Fri, Jan 22
|Central Penn College Conference Center
The Final Years of General George Gordon Meade
"He Did His Work Bravely and Is At Rest": NPS Ranger John D. Hoptak on Meade's service after Appomattox.
Time & Location
Jan 22, 2027, 5:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Central Penn College Conference Center, 600 College Hill Rd, Summerdale, PA 17093, USA
About the event
Please join us on Friday, January 22, as National Park Service Ranger John D. Hoptak movingly recounts the final years of General George Gordon Meade.
For General George Gordon Meade, service to the country did not end at Appomattox. Instead, it continued until his dying day, which occurred on November 6, 1872, just seven-and-a-half years following the end of the Civil War and less than ten years after his triumph at the Battle of Gettysburg. Ranger Hoptak will address the often glossed-over post-Civil War career of General Meade, which, among other things, included his efforts to deter the Fenian Brotherhood from invasions of Canada, his role in Reconstruction, and his July 1869 return visit to Gettysburg to help dedicate the recently-constructed Soldiers' National Monument in the National Cemetery.
About the speaker: Ranger Hoptak has worked as an interpreter and educator with the National Park Service since 2006, first at Antietam National…
Tickets
Lecture Only
Attend the presentation in person or on Zoom. Dinner not included — free to all.
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Dinner + Lecture
Sale ends
Jan 08, 2027, 12:00 PM
Includes the buffet dinner and the presentation. Reservations required by the RSVP deadline.
$35.00
+$0.88 ticket service fee
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