Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GETTYSBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — A long-time cemetery in Gettysburg announced it will be launching a capital campaign to support a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GETTYSBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Juneteenth is celebrated every year on June 19th to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States.

Tours of Gettysburg’s only surviving Black cemetery on Juneteenth were cancelled Thursday because of rain and expected storms. Organizers sent out an announcement at 3:30 p.m. that the tours and ...

In addition to the annual Gettysburg Memorial Day Parade, there is also a service at the Gettysburg National Cemetery near the Soldiers National Monument. In a place where so many lost their lives ...

A few months after the deadliest battle in American history, Abraham Lincoln and thousands more journeyed to the rural Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg to dedicate a cemetery for the fallen. On Nov. 19 ...

For one week, Elizabeth Thorn, her three young sons and her parents abandoned their home during the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. When they returned, Thorn not only discovered barely a belonging left ...

On June 28, 1863, Robert E. Lee, Confederate General, dared to cross the border and invade Pennsylvania, a Union state. Lee hoped to force Lincoln into negotiations to end the war. Lincoln felt ...

GETTYSBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — A long-time cemetery in Gettysburg announced it will be launching a capital campaign to support a historic preservation project. The Board of Trustees of Gettysburg’s ...

GETTYSBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Juneteenth is celebrated every year on June 19th to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. That history is honored in Gettysburg’s Lincoln Cemetery. It was ...