York Civil War Round Table

On June 16, 2021 the York Civil War Round Table will feature speaker Codie Eash and his presentation entitled “‘The Old Keystone State Speaks Today’: Gettysburg’s Pennsylvania Veterans Reunion of 1889”.

This program will be held in person in the Meeting Hall of the York County History Center and streamed online.  Due to restrictions related to COVID-19, pre-reservation seating/tickets are needed for this program.

To register for in-person seating CLICK HERE.
To Register for the ZOOM ONLY, CLICK HERE

Update to Covid procedures:

For those who are vaccinated, masks are encouraged but not required while on-site.
We will clean and sanitize high-touch, high-traffic areas, with deep cleaning when the building is closed.
We encourage use of our sanitizing stations when necessary.
If you are feeling ill, please do not come on site.

Of the 90,000 soldiers who served under the United States flag at the Battle of Gettysburg, nearly one-third were Pennsylvanians. Twenty-six years later, on September 11 and 12, 1889, many of those veterans returned to Adams County for Pennsylvania Day, a 48-hour festival which commemorated the wartime service of the men from the Keystone State. Tens of thousands of visitors gathered to witness this spectacle, to dedicate most of the Pennsylvania monuments upon the Gettysburg battlefield, and to deliver and listen to speeches about combat, death, union, treason, slavery, and emancipation. Join Codie Eash for a discussion about what those who were present said and did during their return to Gettysburg, when their words and actions illustrated their collective memory of participating in the Civil War’s bloodiest battle upon the soil of the state they called home. Codie Eash serves as Operations Manager at Seminary Ridge Museum and Education Center in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and is a 2014 graduate of Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania.  Codie regularly lectures for National Park Service sites, historical societies, Civil War roundtables, and educational groups. He has published articles and essays in local newspapers, regional magazines, and national history journals.

Founded as the White Rose Civil War Round Table, the York CWRT holds monthly meetings the third Wednesday of every month except December at 7:00 p.m.  Each meeting features a guest speaker talking about a Civil War topic of local or national interest. Meetings are FREE and open to the public. Click here for more information on upcoming programs.