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September 17, 2022 9:00AM

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September Encounters with History

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This is a full day outdoor program with moderate walking (about 2 miles) with frequent stops. This tour will examine what the lives of these owners were like before, during, and after the battle. In addition to hearing their stories, we’ll also be examining their houses and outbuildings up close and from all angles, and learning about the history and construction of the buildings. Please meet at the Ford Education Center at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum & Visitor Center. A boxed lunch will be provided

Houses of the Emmitsburg Road
with Licensed Battlefield Guide Therese Orr and Kendra Debany, House & Farm Historian

The army during the battle made so many changes that it was hard for those that were living there before the battle to recognize places…” —Daniel H. Klingel. Some of the most intense fighting of the Gettysburg campaign happened on the farms and in the fields along the Emmitsburg Road. Daniel Klingel was just one of the homeowners who lived along the road when war came to the area in July 1863. Klingel’s experience is one of the subjects we’ll cover on our tour of the NPS-owned farms along the Emmitsburg Road.

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