GDG- Open House at the Historic Train Station

[Jim Ferguson]

For those in the area that may be interested. All are welcome.

 

Jim

 

 

From: "Tina Grim" (tgrim at gettysburg.edu) 
Subject: Open House at the Historic Train Station 
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:36:46 -0500 
Message Body: 

      You are invited to visit the Historic Gettysburg Railroad Station (35
      Carlisle Street) for an open house on Saturday, December 15, from
10:00
      a.m.-6:00 p.m. for light refreshments and a free memento. We will have
      a Victorian Santa distributing candy canes and volunteers who will
      provide free tours of the facility. Autographed copies of Gerry
      Bennett's booklet on "The Gettysburg Railroad Station" will also be
      available for a $5.00 donation.
      
      The building is on the National Register of Historic Places and is
open
      free of charge to the general public on a daily basis from 10:00
      a.m.-4:00 p.m. This historic train station was built in 1859, it is
      believed that President Abraham Lincoln actually entered the train
      station when he arrived on November 18-19, 1863 to dedicate the
national
      cemetery, was used as a field hospital during the Battle of
Gettysburg,
      and provided commercial telegraph service from 1866 until the mid
1900s.
      Passenger service to and from Gettysburg ended on December 31, 1942,
at
      which time the cars were turned over to the U.S. War Department to
help
      meet the growing need for rail transportation of service men.
      
      The Pennsylvania Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission (a commission
      appointed by Governor Ed Rendell headquartered at the Civil War
      Institute) has office space at the train station, so we invite you to
      drop in during your lunch hour or anytime throughout the day for a
brief
      tour. Throughout the month of December we will also have a special
      model of Lincoln's Springfield house on display-very impressive
exhibit!
      
      
      Help spread the word that this historic building is open and well
worth
      seeing!
      
      Please note that the station is closed on holidays and the first two
      weeks of January.
      
      Tina
      _____________________________________________
      Tina M. Grim ~ Program and Prize Manager
      Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College
      300 N. Washington St., Campus Box 435
      Gettysburg, PA 17325
      Phone: 717-337-6590; Cell: 717-321-6661
      PA Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission ~ 2009
      www.gettysburg.edu/civilwar 
      www.palincoln.org