Welcome to
the Most important Round Table, in the Most important small town,
at the Most important Battlefield,
in the Most important Country
in the World.
Joe Mieczkowski, Past President
Thurs., July 23rd Evergreen Cemetery Part 2
Presented by Deb Novotny
Tour starts at 6:30 P.M.
Please meet at the Elizabeth Thorn Women’s Memorial.
Park along the Baltimore Pike south of the Gatehouse is best
Deb Novotny has been a Licensed Battlefield Guide for over 50 years and is a retired American History teacher of 35 years. She has served on the Boards of the Gettysburg Civil War Round Table, the Historic Gettysburg Adams County Preservation organization, and the Association of Licensed Battlefield Guides. Deb was one of the first two women elected to the Board of Trustees of the Historic Evergreen Cemetery and is currently the Cemetery’s President. She is also a member of the Adams County Historical Society. Deb earned her Bachelor Degree of Secondary Education (1972) and Masters of Arts in American History (1978) at the California University of Pennsylvania. She is a member of Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society. She lives in the Adam Butt school house which was used by Wright’s Georgia Brigade as a field hospital. Dr. O’Neal recorded the names of nine soldiers buried at the school.
The walking tour of Evergreen will visit the last resting places of I’m hoping to include the graves of Gettysburg’s First Settler, Postmaster, Dry Goods owner, Weatherman, Cannon carriage maker, Baseball Hall of Famer, Pittsburgh Steeler, first Hospital name honoree, Cartoonist, Civil War Nurse, Two Artillery-damaged tombstones, Democrat owner of Penelope, Town Council President, Renter of the house where Gen. Reynolds’ body was taken, One Very Lucky Lady, Lincoln’s Host & Hostess, and maybe a few more if time permits!
Meetings held between September and May begin at 7:00 p.m. at the Adams County Historical Society.
During the Summer we meet on the battlefield.Please check our further meeting page for our summer excursions. These are not live streamed.
You can view May's Meeting at the link below:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1b6SpRJNjA/
For questions concerning the Gettysburg Civil War Roundtable please feel free to email GettysburgCWRoundtable@gmail.com, and someone will get back to you as soon as possible.