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September 27, 2026 at 1:00
The Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Museum & Archive Presents a Free Zoom Program: “Glory and Me. A Professor’s Short Love/Hate Affair with Hollywood” By Gregory J. W. Urwin
"In the latter months of 1998 and the start of 1999, Gregory J.W. Urwin, an associate professor of history at the University of Central Arkansas, raised enough money to dress, arm, and equip thirteen of his Black students to function as extras in Glory, the 1989 Tri-Star Pictures release about the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the most famous Black unit of the Civil War. Urwin spent several months training his student/soldiers before they traveled to Jekyll Island, Georgia, to shoot the Fort Wagner assault scenes that form the film’s climax. Because of Urwin’s success as a recruiter and troop trainer, he portrayed one of the 54th’s white officers."
“Glory and Me: A Professor’s Short Love/Hate Affair with Hollywood” tells the inside story of making of what many consider the best Civil War film ever produced. This is a story replete with craziness and comedy, star power and fragile egos, spectacle and scandal, camaraderie and class differences, racial unity and divisions, shared hardship and befuddlement, and alternating surges of exaltation, inspiration, and exasperation."
Register for the program by emailing garmuslib1866@gmail.com. You will be sent a link with a password that will enable you to access the program within 24 hours of the start of the presentation. Registration deadline is Noon, September 26.
October 10–11, 2026 Saturday 9-5 and Sunday 9-3
Mullica Hill Fall Festival & Civil War Living History Weekend
Historic Main Street, Mullica Hill, New Jersey
The annual Mullica Hill Fall Festival incorporates a substantial Civil War Living History Weekend, with Union and Confederate encampments, period displays and demonstrations, and battle reenactments. The 28th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry and the 69th Pennsylvania Irish Volunteers confirm that they will participate.
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October 24–25, 2026 1-4 each day
Glassboro Civil War History Weekend
Historic West Train Depot, 354 Oakwood Avenue, Glassboro, New Jersey
Participating living historians include the 12th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry and 3rd United States Colored Troops reenactors. Visitors can meet the reenactors and learn about the two regiments, with historians from the Old Baldy Civil War Round Table also participating. A Civil War Ball is scheduled for Saturday evening, October 24, from 6:00–9:00 p.m. at the Glassboro Marriott; the listing describes the activities as free. The Old Baldy CWRT calendar now confirms the dates, times, location, and participating reenactor groups
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November 18-19, 2026
Gettysburg, PA - “Shall Not Perish” Dedication Weekend
The Lincoln Fellowship of Pennsylvania, in coordination with the National Park Service, presents Shall Not Perish: Lincoln at Gettysburg on November 18 and 19, 2026, as part of Gettysburg’s America250PA celebration. Events take place across downtown Gettysburg, the David Wills House, Seminary Ridge, and Gettysburg National Cemetery, recreating President Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 visit and the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery.
On Wednesday, November 18, President Lincoln arrives at the Gettysburg Lincoln Train Station before walking through Lincoln Square to the David Wills House. The evening features an open house at the Wills historic site, “Conceived in Liberty” welcome ceremony, educational presentations exploring the Gettysburg Address, cascading taps, and living history programs. Free tickets are only required for this portion of the event (November 18) taking place on Lincoln Square. Thursday begins before sunrise as Lincoln, William Seward, and John Hay travel to Seminary Ridge. At 10 a.m., town bells, ringing for 250 seconds, signal the start of a public procession from Lincoln Square to the Soldiers’ National Cemetery. The dedication ceremony recreates the original music, prayers, Edward Everett’s oration, and President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address on the historic grounds where they were first delivered.
Visitors can meet National Park Service rangers, Lincoln scholars, and living history interpreters while following in the footsteps of Abraham Lincoln and other historic figures.
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November 21, 2026 5:30-9:30 p.m.
Gettysburg Annual Remembrance Day Illumination
Gettysburg National Cemetery. 97 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, PA
The Annual Remembrance Day Illumination commemorates the Gettysburg National Cemetery dedication of 1863. This solemn event features a luminary candle on all of the 3,512 Civil War soldiers' graves. Names of the fallen soldiers are read throughout the evening.
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