My family just came back from a two-week vacation where we visited everything from two national parks to Colonial Williamsburg to the beaches along the Chesapeake Bay. However, the highlight of the ...

Most Civil War histories evoke the bravura of 19th century military skill, of masses of men moving across open fields to face other orderly masses of men and commence killing each other. Few books ...

Explore lesser-known sites, stories, and volunteer efforts at Pennsylvania’s Gettysburg battlefield. Millions visit Gettysburg for its monuments and battlefield, but this documentary highlights ...

Penn Township author Ron Kirkwood spent 17 days in 2022 at the National Archives in Washington, DC, scouring hundreds of pension files for the stories of Civil War soldiers and their families.

TEAM COVERAGE WITH WHAT’S STILL OPEN. MANY ARE WORRIED THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON GETTYSBURG TOURISM. IT’S AN UNDERSTANDABLE MISPERCEPTION THAT IF THE GOVERNMENT IS CLOSED, ...

The 145th Pennsylvania Regiment, primarily from Erie County, was known as a "tough luck" unit during the Civil War. Terry Rensel, an Erie native, will speak about the regiment's experience at the ...