Held each year during the anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, this event runs for several days and features presentations by living historians, authors, National Park Service Rangers, Licensed Battlefield Guides and musicians.
A Sacred Trust: Gettysburg Perspectives was held for the first time in July 2004. Participants at the first event included Jeff Shaara (Gods and Generals), D. Scott Hartwig (supervisory historian at Gettysburg National Military Park) and renowned Civil War historian Ed Bearss.
This past July 2009 was the fifth annual Sacred Trust lecture series and it was held on the grounds of the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center. Ken Burns (America's Best Idea: The National Parks) was the special guest presenter on July 3.
Check the schedule below for the 2010 Sacred Trust schedule. A Sacred Trust: Gettysburg Perspectives will be held from Friday, July 2 – Sunday, July 4, 2010 at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center. Please note: Programs are subject to change.
A SACRED TRUST: GETTYSBURG PERSPECTIVES SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, JULY 2
| TIME | PRESENTER | PROGRAM |
|---|---|---|
| 11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Jeffry Wert | Stuart's Controversial Ride to Gettysburg |
| 12:30 – 1:15 p.m. | Ed Bearss | |
| 1:30 – 2:15 p.m. | Ed Bearss | |
| 2:30 – 3:15 p.m. | Douglas Lee Gibboney | Reflections on John S. Mosby |
| 3:30 – 4:15 p.m. | Allen Guelzo | The Unturned Corners of the Battle of Gettysburg: Politics, Tactics and Geography |
| 4:30 – 5:15 p.m. | Harold Holzer & Craig Symonds | The New York Times Reports the Civil War |
SATURDAY, JULY 3
| TIME | PRESENTER | PROGRAM |
|---|---|---|
| 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. | Mike Pride | Col. Cross and the Fighting Fifth at Gettysburg |
| 10:30 – 11:15 a.m. | Ken Allers | Peering Through the Fog of Gettysburg |
| 11:30 – 12:15 p.m. | Bill Williams | The Battle's Effect on the People of Gettysburg |
| 12:30 – 1:15 p.m. | Stephen Lang & Gabor Boritt | Gettysburg |
| 1:30 – 2:15 p.m. | Chris Heisey | Better Angels of Our Nature |
| 2:30 – 3:15 p.m. | Wayne Motts | Old and Dear Friends: Lewis Armistead and Winfield Hancock |
| 3:30 – 4:15 p.m. | Brad Gottfried | The Worst Brigade Commanders at Gettysburg |
| 4:30 – 5:15 p.m. | George Sheldon | July 4 and Beyond in Gettysburg — How the Citizens Handled the Aftermath of the Battle |
SUNDAY, JULY 4
| TIME | PRESENTER | PROGRAM |
|---|---|---|
| 10:30 – 11:15 a.m. | Troy Harman | Three 19C Watchwords: Perfectability, Respectability and Volunteerism |
| 11:30 – 12:15 p.m. | Sue Boardman | Lincoln in Granite and Bronze |
| 12:30 – 1:15 p.m. | Mike Riley | Forward, For God's Sake Forward! |
| 1:30 – 2:15 p.m. | Peter Carmichael | To Desert or Not: The Ordeal of a North Carolina Soldier during the Gettysburg Campaign |
| 2:30 – 3:15 p.m. | Barbara Finfrock | Cemetery Hill: A 'Moving' Story of Men and Monuments |
| 3:30 – 4:15 p.m. | Jim Getty | Reflections on 1860 |
| 4:30 – 5:15 p.m. | Patrick Falci | Making the Movie Gettysburg |
