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The Federal Building is a historic structure in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.It was erected in 1913, the 50th anniversary year of the Battle of Gettysburg. [1] The main Adams County Library building since 1992, it previously served as the War Department/National Park Service headquarters of the Gettysburg National Military Park from 1912 to 1962 and as a branch of the United States Post Office.
Adams County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.As of the 2020 census, the population was 103,852. [2] Its county seat is Gettysburg. [3] The county was created on January 22, 1800, from part of York County, and was named for the second President of the United States, John Adams.
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Gettysburg National Military Park, near Gettysburg 39°48′43″N 77°14′39″W / 39.811944°N 77.244167°W / 39.811944; -77.244167 ( Gettysburg National Military Cumberland , Highland , and Straban Townships
Gettysburg (/ ˈ ɡ ɛ t i z b ɜːr ɡ /; locally / ˈ ɡ ɛ t ɪ s b ɜːr ɡ / ⓘ) [4] is a borough in Pennsylvania and the county seat of Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. [5] As of the 2020 census , the borough had a population of 7,106 people.
They rejected proposals from Carlisle, Pennsylvania (at Dickinson College) and Hagerstown [6] and the "Gettysburg Theological Seminary" [7] was established on August 1, 1826. [8] Schmucker was elected the first professor and the seminary opened with eight [9] students on September 5, 1826, [10] in the Gettysburg Academy building, [11] which had ...
Elizabeth Möser Thorn (December 28, 1832 – October 17, 1907) was an American cemetery caretaker who served as the caretaker of Evergreen Cemetery in Adams County, Pennsylvania, while her husband was serving in the Union Army. While pregnant, Thorn buried approximately one hundred soldiers who had died at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. [1] [2]
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