Special Events What you

Special Events
What you'll find here: A listing of some of the current and upcoming events in Gettysburg and Adams County.

This page last updated March 28, 2013
December 2013- Gettysburg.com and Dobbin House Inc. are not responsible for cancellations or other changes that may occur. Please contact the telephone numbers listed for updates on special events.

Day	Date	Time	Category	Name of Event	Description	Where	Phone	Comments
	1 - 31	All Day	Any Day	Dine at the Dobbin House	Make your reservation At The Dobbin House	89 Steinwehr Ave Gettysburg, Pa	717-334-2100	Make your reservations early! www.dobbinhouse.com
Sun	1	Special Event Dec. 1-31 - Christmas at the Eisenhower's Christmas Holiday Reception (Dec. 10) Shuttles Depart 10:00 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm & 3:30 pm Hourly, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Holiday	An Eisenhower Christmas	The Eisenhower home is decorated for the holidays in the Eisenhower tradition with a Williamsburg-style Della Robbia wreath to welcome visitors at the front door. Inside the Eisenhower home, Mamie Eisenhower’s love of Christmas decorating is evident with mistletoe, wreaths, and poinsettias, while a candy cane-covered Christmas tree surrounded by presents brightens the living room.	1195 Baltimore Pike Shuttle Service Only Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-338-9114	A life size Santa enlivens the casual atmosphere of the Eisenhowers’ porch and gifts of sugar cookies and plum pudding arrayed in the kitchen await the arrival of the Eisenhower grandchildren. Christmas gift prints of the President’s paintings as well as the Eisenhowers’ specially designed White House Christmas cards are on exhibit. Some original decorations including a 1950s Christmas shadow box handmade for the Eisenhowers are also displayed. The dining room table set for Christmas dinner and the Eisenhowers’ Christmas records playing in the background add to the holiday atmosphere. Park interpreters are on hand to share Eisenhower family recollections of Christmas in Gettysburg. http://www.nps.gov/eise
Mon	2	Special Event Dec. 1-31 - Christmas at the Eisenhower's Christmas Holiday Reception (Dec. 10) Shuttles Depart 10:00 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm & 3:30 pm Hourly, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Holiday	An Eisenhower Christmas	The Eisenhower home is decorated for the holidays in the Eisenhower tradition with a Williamsburg-style Della Robbia wreath to welcome visitors at the front door. Inside the Eisenhower home, Mamie Eisenhower’s love of Christmas decorating is evident with mistletoe, wreaths, and poinsettias, while a candy cane-covered Christmas tree surrounded by presents brightens the living room.	1195 Baltimore Pike Shuttle Service Only Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-338-9114	A life size Santa enlivens the casual atmosphere of the Eisenhowers’ porch and gifts of sugar cookies and plum pudding arrayed in the kitchen await the arrival of the Eisenhower grandchildren. Christmas gift prints of the President’s paintings as well as the Eisenhowers’ specially designed White House Christmas cards are on exhibit. Some original decorations including a 1950s Christmas shadow box handmade for the Eisenhowers are also displayed. The dining room table set for Christmas dinner and the Eisenhowers’ Christmas records playing in the background add to the holiday atmosphere. Park interpreters are on hand to share Eisenhower family recollections of Christmas in Gettysburg. http://www.nps.gov/eise
Mon	2	Monday through Friday 1:00 - 5:00 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.	Art	Expanded Slaves, Soldiers, Citizens: African American Artifacts of the Civil War Era Exhibit	This exhibit follows African Americans on their journey from the antebellum days of slavery through the Civil War years as United States Colored Troops and freedmen to citizenship in post-bellum America. These artifacts and documents are on generous loan from the private collection of Angelo Scarlato.	300 North Washington Street Musselman Library Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-337-6390	Mr. Scarlato is a retired educator who has been collecting materials on the 19^th century African American experience, the Battle of Gettysburg and Adams County history for over 30 years. Special Collections is honored to have these unique primary sources on exhibit for our students and researchers. This exhibit coincides with Gettysburg College’s American Civil War Sesquicentennial commemoration. The College will sponsor events and programs throughout the anniversary. 2013 will mark the 150th anniversary of the enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Battle of Gettysburg, and President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. https://www.gettysburg.edu/library/news/ exhibits/slaves-soldiers-citizens.dot?host_id=1
Tue	3	Monday through Friday 1:00 - 5:00 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.	Art	Expanded Slaves, Soldiers, Citizens: African American Artifacts of the Civil War Era Exhibit	This exhibit follows African Americans on their journey from the antebellum days of slavery through the Civil War years as United States Colored Troops and freedmen to citizenship in post-bellum America. These artifacts and documents are on generous loan from the private collection of Angelo Scarlato.	300 North Washington Street Musselman Library Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-337-6390	Mr. Scarlato is a retired educator who has been collecting materials on the 19^th century African American experience, the Battle of Gettysburg and Adams County history for over 30 years. Special Collections is honored to have these unique primary sources on exhibit for our students and researchers. This exhibit coincides with Gettysburg College’s American Civil War Sesquicentennial commemoration. The College will sponsor events and programs throughout the anniversary. 2013 will mark the 150th anniversary of the enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Battle of Gettysburg, and President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. https://www.gettysburg.edu/library/news/ exhibits/slaves-soldiers-citizens.dot?host_id=1
Tue	3	Special Event Dec. 1-31 - Christmas at the Eisenhower's Christmas Holiday Reception (Dec. 10) Shuttles Depart 10:00 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm & 3:30 pm Hourly, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Holiday	An Eisenhower Christmas	The Eisenhower home is decorated for the holidays in the Eisenhower tradition with a Williamsburg-style Della Robbia wreath to welcome visitors at the front door. Inside the Eisenhower home, Mamie Eisenhower’s love of Christmas decorating is evident with mistletoe, wreaths, and poinsettias, while a candy cane-covered Christmas tree surrounded by presents brightens the living room.	1195 Baltimore Pike Shuttle Service Only Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-338-9114	A life size Santa enlivens the casual atmosphere of the Eisenhowers’ porch and gifts of sugar cookies and plum pudding arrayed in the kitchen await the arrival of the Eisenhower grandchildren. Christmas gift prints of the President’s paintings as well as the Eisenhowers’ specially designed White House Christmas cards are on exhibit. Some original decorations including a 1950s Christmas shadow box handmade for the Eisenhowers are also displayed. The dining room table set for Christmas dinner and the Eisenhowers’ Christmas records playing in the background add to the holiday atmosphere. Park interpreters are on hand to share Eisenhower family recollections of Christmas in Gettysburg. http://www.nps.gov/eise
Wed	4	Special Event Dec. 1-31 - Christmas at the Eisenhower's Christmas Holiday Reception (Dec. 10) Shuttles Depart 10:00 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm & 3:30 pm Hourly, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Holiday	An Eisenhower Christmas	The Eisenhower home is decorated for the holidays in the Eisenhower tradition with a Williamsburg-style Della Robbia wreath to welcome visitors at the front door. Inside the Eisenhower home, Mamie Eisenhower’s love of Christmas decorating is evident with mistletoe, wreaths, and poinsettias, while a candy cane-covered Christmas tree surrounded by presents brightens the living room.	1195 Baltimore Pike Shuttle Service Only Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-338-9114	A life size Santa enlivens the casual atmosphere of the Eisenhowers’ porch and gifts of sugar cookies and plum pudding arrayed in the kitchen await the arrival of the Eisenhower grandchildren. Christmas gift prints of the President’s paintings as well as the Eisenhowers’ specially designed White House Christmas cards are on exhibit. Some original decorations including a 1950s Christmas shadow box handmade for the Eisenhowers are also displayed. The dining room table set for Christmas dinner and the Eisenhowers’ Christmas records playing in the background add to the holiday atmosphere. Park interpreters are on hand to share Eisenhower family recollections of Christmas in Gettysburg. http://www.nps.gov/eise
