Gettysburg

Battle of Hunterstown re-enactment to be held July 1

Annual event features keynote speaker, Dr. Ian Hunter

The July 1 re-enactment at the Historic Tate Farm in Hunterstown, Pa., will include keynote speaker Dr. Ian Hunter of Northern Ireland.

For many years, Hunter has been interested in genealogy and especially in his own family’s migration from lowland Scotland to north Ireland in the late 17th century.

Part of this Scotch-Irish family moved on to the American colonies. One of those was David Hunter, born in 1710, and who left Ireland in 1742 to become a land speculator in Hunterstown, which bears his name.

In Ian Hunter’s search, he found out that he is directly related to David Hunter’s uncle, John Hunter. Ian Hunter made his first visit to Adams County two years ago and promised to return. During this visit, he and his wife, Margaret, will follow David Hunter’s journey across the Atlantic Ocean to the then-developing Philadelphia, down the wagon trail to the York area and to what is now Hunterstown and beyond to his untimely, violent and tragic death. This year marks the 300th anniversary of David Hunter’s birth.

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Gettysburg battlefield offers programs in ‘real time’

National Military Park announces events for 147^th anniversary

In commemoration of the 147th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg on July 1, 2 and 3, National Park Service Rangers at Gettysburg National Military Park will offer special programming designed for visitors of all ages and levels of interest. Detailed handouts are available at the Visitor Center information desk and on the park website atwww.nps.gov/gett for each program.

A series of 20 programs over three days offer an opportunity to understand the battle action at specific sites as close as possible to the hour of the particular engagement.  Programs range in length from 30 to 60 minutes and are presented in chronological order over the three-day anniversary. 

They provide brief snapshots of the dramatic events that took place at each site as close as possible to its “real time” during the battle. This year’s theme is “Famous Leaders and Fighting Men,” in which programs will focus on key leaders and units that helped shape the battle. Although visitors may attend any program on the schedule, each program links to the other programs in the series to create a narrative of the battle. Minimal walking is involved on each program, though visitors will need to make short drives between program locations.[Back to Press Releases Main]