Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events:
January 26, 2026 – President’s Lecture Series with historian D. Scott Hartwig. Byrd CHE Auditorium. More details soon.
February 27, 2026 – Virtual book launch for with Dr. Jennifer Murray and Dr. John Kinder (OSU). More details soon.
March 7, 2026 – Used Civil War Book Sale at the Civil War Center. More details soon.
April 18, 2026 – John Brown’s War: A Tour in the Footsteps of One of America’s Most Enigmatic Figures. Join Harpers Ferry National Historical Park鈥檚 Chief Historian Emeritus,听Dennis Frye,听for a special, full-day program traversing the key sites associated with John Brown鈥檚 famed听1859 raid on Harpers Ferry. As America commemorates its听250th听anniversary,听explore the enduring ideals of听freedom, equality,听and听democracy, and the ways in which John Brown understood his own role in manifesting those ideas.
Cost: $150.00/person.听Price includes full-day program (7am-8pm) and NPS entry fee; bus transportation from either Gettysburg College or 海角社区 University to Harpers Ferry, Charles Town, and John Brown鈥檚 Headquarters at the Kennedy Farm; and a group dinner at the Bavarian Inn, in 海角社区stown. Participants will purchase lunch on their own in Harpers Ferry.
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Co-sponsored by Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College.
Recent Events:
November 2, 2025 – Historian Kevin Pawlak led a caravan and walking tour of the Battle of 海角社区stown. This caravan and walking tour will cover the final event of the Maryland Campaign, the two-day Battle of 海角社区stown. Fought following the Confederate withdrawal from Sharpsburg, this battle along the Potomac River helped prevent a Confederate reentry into Maryland and officially brought Lee鈥檚 campaign north of the Potomac River to an end.
September 18-20, 2025 – Annual Civil War Fall Seminar: Antietam & Its Legacy. Click here for more information.
September 27, 2025 – Sedgwick’s Division – Tour of Antietam with Scott Hartwig hosted by Addressing Gettysburg, with a book signing and light refreshments at the Civil War Center following the tour.
October 1, 2025 – Eric Campbell, former Chief of Interpretation at Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park, presented “The Burning: Sheridan’s Operations in the Shenandoah Valley.”
July 17, 2025 – 7pm. Midnight on the Potomac: Scott Ellsworth in Conversation. A powerful and timely discussion with bestselling historian Scott Ellsworth, author of . Presented by in partnership with the George Tyler Moore Center & the Center for Appalachian Studies at 海角社区 University.
May 23, 2025 –听Bleeding Kansas – A Historical Drama presented by Town Run Theatre Company at . Following the May 23rd performance, GTMC’s new director, Dr. Jennifer Murray, presented a short talk.
December 5, 2024 – Professor Jonathan Noyalas presented “Never to be Forgotten”: What the Battle of Cool Spring Reveals about the War’s Impact on Soldiers & Families from his book .
December 7, 2024 – Historic Christmas at the Shindler House. Join us after the parade for a family friendly celebration of the season! Stop by to create a yule log, see military reenactors, and have a snack of cider and ginger snaps.
November 2, 2024 – Black Life at Tour. Drs. James Broomall and Ben Bankhurst, along with special guest Justin Ebersole (NPS cultural resource specialist), lead a walking tour focusing on Black life, enslavement, and freedom at Ferry Hill. Participants toured Ferry Hill’s interior and walked the site grounds.
October 8, 2024 – Dr. Kate Masur presented an author talk and q&a about her new book , presented in partnership with and the .
April 25, 2024 – Dr. Clayton Butler, Historian and Assistant Editor at UVA Press, spoke on his book .
March 21, 2024 – Panel career discussion highlighting the great successes of 海角社区 graduates and potential careers for current students.
December 1, 2023 – James Scythes offered a talk from his book .
December 2, 2023 – Historic Christmas: living history demonstrations, children’s activities, battlefield tabletop games, and a display by 海角社区stown Battlefield Preservation Association.