Wed	4	Monday through Friday 1:00 - 5:00 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.	Art	Expanded Slaves, Soldiers, Citizens: African American Artifacts of the Civil War Era Exhibit	This exhibit follows African Americans on their journey from the antebellum days of slavery through the Civil War years as United States Colored Troops and freedmen to citizenship in post-bellum America. These artifacts and documents are on generous loan from the private collection of Angelo Scarlato.	300 North Washington Street Musselman Library Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-337-6390	Mr. Scarlato is a retired educator who has been collecting materials on the 19^th century African American experience, the Battle of Gettysburg and Adams County history for over 30 years. Special Collections is honored to have these unique primary sources on exhibit for our students and researchers. This exhibit coincides with Gettysburg College’s American Civil War Sesquicentennial commemoration. The College will sponsor events and programs throughout the anniversary. 2013 will mark the 150th anniversary of the enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Battle of Gettysburg, and President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. https://www.gettysburg.edu/library/news/ exhibits/slaves-soldiers-citizens.dot?host_id=1
Thu	5	Monday through Friday 1:00 - 5:00 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.	Art	Expanded Slaves, Soldiers, Citizens: African American Artifacts of the Civil War Era Exhibit	This exhibit follows African Americans on their journey from the antebellum days of slavery through the Civil War years as United States Colored Troops and freedmen to citizenship in post-bellum America. These artifacts and documents are on generous loan from the private collection of Angelo Scarlato.	300 North Washington Street Musselman Library Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-337-6390	Mr. Scarlato is a retired educator who has been collecting materials on the 19^th century African American experience, the Battle of Gettysburg and Adams County history for over 30 years. Special Collections is honored to have these unique primary sources on exhibit for our students and researchers. This exhibit coincides with Gettysburg College’s American Civil War Sesquicentennial commemoration. The College will sponsor events and programs throughout the anniversary. 2013 will mark the 150th anniversary of the enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Battle of Gettysburg, and President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. https://www.gettysburg.edu/library/news/ exhibits/slaves-soldiers-citizens.dot?host_id=1
Thu	5	Special Event Dec. 1-31 - Christmas at the Eisenhower's Christmas Holiday Reception (Dec. 10) Shuttles Depart 10:00 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm & 3:30 pm Hourly, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Holiday	An Eisenhower Christmas	The Eisenhower home is decorated for the holidays in the Eisenhower tradition with a Williamsburg-style Della Robbia wreath to welcome visitors at the front door. Inside the Eisenhower home, Mamie Eisenhower’s love of Christmas decorating is evident with mistletoe, wreaths, and poinsettias, while a candy cane-covered Christmas tree surrounded by presents brightens the living room.	1195 Baltimore Pike Shuttle Service Only Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-338-9114	A life size Santa enlivens the casual atmosphere of the Eisenhowers’ porch and gifts of sugar cookies and plum pudding arrayed in the kitchen await the arrival of the Eisenhower grandchildren. Christmas gift prints of the President’s paintings as well as the Eisenhowers’ specially designed White House Christmas cards are on exhibit. Some original decorations including a 1950s Christmas shadow box handmade for the Eisenhowers are also displayed. The dining room table set for Christmas dinner and the Eisenhowers’ Christmas records playing in the background add to the holiday atmosphere. Park interpreters are on hand to share Eisenhower family recollections of Christmas in Gettysburg. http://www.nps.gov/eise
Fri	6	Special Event Dec. 1-31 - Christmas at the Eisenhower's Christmas Holiday Reception (Dec. 10) Shuttles Depart 10:00 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm & 3:30 pm Hourly, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Holiday	An Eisenhower Christmas	The Eisenhower home is decorated for the holidays in the Eisenhower tradition with a Williamsburg-style Della Robbia wreath to welcome visitors at the front door. Inside the Eisenhower home, Mamie Eisenhower’s love of Christmas decorating is evident with mistletoe, wreaths, and poinsettias, while a candy cane-covered Christmas tree surrounded by presents brightens the living room.	1195 Baltimore Pike Shuttle Service Only Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-338-9114	A life size Santa enlivens the casual atmosphere of the Eisenhowers’ porch and gifts of sugar cookies and plum pudding arrayed in the kitchen await the arrival of the Eisenhower grandchildren. Christmas gift prints of the President’s paintings as well as the Eisenhowers’ specially designed White House Christmas cards are on exhibit. Some original decorations including a 1950s Christmas shadow box handmade for the Eisenhowers are also displayed. The dining room table set for Christmas dinner and the Eisenhowers’ Christmas records playing in the background add to the holiday atmosphere. Park interpreters are on hand to share Eisenhower family recollections of Christmas in Gettysburg. http://www.nps.gov/eise
Fri	6	Monday through Friday 1:00 - 5:00 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.	Art	Expanded Slaves, Soldiers, Citizens: African American Artifacts of the Civil War Era Exhibit	This exhibit follows African Americans on their journey from the antebellum days of slavery through the Civil War years as United States Colored Troops and freedmen to citizenship in post-bellum America. These artifacts and documents are on generous loan from the private collection of Angelo Scarlato.	300 North Washington Street Musselman Library Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-337-6390	Mr. Scarlato is a retired educator who has been collecting materials on the 19^th century African American experience, the Battle of Gettysburg and Adams County history for over 30 years. Special Collections is honored to have these unique primary sources on exhibit for our students and researchers. This exhibit coincides with Gettysburg College’s American Civil War Sesquicentennial commemoration. The College will sponsor events and programs throughout the anniversary. 2013 will mark the 150th anniversary of the enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Battle of Gettysburg, and President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. https://www.gettysburg.edu/library/news/ exhibits/slaves-soldiers-citizens.dot?host_id=1
Sat	7	Special Event Dec. 1-31 - Christmas at the Eisenhower's Christmas Holiday Reception (Dec. 10) Shuttles Depart 10:00 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm & 3:30 pm Hourly, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Holiday	An Eisenhower Christmas	The Eisenhower home is decorated for the holidays in the Eisenhower tradition with a Williamsburg-style Della Robbia wreath to welcome visitors at the front door. Inside the Eisenhower home, Mamie Eisenhower’s love of Christmas decorating is evident with mistletoe, wreaths, and poinsettias, while a candy cane-covered Christmas tree surrounded by presents brightens the living room.	1195 Baltimore Pike Shuttle Service Only Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-338-9114	A life size Santa enlivens the casual atmosphere of the Eisenhowers’ porch and gifts of sugar cookies and plum pudding arrayed in the kitchen await the arrival of the Eisenhower grandchildren. Christmas gift prints of the President’s paintings as well as the Eisenhowers’ specially designed White House Christmas cards are on exhibit. Some original decorations including a 1950s Christmas shadow box handmade for the Eisenhowers are also displayed. The dining room table set for Christmas dinner and the Eisenhowers’ Christmas records playing in the background add to the holiday atmosphere. Park interpreters are on hand to share Eisenhower family recollections of Christmas in Gettysburg. http://www.nps.gov/eise
Sat	7	Saturdays	Holiday	A Civil War Christmas at the Shriver House Experience a Candlelight Christmas Tour of the Shriver House Museum	You are cordially invited to take a candlelight tour of the Shriver House Museum decorated for an 1860’s Christmas, while hearing the story of the Shriver family and how the Battle of Gettysburg and the Civil War changed their lives forever. Christmas tours take place from November 28th through December 19th. Private tours for groups of ten or more are welcome anytime throughout the holiday season; reservations are required.	Shriver House Museum 309 Baltimore Street Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-337-2800	Take a step back in time to discover how Christmas was celebrated in the mid-1800s. Enter the 19th century home of George, Hettie, Sadie (7), and Mollie (5) Shriver as they prepare for the upcoming Christmas holidays. See the candle-ladenChristmas tree in its place of honor on the parlor table as a fire roars in the fireplace of the handsome room decorated with hand-made holiday greenery. After hanging stockings on the mantle, the girls set out milk and cookies in anticipation of a visit from Santa Claus on that magical night. While soldiers faced the perils of the Civil War, Christmas offered a few moments of cheer that would help brighten the lives of those at home. Learn how families celebrated the holidays while fathers, sons, and husbands were separated from loved ones during this tragic time in American history. For additional information on the Shriver House Museum or to make reservations for a Christmas tour, please call 717-337-2800 or visit www.shriverhouse.org.
