🌱 See how Gettysburg marked America’s 250th with cannons, cavalry and cake

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In today's newsletter:

• See how Gettysburg marked America’s 250th with cannons, cavalry and cake
• Meet the Gettysburg guide turning a family tragedy into living history

Also on today's calendar: Purcellville Wine and Food Festival and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the new employee hide from his boss? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Monday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 82 and low of 67 degrees.
• Tuesday: Showers around; not as warm, temps: high: 76, low: 68.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny and humid, with a high of 80 and low of 68 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• America Celebrates Its 250th Birthday (myrtlebeachonline.com) — Gettysburg played a vivid role in America’s 250th birthday, with Civil War reenactors, demonstrations on horseback, and celebrations at Daniel Lady Farm drawing visitors despite the heat. The story also sweeps across the country, from massive Washington, D.C., festivities and weather delays to tall ships in New York and parades, fireworks, and naturalization ceremonies nationwide.
   

• AMERICA 250: Keystone to History (wgal.com) — Gettysburg appears here through a volunteer battlefield guide who shares his ancestor’s story of being wounded and dying there, using tours to connect visitors with the human cost of the Civil War. The broader feature traces how sites from Philadelphia to Lancaster, York, and beyond shaped the nation’s founding, abolition, and everyday life, tying Gettysburg into a larger Pennsylvania story.
   

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📸 Around Gettysburg

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Gettysburg

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Saturday July 11

• Living History: 21st Georgia Infantry
  Gettysburg National Park Auto Tour Stop 6. Pitzer’s Woods
  9:00 am
• Living History: 4th Virginia Infantry
  Gettysburg National Park Auto Tour Stop 13. Spangler’s Spring 
  9:00 am
• Living History: The Union Volunteers (non-firing)
  Gettysburg National Park Auto Tour Stop 12. The Pennsylvania Monument
  9:00 am

Sunday July 12

• Living History: 21st Georgia Infantry
  Gettysburg National Park Auto Tour Stop 6. Pitzer’s Woods
  9:00 am
• Living History: 4th Virginia Infantry
  Gettysburg National Park Auto Tour Stop 13. Spangler’s Spring 
  9:00 am

Saturday July 18

• Purcellville Wine and Food Festival →
  Fireman's Field Complex, 250 S. Nursery Ave., Purcellville, VA, 20132
  2:00 pm

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📣 Gettysburg Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday July 6

• Diamond Painting →
  New Oxford Area Historical Society, 122 N Peters St, New Oxford
  2:00 pm
• Barks & Books →
  Carroll Valley Library, 5685 Fairfield Rd, Fairfield
  6:30 pm
• The Wild Hymns at Sign of the Buck →
  The Sign of the Buck, 29 Chambersburg St, Gettysburg
  7:00 pm

Tuesday July 7

• Preschool Pals →
  Carroll Valley Library, 5685 Fairfield Rd, Fairfield
  10:00 am
• Preschool Story Time →
  Littlestown Library, 232 N Queen St, Littlestown
  10:30 am
• Design-A-Dino! →
  Littlestown Library, 232 N Queen St, Littlestown
  3:00 pm

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Giant Food Stores, LLC posted a job opening for PT Janitor - 6267 in Gettysburg. Apply here.
• Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. posted a job opening for Housekeeper in Gettysburg. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Gettysburg here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because good employees are hard to find (Thank you Pete C. for sending it in!)
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