Nov 15, 2008

Lincoln living historian to speak at Hanover Junction Nov. 18



(Cannonba!!) - The Hanover Area Historical Society will host a special free event for the public at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 18, in Hanover Junction, Pennsylvania. Entitled "Lincoln visits Hanover Junction", the event will commemorate the date of President Abraham Lincoln's journey by train to consecrate the cemetery grounds in Gettysburg. The program will feature Civil War accounts of the role the Hanover Junction rail depot played in troop movements, telegraph dispatch, and American history.
President Lincoln, portrayed by James Hayney, will speak to the crowd promptly at 5 p.m. Continued


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