Sun	8	Special Event Dec. 1-31 - Christmas at the Eisenhower's Christmas Holiday Reception (Dec. 10) Shuttles Depart 10:00 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm & 3:30 pm Hourly, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Holiday	An Eisenhower Christmas	The Eisenhower home is decorated for the holidays in the Eisenhower tradition with a Williamsburg-style Della Robbia wreath to welcome visitors at the front door. Inside the Eisenhower home, Mamie Eisenhower’s love of Christmas decorating is evident with mistletoe, wreaths, and poinsettias, while a candy cane-covered Christmas tree surrounded by presents brightens the living room.	1195 Baltimore Pike Shuttle Service Only Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-338-9114	A life size Santa enlivens the casual atmosphere of the Eisenhowers’ porch and gifts of sugar cookies and plum pudding arrayed in the kitchen await the arrival of the Eisenhower grandchildren. Christmas gift prints of the President’s paintings as well as the Eisenhowers’ specially designed White House Christmas cards are on exhibit. Some original decorations including a 1950s Christmas shadow box handmade for the Eisenhowers are also displayed. The dining room table set for Christmas dinner and the Eisenhowers’ Christmas records playing in the background add to the holiday atmosphere. Park interpreters are on hand to share Eisenhower family recollections of Christmas in Gettysburg. http://www.nps.gov/eise
Mon	9	Special Event Dec. 1-31 - Christmas at the Eisenhower's Christmas Holiday Reception (Dec. 10) Shuttles Depart 10:00 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm & 3:30 pm Hourly, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Holiday	An Eisenhower Christmas	The Eisenhower home is decorated for the holidays in the Eisenhower tradition with a Williamsburg-style Della Robbia wreath to welcome visitors at the front door. Inside the Eisenhower home, Mamie Eisenhower’s love of Christmas decorating is evident with mistletoe, wreaths, and poinsettias, while a candy cane-covered Christmas tree surrounded by presents brightens the living room.	1195 Baltimore Pike Shuttle Service Only Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-338-9114	A life size Santa enlivens the casual atmosphere of the Eisenhowers’ porch and gifts of sugar cookies and plum pudding arrayed in the kitchen await the arrival of the Eisenhower grandchildren. Christmas gift prints of the President’s paintings as well as the Eisenhowers’ specially designed White House Christmas cards are on exhibit. Some original decorations including a 1950s Christmas shadow box handmade for the Eisenhowers are also displayed. The dining room table set for Christmas dinner and the Eisenhowers’ Christmas records playing in the background add to the holiday atmosphere. Park interpreters are on hand to share Eisenhower family recollections of Christmas in Gettysburg. http://www.nps.gov/eise
Mon	9	Monday through Friday 1:00 - 5:00 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.	Art	Expanded Slaves, Soldiers, Citizens: African American Artifacts of the Civil War Era Exhibit	This exhibit follows African Americans on their journey from the antebellum days of slavery through the Civil War years as United States Colored Troops and freedmen to citizenship in post-bellum America. These artifacts and documents are on generous loan from the private collection of Angelo Scarlato.	300 North Washington Street Musselman Library Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-337-6390	Mr. Scarlato is a retired educator who has been collecting materials on the 19^th century African American experience, the Battle of Gettysburg and Adams County history for over 30 years. Special Collections is honored to have these unique primary sources on exhibit for our students and researchers. This exhibit coincides with Gettysburg College’s American Civil War Sesquicentennial commemoration. The College will sponsor events and programs throughout the anniversary. 2013 will mark the 150th anniversary of the enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Battle of Gettysburg, and President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. https://www.gettysburg.edu/library/news/ exhibits/slaves-soldiers-citizens.dot?host_id=1
Tue	10	Monday through Friday 1:00 - 5:00 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.	Art	Expanded Slaves, Soldiers, Citizens: African American Artifacts of the Civil War Era Exhibit	This exhibit follows African Americans on their journey from the antebellum days of slavery through the Civil War years as United States Colored Troops and freedmen to citizenship in post-bellum America. These artifacts and documents are on generous loan from the private collection of Angelo Scarlato.	300 North Washington Street Musselman Library Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-337-6390	Mr. Scarlato is a retired educator who has been collecting materials on the 19^th century African American experience, the Battle of Gettysburg and Adams County history for over 30 years. Special Collections is honored to have these unique primary sources on exhibit for our students and researchers. This exhibit coincides with Gettysburg College’s American Civil War Sesquicentennial commemoration. The College will sponsor events and programs throughout the anniversary. 2013 will mark the 150th anniversary of the enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Battle of Gettysburg, and President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. https://www.gettysburg.edu/library/news/ exhibits/slaves-soldiers-citizens.dot?host_id=1
Tue	10	Special Event Dec. 1-31 - Christmas at the Eisenhower's Christmas Holiday Reception (Dec. 10) Shuttles Depart 10:00 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm & 3:30 pm Hourly, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Holiday	An Eisenhower Christmas	The Eisenhower home is decorated for the holidays in the Eisenhower tradition with a Williamsburg-style Della Robbia wreath to welcome visitors at the front door. Inside the Eisenhower home, Mamie Eisenhower’s love of Christmas decorating is evident with mistletoe, wreaths, and poinsettias, while a candy cane-covered Christmas tree surrounded by presents brightens the living room.	1195 Baltimore Pike Shuttle Service Only Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-338-9114	A life size Santa enlivens the casual atmosphere of the Eisenhowers’ porch and gifts of sugar cookies and plum pudding arrayed in the kitchen await the arrival of the Eisenhower grandchildren. Christmas gift prints of the President’s paintings as well as the Eisenhowers’ specially designed White House Christmas cards are on exhibit. Some original decorations including a 1950s Christmas shadow box handmade for the Eisenhowers are also displayed. The dining room table set for Christmas dinner and the Eisenhowers’ Christmas records playing in the background add to the holiday atmosphere. Park interpreters are on hand to share Eisenhower family recollections of Christmas in Gettysburg. http://www.nps.gov/eise
Wed	11	Special Event Dec. 1-31 - Christmas at the Eisenhower's Christmas Holiday Reception (Dec. 10) Shuttles Depart 10:00 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm & 3:30 pm Hourly, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Holiday	An Eisenhower Christmas	The Eisenhower home is decorated for the holidays in the Eisenhower tradition with a Williamsburg-style Della Robbia wreath to welcome visitors at the front door. Inside the Eisenhower home, Mamie Eisenhower’s love of Christmas decorating is evident with mistletoe, wreaths, and poinsettias, while a candy cane-covered Christmas tree surrounded by presents brightens the living room.	1195 Baltimore Pike Shuttle Service Only Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-338-9114	A life size Santa enlivens the casual atmosphere of the Eisenhowers’ porch and gifts of sugar cookies and plum pudding arrayed in the kitchen await the arrival of the Eisenhower grandchildren. Christmas gift prints of the President’s paintings as well as the Eisenhowers’ specially designed White House Christmas cards are on exhibit. Some original decorations including a 1950s Christmas shadow box handmade for the Eisenhowers are also displayed. The dining room table set for Christmas dinner and the Eisenhowers’ Christmas records playing in the background add to the holiday atmosphere. Park interpreters are on hand to share Eisenhower family recollections of Christmas in Gettysburg. http://www.nps.gov/eise
Wed	11	Monday through Friday 1:00 - 5:00 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.	Art	Expanded Slaves, Soldiers, Citizens: African American Artifacts of the Civil War Era Exhibit	This exhibit follows African Americans on their journey from the antebellum days of slavery through the Civil War years as United States Colored Troops and freedmen to citizenship in post-bellum America. These artifacts and documents are on generous loan from the private collection of Angelo Scarlato.	300 North Washington Street Musselman Library Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-337-6390	Mr. Scarlato is a retired educator who has been collecting materials on the 19^th century African American experience, the Battle of Gettysburg and Adams County history for over 30 years. Special Collections is honored to have these unique primary sources on exhibit for our students and researchers. This exhibit coincides with Gettysburg College’s American Civil War Sesquicentennial commemoration. The College will sponsor events and programs throughout the anniversary. 2013 will mark the 150th anniversary of the enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Battle of Gettysburg, and President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. https://www.gettysburg.edu/library/news/ exhibits/slaves-soldiers-citizens.dot?host_id=1
