people.
Adams County is a county in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 101,407. Its county seat is Gettysburg. The county was created on January 22, 1800, from part of York County, and was named for the second President of the United States, John Adams. On July 1–3, 1863, the area around Gettysburg was the site of the pivotal battle of the American Civil War, and as a result is a center for Civil War tourism.
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Gettysburg may refer to:
Schmucker Hall is an American Civil War site listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Adams County, Pennsylvania, that was constructed as the original Gettysburg Theological Seminary building. Used as both a Union and Confederate hospital during the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, the facility served as the seminary's main building from 1832 to 1895, then as a dedicated dormitory for students until 1951. In 1960, it was leased by the Adams County Historical Society. Beginning in 2006, the Historical Society, along with the Seminary Seminary Ridge Historic Preservation Foundation, rehabilitated the building for adaptive reuse as the Seminary Ridge Museum. The Adams County Historical Society moved into the nearby Wolf House on the seminary campus preceding the renovation. In 2013, on the 150th anniversary of the battle, the Seminary, the Adams County Historical Society and the Seminary Ridge Historic Preservation Foundation opened the building as the Seminary Ridge Museum. The Museum houses displays about many different aspects of the battle, the seminary, the town, and the civil war, and the struggle among faith groups over slavery, as well as offering tours of the cupola. The exhibit and museum have earned international, national and regional awards and the rehabilitation achieved LEED Certification in 2013.
The Oak Ridge Seminary was an antebellum school for "young ladies" west of the borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. One of 2 girls schools used as an American Civil War hospital for Battle of Gettysburg casualties, the female seminary had also been used as a prison, and General Lee's "Headquarters and tents [were] pitched in the space adjoining Oak Ridge Seminary"
Julia Jacobs Harpster was an American missionary working among women in India.
United Lutheran Seminary, located in Pennsylvania with campuses in Gettysburg and Philadelphia, is one of the seven seminaries of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
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- ↑ "Gettysburg Borough, Adams County Pennsylvania (PA) 17325". Living Places. The Gombach Group. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ↑ "York's Convention". Gettysburg Compiler (50). 18 August 1896. p. 2. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ↑ Beitel, Calvin G., ed. (1874). A Digest of Titles of Corporations Chartered by the Legislature of Pennsylvania, Between the Years 1700 and 1873 Inclusive: Giving the Dates of Acts of Incorporation, with the Several Supplements Thereto, with a Reference to the Pages of the Pamphlet Laws, where They May be Found (2 ed.). J. Cambbell & son. p. 5. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- 1 2 "100 Years in Brief Outline". Gettysburg Compiler. 7 March 1906. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ↑ "Christmas Decorations at the Gettysburg Academy Building | Gettysburg Daily". Gettysburg Daily. 21 December 2008. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- 1 2 ""Run Home as Quickly as You Can," 66-68 West High St". Gettysburg Times (103). 30 June 2005. p. 20. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ↑ "Local History - Theological Seminary and Pennsylvania College" (digital). Gettysburg Compiler (3). 21 September 1897. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ↑ Reily, John T. (1880). History and Directory of the Boroughs of Gettysburg, Oxford, Littlestown, York Springs, Berwick, and East Berlin, Adams County, Pa: With Historical Collections. J.E. Wible. pp. 13-14. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ↑ "Sons of President-Elect of Mexico Students at Academy" (digital). Gettysburg Compiler. 23 November 1929. p. 1. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ↑ "Last Graduation Held by Academy Friday Morning" (digital). Gettysburg Compiler (24). 8 June 1935. p. 1. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ↑ "Gettysburg Female Seminary" (Google news archive). Gettysburg Compiler. July 5, 1877. Retrieved 2013-08-28.
The School Halls, corner of Washington and High streets, Gettysburg, so long occupied by Mrs. Eyster and others, as a FEMALE SEMINARY, are for Rent for school purposes. For particulars, inquire of MRS. EYSTER residing in the buildings.
- ↑ "List 38 More Properties in Historic Area". Gettysburg Times. 15 April 1972. p. 1. Retrieved 3 June 2016.