Date and Time
Thursday Oct 12, 2023
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM EDT
Location
Allison-Antrim Museum
365 South Ridge Avenue, Greencastle
Fees/Admission
Free Event; Donations Accepted
Open to the Public
Wheelchair Accessible
Website
Description
Allison-Antrim Museum, 365 South Ridge Avenue, Greencastle, Pennsylvania 17225 will hold its monthly speaker meeting on Thursday, October 12, 2023, in the German Bank Barn beginning at 7 p.m. The facility is wheelchair accessible.
John Hoptak, historian and Training Specialist at the Gettysburg National Military Park, will give a PowerPoint presentation on the 54th Mass – a Black regiment raised before the U.S. Colored Troops regiments were established. Many men from Mercersburg left and made their way to Massachusetts and signed up for service in both the 54th Mass and the 55th Mass Regiments. Men from Shippensburg were also registered in these regiments. It is believed Zion Union Cemetery in Mercersburg has at least 38 men of the 54th buried there making it the largest known burial site for this regiment.
There is no fee to attend, but donations are greatly accepted toward Allison-Antrim Museum's annual speaker series. For more information, please call 717-597-9010, visit the website at www.greencastlemuseum.org, or follow us on Facebook at Greencastlemuseum.
John Hoptak, historian and Training Specialist at the Gettysburg National Military Park, will give a PowerPoint presentation on the 54th Mass – a Black regiment raised before the U.S. Colored Troops regiments were established. Many men from Mercersburg left and made their way to Massachusetts and signed up for service in both the 54th Mass and the 55th Mass Regiments. Men from Shippensburg were also registered in these regiments. It is believed Zion Union Cemetery in Mercersburg has at least 38 men of the 54th buried there making it the largest known burial site for this regiment.
There is no fee to attend, but donations are greatly accepted toward Allison-Antrim Museum's annual speaker series. For more information, please call 717-597-9010, visit the website at www.greencastlemuseum.org, or follow us on Facebook at Greencastlemuseum.