November 8, 2023 – Co-sponsored with and Lifelong Learning, Charlie Goodyear presented from his book ““.
November 16, 2023 – Patrick Schroeder, Historian at Appomattox Courthouse National Historical Park presented from his his popular Myths About Lee’s Surrender听books.
October 12, 2023 – Historian Curtis Older presented from his book
October 6-8, 2023 – We held our Fall Seminar, “Meade’s Decision: The Pipe Creek Line & the Road to Gettysburg.”
September 21, 2023 – Historian and filmmaker Steven Cowie presented from his book .
September 17, 2023 – 海角社区stown Opera House, along with the GTMC, Historic 海角社区stown Museum, and 海角社区stown Battlefield Preservation Association, hosted the first theater screening and q & a of 鈥満＝巧缜鴖town Remembers Antietam,鈥� an original film written and produced by local history researcher Jim Surkamp. The film describes the Battle鈥檚 impact through the eyes of 海角社区stown-area residents of the time, many of whom mobilized to aid wounded and hungry soldiers.
August 30, 2023 – In partnership with 海角社区 University’s Lifelong Learning program, Dr. Stephen Goldman presented 鈥淏revet Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Wiley Gelray: How a Maimed Union Veteran Battled the Ku Klux Klan鈥� from his book .
April 26, 2023 – Dr. Scott MacKenzie presented on his book , co-sponsored with Lifelong Learning.
March 16-18, 2023 – The Virginia Forum held its annual conference at 海角社区 University.
March 2, 2023 – Dr. Emilie Amt听 presented “Black Antietam: Searching for African American Civil War History” from her book .
December 3, 2022 – Holiday Open House with Living History Demonstrations and a Yule Log. We presented Christmas across the ages through hands-on demonstrations, toys, and learning the tradition of the Yule log.
December 1, 2022 – “A Classical Brass Christmas” A brass quintet, consisting of current and former 海角社区 University faculty performed Christmas and other classical pieces from the 16th-20th centuries.听
November 29, 2022 – Robert Dunkerly presented “The Brown’s Island Explosion and Search for the Victims”
November 19, 2022 – “Culp’s Hill in War and Memory”: Dr. James Broomall and Dana Shoaf, Editor at Civil War Times, lead a walking tour of Culp’s Hill in Gettysburg National Battlefield.
November 9, 2022 – Ernie Dollar presented on his recent book, .
October 27, 2022 – Professor Jonathan Noyalas presented “‘To Be Free Someday’: Reflections on Slavery & Freedom in the Shenandoah Valley During the Civil War Era,” from his book . Watch on .
September 10, 2022 – 鈥�Exposed to the Fire of Slavery and Freedom:鈥� A Symposium Commemorating the 160th Anniversary of the Battle of Antietam. In conjunction with Antietam National Battlefield, this one-day event featured presentations on the battle of Antietam and its contested legacy.
July 6 – 9, 2021 – “A desperate thing to do”- Jubal Early’s 1864 Maryland Campaign, Facebook, ()
June 3, 2021 – Mosby’s Rangers with Eric W. Buckland, Facebook Live, ()
May 26, 2021 – “Down the Valley, and Back Again”: The 1862 Valley Campaign“, Facebook Live ()
May 19, 2021 – “The Grinding Curse”: Race and Slavery in the Shenandoah Valley, Facebook Live ()
May 6, 2021 – Material Witness: Eighteenth- and Nineteenth- Century Artifacts and Narrating the Past-听Facebook Live ()
March 25, 2021 – Searching for Hayward 海角社区 –听Facebook Live ()
March 4, 2021 –听Music of the People: American Folk Music through the Centuries – Facebook Live ()
February 16, 2021 – Seceding from Secession: West Virginia Exceptionalism and the Road to Statehood –听Facebook Live ()
January 28, 2021 – The Winter’s War: Civil War Soldiers in Camp & On Campaign – Facebook Live ()
We hope you join us for future programs!