Thu	12	Monday through Friday 1:00 - 5:00 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.	Art	Expanded Slaves, Soldiers, Citizens: African American Artifacts of the Civil War Era Exhibit	This exhibit follows African Americans on their journey from the antebellum days of slavery through the Civil War years as United States Colored Troops and freedmen to citizenship in post-bellum America. These artifacts and documents are on generous loan from the private collection of Angelo Scarlato.	300 North Washington Street Musselman Library Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-337-6390	Mr. Scarlato is a retired educator who has been collecting materials on the 19^th century African American experience, the Battle of Gettysburg and Adams County history for over 30 years. Special Collections is honored to have these unique primary sources on exhibit for our students and researchers. This exhibit coincides with Gettysburg College’s American Civil War Sesquicentennial commemoration. The College will sponsor events and programs throughout the anniversary. 2013 will mark the 150th anniversary of the enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Battle of Gettysburg, and President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. https://www.gettysburg.edu/library/news/ exhibits/slaves-soldiers-citizens.dot?host_id=1
Thu	12	Special Event Dec. 1-31 - Christmas at the Eisenhower's Christmas Holiday Reception (Dec. 10) Shuttles Depart 10:00 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm & 3:30 pm Hourly, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Holiday	An Eisenhower Christmas	The Eisenhower home is decorated for the holidays in the Eisenhower tradition with a Williamsburg-style Della Robbia wreath to welcome visitors at the front door. Inside the Eisenhower home, Mamie Eisenhower’s love of Christmas decorating is evident with mistletoe, wreaths, and poinsettias, while a candy cane-covered Christmas tree surrounded by presents brightens the living room.	1195 Baltimore Pike Shuttle Service Only Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-338-9114	A life size Santa enlivens the casual atmosphere of the Eisenhowers’ porch and gifts of sugar cookies and plum pudding arrayed in the kitchen await the arrival of the Eisenhower grandchildren. Christmas gift prints of the President’s paintings as well as the Eisenhowers’ specially designed White House Christmas cards are on exhibit. Some original decorations including a 1950s Christmas shadow box handmade for the Eisenhowers are also displayed. The dining room table set for Christmas dinner and the Eisenhowers’ Christmas records playing in the background add to the holiday atmosphere. Park interpreters are on hand to share Eisenhower family recollections of Christmas in Gettysburg. http://www.nps.gov/eise
Fri	13	Special Event Dec. 1-31 - Christmas at the Eisenhower's Christmas Holiday Reception (Dec. 10) Shuttles Depart 10:00 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm & 3:30 pm Hourly, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Holiday	An Eisenhower Christmas	The Eisenhower home is decorated for the holidays in the Eisenhower tradition with a Williamsburg-style Della Robbia wreath to welcome visitors at the front door. Inside the Eisenhower home, Mamie Eisenhower’s love of Christmas decorating is evident with mistletoe, wreaths, and poinsettias, while a candy cane-covered Christmas tree surrounded by presents brightens the living room.	1195 Baltimore Pike Shuttle Service Only Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-338-9114	A life size Santa enlivens the casual atmosphere of the Eisenhowers’ porch and gifts of sugar cookies and plum pudding arrayed in the kitchen await the arrival of the Eisenhower grandchildren. Christmas gift prints of the President’s paintings as well as the Eisenhowers’ specially designed White House Christmas cards are on exhibit. Some original decorations including a 1950s Christmas shadow box handmade for the Eisenhowers are also displayed. The dining room table set for Christmas dinner and the Eisenhowers’ Christmas records playing in the background add to the holiday atmosphere. Park interpreters are on hand to share Eisenhower family recollections of Christmas in Gettysburg. http://www.nps.gov/eise
Fri	13	Monday through Friday 1:00 - 5:00 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.	Art	Expanded Slaves, Soldiers, Citizens: African American Artifacts of the Civil War Era Exhibit	This exhibit follows African Americans on their journey from the antebellum days of slavery through the Civil War years as United States Colored Troops and freedmen to citizenship in post-bellum America. These artifacts and documents are on generous loan from the private collection of Angelo Scarlato.	300 North Washington Street Musselman Library Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-337-6390	Mr. Scarlato is a retired educator who has been collecting materials on the 19^th century African American experience, the Battle of Gettysburg and Adams County history for over 30 years. Special Collections is honored to have these unique primary sources on exhibit for our students and researchers. This exhibit coincides with Gettysburg College’s American Civil War Sesquicentennial commemoration. The College will sponsor events and programs throughout the anniversary. 2013 will mark the 150th anniversary of the enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Battle of Gettysburg, and President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. https://www.gettysburg.edu/library/news/ exhibits/slaves-soldiers-citizens.dot?host_id=1
Sat	14	Saturdays	Holiday	A Civil War Christmas at the Shriver House Experience a Candlelight Christmas Tour of the Shriver House Museum	You are cordially invited to take a candlelight tour of the Shriver House Museum decorated for an 1860’s Christmas, while hearing the story of the Shriver family and how the Battle of Gettysburg and the Civil War changed their lives forever. Christmas tours take place from November 28th through December 19th. Private tours for groups of ten or more are welcome anytime throughout the holiday season; reservations are required.	Shriver House Museum 309 Baltimore Street Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-337-2800	Take a step back in time to discover how Christmas was celebrated in the mid-1800s. Enter the 19th century home of George, Hettie, Sadie (7), and Mollie (5) Shriver as they prepare for the upcoming Christmas holidays. See the candle-ladenChristmas tree in its place of honor on the parlor table as a fire roars in the fireplace of the handsome room decorated with hand-made holiday greenery. After hanging stockings on the mantle, the girls set out milk and cookies in anticipation of a visit from Santa Claus on that magical night. While soldiers faced the perils of the Civil War, Christmas offered a few moments of cheer that would help brighten the lives of those at home. Learn how families celebrated the holidays while fathers, sons, and husbands were separated from loved ones during this tragic time in American history. For additional information on the Shriver House Museum or to make reservations for a Christmas tour, please call 717-337-2800 or visit www.shriverhouse.org.
Sat	14	Special Event Dec. 1-31 - Christmas at the Eisenhower's Christmas Holiday Reception (Dec. 10) Shuttles Depart 10:00 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm & 3:30 pm Hourly, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Holiday	An Eisenhower Christmas	The Eisenhower home is decorated for the holidays in the Eisenhower tradition with a Williamsburg-style Della Robbia wreath to welcome visitors at the front door. Inside the Eisenhower home, Mamie Eisenhower’s love of Christmas decorating is evident with mistletoe, wreaths, and poinsettias, while a candy cane-covered Christmas tree surrounded by presents brightens the living room.	1195 Baltimore Pike Shuttle Service Only Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-338-9114	A life size Santa enlivens the casual atmosphere of the Eisenhowers’ porch and gifts of sugar cookies and plum pudding arrayed in the kitchen await the arrival of the Eisenhower grandchildren. Christmas gift prints of the President’s paintings as well as the Eisenhowers’ specially designed White House Christmas cards are on exhibit. Some original decorations including a 1950s Christmas shadow box handmade for the Eisenhowers are also displayed. The dining room table set for Christmas dinner and the Eisenhowers’ Christmas records playing in the background add to the holiday atmosphere. Park interpreters are on hand to share Eisenhower family recollections of Christmas in Gettysburg. http://www.nps.gov/eise
Sun	15	Special Event Dec. 1-31 - Christmas at the Eisenhower's Christmas Holiday Reception (Dec. 10) Shuttles Depart 10:00 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm & 3:30 pm Hourly, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Holiday	An Eisenhower Christmas	The Eisenhower home is decorated for the holidays in the Eisenhower tradition with a Williamsburg-style Della Robbia wreath to welcome visitors at the front door. Inside the Eisenhower home, Mamie Eisenhower’s love of Christmas decorating is evident with mistletoe, wreaths, and poinsettias, while a candy cane-covered Christmas tree surrounded by presents brightens the living room.	1195 Baltimore Pike Shuttle Service Only Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-338-9114	A life size Santa enlivens the casual atmosphere of the Eisenhowers’ porch and gifts of sugar cookies and plum pudding arrayed in the kitchen await the arrival of the Eisenhower grandchildren. Christmas gift prints of the President’s paintings as well as the Eisenhowers’ specially designed White House Christmas cards are on exhibit. Some original decorations including a 1950s Christmas shadow box handmade for the Eisenhowers are also displayed. The dining room table set for Christmas dinner and the Eisenhowers’ Christmas records playing in the background add to the holiday atmosphere. Park interpreters are on hand to share Eisenhower family recollections of Christmas in Gettysburg. http://www.nps.gov/eise
