The 162nd anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg is here.  To help commemorate this epic event, we bring you several articles of historical interest, as well as old-time summer recipes and our updated Calendar of Events – all of which begin on page 11.

Learn about one of many families and their beleaguered home during the battle in The Leister Farm: The Cottage Headquarters, beginning on page 23. A biographical glimpse at one of those who fell in the Gettysburg Campaign is documented in J.J. Pettigrew: The Last Fallen Star, beginning on page 35. Learn about what transpired 160 years ago in July 1865: A New Beginning, starting on page 47. A quick look at one of the preferred places for photographs – and one man who took his studio there – is found on page 45.  Our Editor’s Corner gives us A Look Back, and it goes back a long way. It starts on page 53.

Don’t forget our Trivia Questions, found at the bottom of every odd-numbered page (except for the center, where you will see our Map of Gettysburg). To ace the Trivia, be sure to read the articles first. Answers are on page 61.

We offer for your convenience an Advertisers’ Directory on page 62. Without these advertisers, this publication would not exist, as they are our only source of funding. Please be sure to visit their places of business and see what they have to offer. We do, and can highly recommend them to you.

Thank you for choosing The Gettysburg Experience, now beginning its 29th year in this amazing town called Gettysburg.