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1. MAJEST_131119_009.JPG: Witness to America's history: Tensions that threatened to tear the United States apart were already simmering in 1832 when anti-slavery theologian Samuel Simon Schmucker founded Gettysburg College (then Pennsylvania College). Five years later the college moved into Pennsylvania Hall, built on land provided by abolitionist Thaddeus Stevens, whose illustrious career in Congress included authorship of the 14th Amendment, which guaranteed full civil rights to citizens of all states. When the Civil War erupted, Gettysburg College stood in its midst. In June 183, with news of the approaching Confederate army, students abandoned their studies and joined Company A, 26th Pennsylvania Emergency Militia Regiment, offering their service to the Union Army. Elements of two great armies swept through campus on July 1, 1863 -- the first day of the decisive Battle of Gettysburg. Pennsylvania Hall served as a field hospital during the battle and, for several weeks thereafter, hundreds of wounded soldiers from both the North and South recuperated or died there. Thirty-one years before the battle, Gettysburg College's charter was approved by the legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and signed into law on April 7 -- known today as Founders Day. An alumnus invited President Lincoln to deliver the Gettysburg Address: On November 19, 1863, students and faculty processed with community members to hear President Abraham Lincoln deliver the Gettysburg Address at the Gettysburg National Cemetery. It was David Wills, a prominent local attorney and an 1851 graduate of the college, who invited Lincoln to deliver "a few appropriate remarks" at the cemetery's dedication. Each fall first-year students at Gettysburg College recreate the historic procession through town to hear a reading of the Gettysburg Address.
2. MAJEST_131119_019.JPG: Grandest small-town theater in America: The Majestic Theater has always united Gettysburg College with the broader community. The theater's history begins with Gettysburg College freshman Henry Scharf. After illness claimed his father, the 19-year-old took over his family business -- the Gettysburg Hotel. Three years later in 1925, Scharf built an annex north of the hotel with guest rooms, a gymnasium, and the Majestic Theater. The theater seated 1,200 patrons and was the largest vaudeville and silent movie theater in south-central Pennsylvania. The theater was modernized over the decades, but it was in the 1980s that the theater experienced major change. A fire destroyed the hotel in 1983, but the theater was saved by the heroic efforts of volunteer fireman.. Afterwards, it was cold and converted into a triplex cinema. In 1988, the college purchased the hotel and theater and began renovating the facilities. The hotel reopened in 1991. Planning for the Majestic Theater restoration began in 1999. 1925 -- Opened: On November 14, the doors of the Majestic Theater opened for the first time, featuring Cecil B. DeMille's 10-reel epic The Road to Yesterday.
3. MAJEST_131119_029.JPG: Nationally ranked liberal arts college: Gettysburg College is a highly selective residential college of liberal arts and sciences with a strong academic tradition. The college enrolls 2,600 undergraduate students and is located on a 200-acre campus. A 26,000-plus professional network of alumni include Rhodes scholars, a Nobel laureate, and other distinguished scholars and leaders. The college is among the nation's top producers of Fulbright scholars and Peace Corps volunteers. Distinctive programs of the college include the Sunderman Conservatory of Music, Eisenhower Institute for Public Policy & Leadership, Garthwait Leadership Center, and Civil War programs. Key Facts: * 2,600 students from more than 40 states and 35 countries. * More than 65 majors, minors, and programs. * Student-faculty ration of 10:1. * More than 50 percent of students study abroad. * 24 NCAA Division III varsity teams.
4. MAJEST_131119_041.JPG: World-class performing arts center: Construction began in 2004 after experts in theater design and historic restoration conducted research based on archival photographs, original architectural drawings, and on-site investigation. The $16.5 million project returned the Majestic Theater to its 1925 opulence and advanced it to a world-class performing arts center. Reopening on its 80th anniversary in 2005, the Majestic Theater has invigorated the cultural community of Gettysburg. The theater is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Gettysburg College's Majestic Theater at the Jennifer and David LeVan Performing Arts Center is a world-class facility featuring an 816-seat theater, two cinemas, an art gallery, and dining. The theater offers a diverse program of Broadway shows, classical and popular music, dance, comedy, children's theater, first-run independent films, cinema classics, and serves as the performance venue for Gettysburg College's Sundeman Conservatory of Music. President and First Lady: When staying at their Gettysburg farm in the 1950s, President Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower attended performances at the theater, which occasionally housed the White House press corps. In 1955, Mamie's birthday coincided with the theater's anniversary and local residents sang "Happy Birthday" to her there. Gettysburg College has strong connections to the life and legacy of President Dwight Eisenhower. He received an honorary doctorate, served on the Board of Trustees, and wrote his memoirs on campus. Gettysburg College's Eisenhower Institute for Public Policy & Leadership engages undergraduate students in top-level dialogue among policymakers.
5. MAJEST_131119_045.JPG: The Majestic Theater opened in 1925 as a vaudeville and silent movie theater. It was the site of many important White House Press conferences during the Administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, as well as the world premiere of the movie "Gettysburg." The Majestic has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.
6. MAJEST_131119_065.JPG: Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra
7. MAJEST_131119_168.JPG: Bob Kuhn was a 16 year old Boy Scout in 1938 when he assisted the elderly Civil War veterans attending the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. Bob, now age 91, visited the Majestic on September 8, 2013 to view the photo exhibit. He is pictured standing beside the photo in which he appears (he is the scout in profile on the far left of the photograph).
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2013 photos: Equipment this year: I mostly used my Fuji XS-1 camera but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000 and Nikon D600. Trips this year: three Civil War Trust conferences (Memphis, TN, Jackson, MS [to which I added a week to to visit sites in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Tennessee], and Richmond, VA), and my 8th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con trip (including sites in Nevada and California). Ego Strokes: Aviva Kempner used my photo of her as her author photo in Larry Ruttman's "American Jews & America's Game: Voices of a Growing Legacy in Baseball" book. Number of photos taken this year: just over 570,000.
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