Mon	16	Special Event Dec. 1-31 - Christmas at the Eisenhower's Christmas Holiday Reception (Dec. 10) Shuttles Depart 10:00 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm & 3:30 pm Hourly, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Holiday	An Eisenhower Christmas	The Eisenhower home is decorated for the holidays in the Eisenhower tradition with a Williamsburg-style Della Robbia wreath to welcome visitors at the front door. Inside the Eisenhower home, Mamie Eisenhower’s love of Christmas decorating is evident with mistletoe, wreaths, and poinsettias, while a candy cane-covered Christmas tree surrounded by presents brightens the living room.	1195 Baltimore Pike Shuttle Service Only Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-338-9114	A life size Santa enlivens the casual atmosphere of the Eisenhowers’ porch and gifts of sugar cookies and plum pudding arrayed in the kitchen await the arrival of the Eisenhower grandchildren. Christmas gift prints of the President’s paintings as well as the Eisenhowers’ specially designed White House Christmas cards are on exhibit. Some original decorations including a 1950s Christmas shadow box handmade for the Eisenhowers are also displayed. The dining room table set for Christmas dinner and the Eisenhowers’ Christmas records playing in the background add to the holiday atmosphere. Park interpreters are on hand to share Eisenhower family recollections of Christmas in Gettysburg. http://www.nps.gov/eise
Mon	16	Monday through Friday 1:00 - 5:00 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.	Art	Expanded Slaves, Soldiers, Citizens: African American Artifacts of the Civil War Era Exhibit	This exhibit follows African Americans on their journey from the antebellum days of slavery through the Civil War years as United States Colored Troops and freedmen to citizenship in post-bellum America. These artifacts and documents are on generous loan from the private collection of Angelo Scarlato.	300 North Washington Street Musselman Library Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-337-6390	Mr. Scarlato is a retired educator who has been collecting materials on the 19^th century African American experience, the Battle of Gettysburg and Adams County history for over 30 years. Special Collections is honored to have these unique primary sources on exhibit for our students and researchers. This exhibit coincides with Gettysburg College’s American Civil War Sesquicentennial commemoration. The College will sponsor events and programs throughout the anniversary. 2013 will mark the 150th anniversary of the enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Battle of Gettysburg, and President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. https://www.gettysburg.edu/library/news/ exhibits/slaves-soldiers-citizens.dot?host_id=1
Tue	17	Monday through Friday 1:00 - 5:00 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.	Art	Expanded Slaves, Soldiers, Citizens: African American Artifacts of the Civil War Era Exhibit	This exhibit follows African Americans on their journey from the antebellum days of slavery through the Civil War years as United States Colored Troops and freedmen to citizenship in post-bellum America. These artifacts and documents are on generous loan from the private collection of Angelo Scarlato.	300 North Washington Street Musselman Library Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-337-6390	Mr. Scarlato is a retired educator who has been collecting materials on the 19^th century African American experience, the Battle of Gettysburg and Adams County history for over 30 years. Special Collections is honored to have these unique primary sources on exhibit for our students and researchers. This exhibit coincides with Gettysburg College’s American Civil War Sesquicentennial commemoration. The College will sponsor events and programs throughout the anniversary. 2013 will mark the 150th anniversary of the enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Battle of Gettysburg, and President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. https://www.gettysburg.edu/library/news/ exhibits/slaves-soldiers-citizens.dot?host_id=1
Tue	17	Special Event Dec. 1-31 - Christmas at the Eisenhower's Christmas Holiday Reception (Dec. 10) Shuttles Depart 10:00 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm & 3:30 pm Hourly, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Holiday	An Eisenhower Christmas	The Eisenhower home is decorated for the holidays in the Eisenhower tradition with a Williamsburg-style Della Robbia wreath to welcome visitors at the front door. Inside the Eisenhower home, Mamie Eisenhower’s love of Christmas decorating is evident with mistletoe, wreaths, and poinsettias, while a candy cane-covered Christmas tree surrounded by presents brightens the living room.	1195 Baltimore Pike Shuttle Service Only Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-338-9114	A life size Santa enlivens the casual atmosphere of the Eisenhowers’ porch and gifts of sugar cookies and plum pudding arrayed in the kitchen await the arrival of the Eisenhower grandchildren. Christmas gift prints of the President’s paintings as well as the Eisenhowers’ specially designed White House Christmas cards are on exhibit. Some original decorations including a 1950s Christmas shadow box handmade for the Eisenhowers are also displayed. The dining room table set for Christmas dinner and the Eisenhowers’ Christmas records playing in the background add to the holiday atmosphere. Park interpreters are on hand to share Eisenhower family recollections of Christmas in Gettysburg. http://www.nps.gov/eise
Wed	18	Special Event Dec. 1-31 - Christmas at the Eisenhower's Christmas Holiday Reception (Dec. 10) Shuttles Depart 10:00 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm & 3:30 pm Hourly, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Holiday	An Eisenhower Christmas	The Eisenhower home is decorated for the holidays in the Eisenhower tradition with a Williamsburg-style Della Robbia wreath to welcome visitors at the front door. Inside the Eisenhower home, Mamie Eisenhower’s love of Christmas decorating is evident with mistletoe, wreaths, and poinsettias, while a candy cane-covered Christmas tree surrounded by presents brightens the living room.	1195 Baltimore Pike Shuttle Service Only Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-338-9114	A life size Santa enlivens the casual atmosphere of the Eisenhowers’ porch and gifts of sugar cookies and plum pudding arrayed in the kitchen await the arrival of the Eisenhower grandchildren. Christmas gift prints of the President’s paintings as well as the Eisenhowers’ specially designed White House Christmas cards are on exhibit. Some original decorations including a 1950s Christmas shadow box handmade for the Eisenhowers are also displayed. The dining room table set for Christmas dinner and the Eisenhowers’ Christmas records playing in the background add to the holiday atmosphere. Park interpreters are on hand to share Eisenhower family recollections of Christmas in Gettysburg. http://www.nps.gov/eise
Wed	18	Monday through Friday 1:00 - 5:00 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.	Art	Expanded Slaves, Soldiers, Citizens: African American Artifacts of the Civil War Era Exhibit	This exhibit follows African Americans on their journey from the antebellum days of slavery through the Civil War years as United States Colored Troops and freedmen to citizenship in post-bellum America. These artifacts and documents are on generous loan from the private collection of Angelo Scarlato.	300 North Washington Street Musselman Library Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-337-6390	Mr. Scarlato is a retired educator who has been collecting materials on the 19^th century African American experience, the Battle of Gettysburg and Adams County history for over 30 years. Special Collections is honored to have these unique primary sources on exhibit for our students and researchers. This exhibit coincides with Gettysburg College’s American Civil War Sesquicentennial commemoration. The College will sponsor events and programs throughout the anniversary. 2013 will mark the 150th anniversary of the enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Battle of Gettysburg, and President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. https://www.gettysburg.edu/library/news/ exhibits/slaves-soldiers-citizens.dot?host_id=1
Thu	19	Monday through Friday 1:00 - 5:00 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.	Art	Expanded Slaves, Soldiers, Citizens: African American Artifacts of the Civil War Era Exhibit	This exhibit follows African Americans on their journey from the antebellum days of slavery through the Civil War years as United States Colored Troops and freedmen to citizenship in post-bellum America. These artifacts and documents are on generous loan from the private collection of Angelo Scarlato.	300 North Washington Street Musselman Library Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-337-6390	Mr. Scarlato is a retired educator who has been collecting materials on the 19^th century African American experience, the Battle of Gettysburg and Adams County history for over 30 years. Special Collections is honored to have these unique primary sources on exhibit for our students and researchers. This exhibit coincides with Gettysburg College’s American Civil War Sesquicentennial commemoration. The College will sponsor events and programs throughout the anniversary. 2013 will mark the 150th anniversary of the enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Battle of Gettysburg, and President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. https://www.gettysburg.edu/library/news/ exhibits/slaves-soldiers-citizens.dot?host_id=1
Thu	19	Special Event Dec. 1-31 - Christmas at the Eisenhower's Christmas Holiday Reception (Dec. 10) Shuttles Depart 10:00 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm & 3:30 pm Hourly, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Holiday	An Eisenhower Christmas	The Eisenhower home is decorated for the holidays in the Eisenhower tradition with a Williamsburg-style Della Robbia wreath to welcome visitors at the front door. Inside the Eisenhower home, Mamie Eisenhower’s love of Christmas decorating is evident with mistletoe, wreaths, and poinsettias, while a candy cane-covered Christmas tree surrounded by presents brightens the living room.	1195 Baltimore Pike Shuttle Service Only Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-338-9114	A life size Santa enlivens the casual atmosphere of the Eisenhowers’ porch and gifts of sugar cookies and plum pudding arrayed in the kitchen await the arrival of the Eisenhower grandchildren. Christmas gift prints of the President’s paintings as well as the Eisenhowers’ specially designed White House Christmas cards are on exhibit. Some original decorations including a 1950s Christmas shadow box handmade for the Eisenhowers are also displayed. The dining room table set for Christmas dinner and the Eisenhowers’ Christmas records playing in the background add to the holiday atmosphere. Park interpreters are on hand to share Eisenhower family recollections of Christmas in Gettysburg. http://www.nps.gov/eise
