Archaeology on Seminary Ridge

Over the course of 192 years, the Campus of the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg has seen many changes and historic events. Often times as historians, we look at artifacts associated with events to help us tell the story of what happened. Rarely do we look at artifacts in the context of where they were found and try to decipher how the location of these items can help us tell the story of these important events. We know based on written records from participants what happened, but what if the archeological record doesn’t match? How can we use what was found in the ground to aid us in the interpretation of this place?

Join Education and Visitor Services Coordinator, Kaleb Kusmierczyk, on February 9, for this month’s History Happy Hour as he examines some of the over 2,000 individual pieces that were pulled from the ground during the archeological project on the seminary campus and in the process, hypothesizes about why they were found where they were, and how they can be used in the interpretation of the Seminary Campus.

Please note that this is an online-only Zoom event. A link will be emailed with registration confirmation.