Fri	20	Special Event Dec. 1-31 - Christmas at the Eisenhower's Christmas Holiday Reception (Dec. 10) Shuttles Depart 10:00 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm & 3:30 pm Hourly, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Holiday	An Eisenhower Christmas	The Eisenhower home is decorated for the holidays in the Eisenhower tradition with a Williamsburg-style Della Robbia wreath to welcome visitors at the front door. Inside the Eisenhower home, Mamie Eisenhower’s love of Christmas decorating is evident with mistletoe, wreaths, and poinsettias, while a candy cane-covered Christmas tree surrounded by presents brightens the living room.	1195 Baltimore Pike Shuttle Service Only Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-338-9114	A life size Santa enlivens the casual atmosphere of the Eisenhowers’ porch and gifts of sugar cookies and plum pudding arrayed in the kitchen await the arrival of the Eisenhower grandchildren. Christmas gift prints of the President’s paintings as well as the Eisenhowers’ specially designed White House Christmas cards are on exhibit. Some original decorations including a 1950s Christmas shadow box handmade for the Eisenhowers are also displayed. The dining room table set for Christmas dinner and the Eisenhowers’ Christmas records playing in the background add to the holiday atmosphere. Park interpreters are on hand to share Eisenhower family recollections of Christmas in Gettysburg. http://www.nps.gov/eise
Fri	20	Monday through Friday 1:00 - 5:00 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.	Art	Expanded Slaves, Soldiers, Citizens: African American Artifacts of the Civil War Era Exhibit	This exhibit follows African Americans on their journey from the antebellum days of slavery through the Civil War years as United States Colored Troops and freedmen to citizenship in post-bellum America. These artifacts and documents are on generous loan from the private collection of Angelo Scarlato.	300 North Washington Street Musselman Library Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-337-6390	Mr. Scarlato is a retired educator who has been collecting materials on the 19^th century African American experience, the Battle of Gettysburg and Adams County history for over 30 years. Special Collections is honored to have these unique primary sources on exhibit for our students and researchers. This exhibit coincides with Gettysburg College’s American Civil War Sesquicentennial commemoration. The College will sponsor events and programs throughout the anniversary. 2013 will mark the 150th anniversary of the enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Battle of Gettysburg, and President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. https://www.gettysburg.edu/library/news/ exhibits/slaves-soldiers-citizens.dot?host_id=1
Sat	21	Saturdays	Holiday	A Civil War Christmas at the Shriver House Experience a Candlelight Christmas Tour of the Shriver House Museum	You are cordially invited to take a candlelight tour of the Shriver House Museum decorated for an 1860’s Christmas, while hearing the story of the Shriver family and how the Battle of Gettysburg and the Civil War changed their lives forever. Christmas tours take place from November 28th through December 19th. Private tours for groups of ten or more are welcome anytime throughout the holiday season; reservations are required.	Shriver House Museum 309 Baltimore Street Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-337-2800	Take a step back in time to discover how Christmas was celebrated in the mid-1800s. Enter the 19th century home of George, Hettie, Sadie (7), and Mollie (5) Shriver as they prepare for the upcoming Christmas holidays. See the candle-ladenChristmas tree in its place of honor on the parlor table as a fire roars in the fireplace of the handsome room decorated with hand-made holiday greenery. After hanging stockings on the mantle, the girls set out milk and cookies in anticipation of a visit from Santa Claus on that magical night. While soldiers faced the perils of the Civil War, Christmas offered a few moments of cheer that would help brighten the lives of those at home. Learn how families celebrated the holidays while fathers, sons, and husbands were separated from loved ones during this tragic time in American history. For additional information on the Shriver House Museum or to make reservations for a Christmas tour, please call 717-337-2800 or visit www.shriverhouse.org.
Sat	21	Special Event Dec. 1-31 - Christmas at the Eisenhower's Christmas Holiday Reception (Dec. 10) Shuttles Depart 10:00 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm & 3:30 pm Hourly, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Holiday	An Eisenhower Christmas	The Eisenhower home is decorated for the holidays in the Eisenhower tradition with a Williamsburg-style Della Robbia wreath to welcome visitors at the front door. Inside the Eisenhower home, Mamie Eisenhower’s love of Christmas decorating is evident with mistletoe, wreaths, and poinsettias, while a candy cane-covered Christmas tree surrounded by presents brightens the living room.	1195 Baltimore Pike Shuttle Service Only Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-338-9114	A life size Santa enlivens the casual atmosphere of the Eisenhowers’ porch and gifts of sugar cookies and plum pudding arrayed in the kitchen await the arrival of the Eisenhower grandchildren. Christmas gift prints of the President’s paintings as well as the Eisenhowers’ specially designed White House Christmas cards are on exhibit. Some original decorations including a 1950s Christmas shadow box handmade for the Eisenhowers are also displayed. The dining room table set for Christmas dinner and the Eisenhowers’ Christmas records playing in the background add to the holiday atmosphere. Park interpreters are on hand to share Eisenhower family recollections of Christmas in Gettysburg. http://www.nps.gov/eise
Sun	22	Special Event Dec. 1-31 - Christmas at the Eisenhower's Christmas Holiday Reception (Dec. 10) Shuttles Depart 10:00 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm & 3:30 pm Hourly, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Holiday	An Eisenhower Christmas	The Eisenhower home is decorated for the holidays in the Eisenhower tradition with a Williamsburg-style Della Robbia wreath to welcome visitors at the front door. Inside the Eisenhower home, Mamie Eisenhower’s love of Christmas decorating is evident with mistletoe, wreaths, and poinsettias, while a candy cane-covered Christmas tree surrounded by presents brightens the living room.	1195 Baltimore Pike Shuttle Service Only Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-338-9114	A life size Santa enlivens the casual atmosphere of the Eisenhowers’ porch and gifts of sugar cookies and plum pudding arrayed in the kitchen await the arrival of the Eisenhower grandchildren. Christmas gift prints of the President’s paintings as well as the Eisenhowers’ specially designed White House Christmas cards are on exhibit. Some original decorations including a 1950s Christmas shadow box handmade for the Eisenhowers are also displayed. The dining room table set for Christmas dinner and the Eisenhowers’ Christmas records playing in the background add to the holiday atmosphere. Park interpreters are on hand to share Eisenhower family recollections of Christmas in Gettysburg. http://www.nps.gov/eise
Mon	23	Special Event Dec. 1-31 - Christmas at the Eisenhower's Christmas Holiday Reception (Dec. 10) Shuttles Depart 10:00 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm & 3:30 pm Hourly, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Holiday	An Eisenhower Christmas	The Eisenhower home is decorated for the holidays in the Eisenhower tradition with a Williamsburg-style Della Robbia wreath to welcome visitors at the front door. Inside the Eisenhower home, Mamie Eisenhower’s love of Christmas decorating is evident with mistletoe, wreaths, and poinsettias, while a candy cane-covered Christmas tree surrounded by presents brightens the living room.	1195 Baltimore Pike Shuttle Service Only Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-338-9114	A life size Santa enlivens the casual atmosphere of the Eisenhowers’ porch and gifts of sugar cookies and plum pudding arrayed in the kitchen await the arrival of the Eisenhower grandchildren. Christmas gift prints of the President’s paintings as well as the Eisenhowers’ specially designed White House Christmas cards are on exhibit. Some original decorations including a 1950s Christmas shadow box handmade for the Eisenhowers are also displayed. The dining room table set for Christmas dinner and the Eisenhowers’ Christmas records playing in the background add to the holiday atmosphere. Park interpreters are on hand to share Eisenhower family recollections of Christmas in Gettysburg. http://www.nps.gov/eise
Mon	23	Monday through Friday 1:00 - 5:00 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.	Art	Expanded Slaves, Soldiers, Citizens: African American Artifacts of the Civil War Era Exhibit	This exhibit follows African Americans on their journey from the antebellum days of slavery through the Civil War years as United States Colored Troops and freedmen to citizenship in post-bellum America. These artifacts and documents are on generous loan from the private collection of Angelo Scarlato.	300 North Washington Street Musselman Library Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-337-6390	Mr. Scarlato is a retired educator who has been collecting materials on the 19^th century African American experience, the Battle of Gettysburg and Adams County history for over 30 years. Special Collections is honored to have these unique primary sources on exhibit for our students and researchers. This exhibit coincides with Gettysburg College’s American Civil War Sesquicentennial commemoration. The College will sponsor events and programs throughout the anniversary. 2013 will mark the 150th anniversary of the enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Battle of Gettysburg, and President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. https://www.gettysburg.edu/library/news/ exhibits/slaves-soldiers-citizens.dot?host_id=1
Tue	24	Monday through Friday 1:00 - 5:00 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.	Art	Expanded Slaves, Soldiers, Citizens: African American Artifacts of the Civil War Era Exhibit	This exhibit follows African Americans on their journey from the antebellum days of slavery through the Civil War years as United States Colored Troops and freedmen to citizenship in post-bellum America. These artifacts and documents are on generous loan from the private collection of Angelo Scarlato.	300 North Washington Street Musselman Library Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-337-6390	Mr. Scarlato is a retired educator who has been collecting materials on the 19^th century African American experience, the Battle of Gettysburg and Adams County history for over 30 years. Special Collections is honored to have these unique primary sources on exhibit for our students and researchers. This exhibit coincides with Gettysburg College’s American Civil War Sesquicentennial commemoration. The College will sponsor events and programs throughout the anniversary. 2013 will mark the 150th anniversary of the enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Battle of Gettysburg, and President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. https://www.gettysburg.edu/library/news/ exhibits/slaves-soldiers-citizens.dot?host_id=1
Tue	24	Special Event Dec. 1-31 - Christmas at the Eisenhower's Christmas Holiday Reception (Dec. 10) Shuttles Depart 10:00 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm & 3:30 pm Hourly, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Holiday	An Eisenhower Christmas	The Eisenhower home is decorated for the holidays in the Eisenhower tradition with a Williamsburg-style Della Robbia wreath to welcome visitors at the front door. Inside the Eisenhower home, Mamie Eisenhower’s love of Christmas decorating is evident with mistletoe, wreaths, and poinsettias, while a candy cane-covered Christmas tree surrounded by presents brightens the living room.	1195 Baltimore Pike Shuttle Service Only Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-338-9114	A life size Santa enlivens the casual atmosphere of the Eisenhowers’ porch and gifts of sugar cookies and plum pudding arrayed in the kitchen await the arrival of the Eisenhower grandchildren. Christmas gift prints of the President’s paintings as well as the Eisenhowers’ specially designed White House Christmas cards are on exhibit. Some original decorations including a 1950s Christmas shadow box handmade for the Eisenhowers are also displayed. The dining room table set for Christmas dinner and the Eisenhowers’ Christmas records playing in the background add to the holiday atmosphere. Park interpreters are on hand to share Eisenhower family recollections of Christmas in Gettysburg. http://www.nps.gov/eise
Wed	25	Have	A	Wonderful	Christmas	from all	of us at	The Dobbin House and Gettysburg.com
Thu	26	Special Event Dec. 1-31 - Christmas at the Eisenhower's Christmas Holiday Reception (Dec. 10) Shuttles Depart 10:00 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm & 3:30 pm Hourly, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Holiday	An Eisenhower Christmas	The Eisenhower home is decorated for the holidays in the Eisenhower tradition with a Williamsburg-style Della Robbia wreath to welcome visitors at the front door. Inside the Eisenhower home, Mamie Eisenhower’s love of Christmas decorating is evident with mistletoe, wreaths, and poinsettias, while a candy cane-covered Christmas tree surrounded by presents brightens the living room.	1195 Baltimore Pike Shuttle Service Only Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-338-9114	A life size Santa enlivens the casual atmosphere of the Eisenhowers’ porch and gifts of sugar cookies and plum pudding arrayed in the kitchen await the arrival of the Eisenhower grandchildren. Christmas gift prints of the President’s paintings as well as the Eisenhowers’ specially designed White House Christmas cards are on exhibit. Some original decorations including a 1950s Christmas shadow box handmade for the Eisenhowers are also displayed. The dining room table set for Christmas dinner and the Eisenhowers’ Christmas records playing in the background add to the holiday atmosphere. Park interpreters are on hand to share Eisenhower family recollections of Christmas in Gettysburg. http://www.nps.gov/eise
Thu	26	Monday through Friday 1:00 - 5:00 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.	Art	Expanded Slaves, Soldiers, Citizens: African American Artifacts of the Civil War Era Exhibit	This exhibit follows African Americans on their journey from the antebellum days of slavery through the Civil War years as United States Colored Troops and freedmen to citizenship in post-bellum America. These artifacts and documents are on generous loan from the private collection of Angelo Scarlato.	300 North Washington Street Musselman Library Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-337-6390	Mr. Scarlato is a retired educator who has been collecting materials on the 19^th century African American experience, the Battle of Gettysburg and Adams County history for over 30 years. Special Collections is honored to have these unique primary sources on exhibit for our students and researchers. This exhibit coincides with Gettysburg College’s American Civil War Sesquicentennial commemoration. The College will sponsor events and programs throughout the anniversary. 2013 will mark the 150th anniversary of the enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Battle of Gettysburg, and President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. https://www.gettysburg.edu/library/news/ exhibits/slaves-soldiers-citizens.dot?host_id=1
Fri	27	Monday through Friday 1:00 - 5:00 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.	Art	Expanded Slaves, Soldiers, Citizens: African American Artifacts of the Civil War Era Exhibit	This exhibit follows African Americans on their journey from the antebellum days of slavery through the Civil War years as United States Colored Troops and freedmen to citizenship in post-bellum America. These artifacts and documents are on generous loan from the private collection of Angelo Scarlato.	300 North Washington Street Musselman Library Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-337-6390	Mr. Scarlato is a retired educator who has been collecting materials on the 19^th century African American experience, the Battle of Gettysburg and Adams County history for over 30 years. Special Collections is honored to have these unique primary sources on exhibit for our students and researchers. This exhibit coincides with Gettysburg College’s American Civil War Sesquicentennial commemoration. The College will sponsor events and programs throughout the anniversary. 2013 will mark the 150th anniversary of the enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Battle of Gettysburg, and President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. https://www.gettysburg.edu/library/news/ exhibits/slaves-soldiers-citizens.dot?host_id=1
Fri	27	Special Event Dec. 1-31 - Christmas at the Eisenhower's Christmas Holiday Reception (Dec. 10) Shuttles Depart 10:00 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm & 3:30 pm Hourly, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Holiday	An Eisenhower Christmas	The Eisenhower home is decorated for the holidays in the Eisenhower tradition with a Williamsburg-style Della Robbia wreath to welcome visitors at the front door. Inside the Eisenhower home, Mamie Eisenhower’s love of Christmas decorating is evident with mistletoe, wreaths, and poinsettias, while a candy cane-covered Christmas tree surrounded by presents brightens the living room.	1195 Baltimore Pike Shuttle Service Only Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-338-9114	A life size Santa enlivens the casual atmosphere of the Eisenhowers’ porch and gifts of sugar cookies and plum pudding arrayed in the kitchen await the arrival of the Eisenhower grandchildren. Christmas gift prints of the President’s paintings as well as the Eisenhowers’ specially designed White House Christmas cards are on exhibit. Some original decorations including a 1950s Christmas shadow box handmade for the Eisenhowers are also displayed. The dining room table set for Christmas dinner and the Eisenhowers’ Christmas records playing in the background add to the holiday atmosphere. Park interpreters are on hand to share Eisenhower family recollections of Christmas in Gettysburg. http://www.nps.gov/eise
Sat	28	Saturdays	Holiday	A Civil War Christmas at the Shriver House Experience a Candlelight Christmas Tour of the Shriver House Museum	You are cordially invited to take a candlelight tour of the Shriver House Museum decorated for an 1860’s Christmas, while hearing the story of the Shriver family and how the Battle of Gettysburg and the Civil War changed their lives forever. Christmas tours take place from November 28th through December 19th. Private tours for groups of ten or more are welcome anytime throughout the holiday season; reservations are required.	Shriver House Museum 309 Baltimore Street Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-337-2800	Take a step back in time to discover how Christmas was celebrated in the mid-1800s. Enter the 19th century home of George, Hettie, Sadie (7), and Mollie (5) Shriver as they prepare for the upcoming Christmas holidays. See the candle-ladenChristmas tree in its place of honor on the parlor table as a fire roars in the fireplace of the handsome room decorated with hand-made holiday greenery. After hanging stockings on the mantle, the girls set out milk and cookies in anticipation of a visit from Santa Claus on that magical night. While soldiers faced the perils of the Civil War, Christmas offered a few moments of cheer that would help brighten the lives of those at home. Learn how families celebrated the holidays while fathers, sons, and husbands were separated from loved ones during this tragic time in American history. For additional information on the Shriver House Museum or to make reservations for a Christmas tour, please call 717-337-2800 or visit www.shriverhouse.org.
Sat	28	Special Event Dec. 1-31 - Christmas at the Eisenhower's Christmas Holiday Reception (Dec. 10) Shuttles Depart 10:00 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm & 3:30 pm Hourly, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Holiday	An Eisenhower Christmas	The Eisenhower home is decorated for the holidays in the Eisenhower tradition with a Williamsburg-style Della Robbia wreath to welcome visitors at the front door. Inside the Eisenhower home, Mamie Eisenhower’s love of Christmas decorating is evident with mistletoe, wreaths, and poinsettias, while a candy cane-covered Christmas tree surrounded by presents brightens the living room.	1195 Baltimore Pike Shuttle Service Only Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-338-9114	A life size Santa enlivens the casual atmosphere of the Eisenhowers’ porch and gifts of sugar cookies and plum pudding arrayed in the kitchen await the arrival of the Eisenhower grandchildren. Christmas gift prints of the President’s paintings as well as the Eisenhowers’ specially designed White House Christmas cards are on exhibit. Some original decorations including a 1950s Christmas shadow box handmade for the Eisenhowers are also displayed. The dining room table set for Christmas dinner and the Eisenhowers’ Christmas records playing in the background add to the holiday atmosphere. Park interpreters are on hand to share Eisenhower family recollections of Christmas in Gettysburg. http://www.nps.gov/eise
Sun	29	Special Event Dec. 1-31 - Christmas at the Eisenhower's Christmas Holiday Reception (Dec. 10) Shuttles Depart 10:00 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm & 3:30 pm Hourly, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Holiday	An Eisenhower Christmas	The Eisenhower home is decorated for the holidays in the Eisenhower tradition with a Williamsburg-style Della Robbia wreath to welcome visitors at the front door. Inside the Eisenhower home, Mamie Eisenhower’s love of Christmas decorating is evident with mistletoe, wreaths, and poinsettias, while a candy cane-covered Christmas tree surrounded by presents brightens the living room.	1195 Baltimore Pike Shuttle Service Only Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-338-9114	A life size Santa enlivens the casual atmosphere of the Eisenhowers’ porch and gifts of sugar cookies and plum pudding arrayed in the kitchen await the arrival of the Eisenhower grandchildren. Christmas gift prints of the President’s paintings as well as the Eisenhowers’ specially designed White House Christmas cards are on exhibit. Some original decorations including a 1950s Christmas shadow box handmade for the Eisenhowers are also displayed. The dining room table set for Christmas dinner and the Eisenhowers’ Christmas records playing in the background add to the holiday atmosphere. Park interpreters are on hand to share Eisenhower family recollections of Christmas in Gettysburg. http://www.nps.gov/eise
Mon	30	Special Event Dec. 1-31 - Christmas at the Eisenhower's Christmas Holiday Reception (Dec. 10) Shuttles Depart 10:00 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm & 3:30 pm Hourly, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Holiday	An Eisenhower Christmas	The Eisenhower home is decorated for the holidays in the Eisenhower tradition with a Williamsburg-style Della Robbia wreath to welcome visitors at the front door. Inside the Eisenhower home, Mamie Eisenhower’s love of Christmas decorating is evident with mistletoe, wreaths, and poinsettias, while a candy cane-covered Christmas tree surrounded by presents brightens the living room.	1195 Baltimore Pike Shuttle Service Only Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-338-9114	A life size Santa enlivens the casual atmosphere of the Eisenhowers’ porch and gifts of sugar cookies and plum pudding arrayed in the kitchen await the arrival of the Eisenhower grandchildren. Christmas gift prints of the President’s paintings as well as the Eisenhowers’ specially designed White House Christmas cards are on exhibit. Some original decorations including a 1950s Christmas shadow box handmade for the Eisenhowers are also displayed. The dining room table set for Christmas dinner and the Eisenhowers’ Christmas records playing in the background add to the holiday atmosphere. Park interpreters are on hand to share Eisenhower family recollections of Christmas in Gettysburg. http://www.nps.gov/eise
Mon	30	Monday through Friday 1:00 - 5:00 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.	Art	Expanded Slaves, Soldiers, Citizens: African American Artifacts of the Civil War Era Exhibit	This exhibit follows African Americans on their journey from the antebellum days of slavery through the Civil War years as United States Colored Troops and freedmen to citizenship in post-bellum America. These artifacts and documents are on generous loan from the private collection of Angelo Scarlato.	300 North Washington Street Musselman Library Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-337-6390	Mr. Scarlato is a retired educator who has been collecting materials on the 19^th century African American experience, the Battle of Gettysburg and Adams County history for over 30 years. Special Collections is honored to have these unique primary sources on exhibit for our students and researchers. This exhibit coincides with Gettysburg College’s American Civil War Sesquicentennial commemoration. The College will sponsor events and programs throughout the anniversary. 2013 will mark the 150th anniversary of the enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Battle of Gettysburg, and President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. https://www.gettysburg.edu/library/news/ exhibits/slaves-soldiers-citizens.dot?host_id=1
Tue	31	Monday through Friday 1:00 - 5:00 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.	Art	Expanded Slaves, Soldiers, Citizens: African American Artifacts of the Civil War Era Exhibit	This exhibit follows African Americans on their journey from the antebellum days of slavery through the Civil War years as United States Colored Troops and freedmen to citizenship in post-bellum America. These artifacts and documents are on generous loan from the private collection of Angelo Scarlato.	300 North Washington Street Musselman Library Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-337-6390	Mr. Scarlato is a retired educator who has been collecting materials on the 19^th century African American experience, the Battle of Gettysburg and Adams County history for over 30 years. Special Collections is honored to have these unique primary sources on exhibit for our students and researchers. This exhibit coincides with Gettysburg College’s American Civil War Sesquicentennial commemoration. The College will sponsor events and programs throughout the anniversary. 2013 will mark the 150th anniversary of the enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Battle of Gettysburg, and President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. https://www.gettysburg.edu/library/news/ exhibits/slaves-soldiers-citizens.dot?host_id=1
Tue	31	Special Event Dec. 1-31 - Christmas at the Eisenhower's Christmas Holiday Reception (Dec. 10) Shuttles Depart 10:00 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm & 3:30 pm Hourly, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Holiday	An Eisenhower Christmas	The Eisenhower home is decorated for the holidays in the Eisenhower tradition with a Williamsburg-style Della Robbia wreath to welcome visitors at the front door. Inside the Eisenhower home, Mamie Eisenhower’s love of Christmas decorating is evident with mistletoe, wreaths, and poinsettias, while a candy cane-covered Christmas tree surrounded by presents brightens the living room.	1195 Baltimore Pike Shuttle Service Only Gettysburg, PA 17325	717-338-9114	A life size Santa enlivens the casual atmosphere of the Eisenhowers’ porch and gifts of sugar cookies and plum pudding arrayed in the kitchen await the arrival of the Eisenhower grandchildren. Christmas gift prints of the President’s paintings as well as the Eisenhowers’ specially designed White House Christmas cards are on exhibit. Some original decorations including a 1950s Christmas shadow box handmade for the Eisenhowers are also displayed. The dining room table set for Christmas dinner and the Eisenhowers’ Christmas records playing in the background add to the holiday atmosphere. Park interpreters are on hand to share Eisenhower family recollections of Christmas in Gettysburg. http://www.nps.gov/eise
Tue	31		Holiday	New Year's Eve Celebration	Entertainment at downtown venues, fireworks and party in Lincoln Square.	Lincoln Square Gettysburg, Pa	717-334-5006	http://www.adamsarts.org

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