Mar 30 2012
Rediscovering the Legacy of Thaddeus Stevens: A two-day celebration of Stevens’s 220th birthday
Friday, April 13, 2012, Lancaster, PA
If you are interested in attending any of these events, please contact Ross Hetrick at 717-334-1912 or contact@thaddeusstevenssociety.com
Seminar at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology, 750 East King Street, Lancaster
10:00 a.m. — Guest sign in. Free admission
10:30 a.m. — The Making of a Abolitionist by Dr. Bradley Hoch, author of Thaddeus Stevens in Gettysburg: The Making
of an Abolitionist
Noon — Thaddeus Stevens: Leader in Congress’s Journey to Full Emancipation by Prof. Beverly Palmer, editor of
Thaddeus Stevens’s Collected Papers.
1:00 p.m. — Buffet Lunch
2:00 p.m. — Thaddeus Stevens as Portrayed in Films by Ross Hetrick, president of the Thaddeus Stevens Society.
Graveside Ceremony and Presentation of Gorelick Award
4:30 p.m. — Thaddeus Stevens grave at the Shreiner-Concord Cemetery, North Mulberry and West Chestnut Streets in
Lancaster, PA
Dinner at Lancaster Convention Center, 3 East Vine Street, Lancaster, PA
Tickets $50 per person
5:30 p.m. — Cocktail Reception (Cash Bar) Tours of Thaddeus Stevens house and cistern will be conducted.
6:30 p.m. — Buffet Dinner and Dessert
Introduction of Guest Speakers by Thomas R. Ryan
Remarks by: State Representative Mike Sturla, Alex Munro of Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology and Randy Harris of the Shreiner-Concord Cemetery Foundation
Keynote Speaker: State Senator Lloyd Smucker
Monday, April 16, 2012, Gettysburg, PA
Dedication of Wayside Sign in front of Stevens Hall in 300 Block of Carlisle Street, Gettysburg, PA
4 p.m. — Welcome by Janet Riggs, president of Gettysburg College
Remarks by: Alex Munro, director of Alumni Association at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology
Ross ; Hetrick, president of the Thaddeus Stevens Society and Dr. Bradley Hoch, author of Thadeus Stevens in Gettysburg: The Making of An Abolitionist.
Thaddeus Stevens Exhibit at Gettysburg College‘s Musselman Library
Immediately after the dedication of the wayside sign, there will be a reception at the College’s Musselman Library
where an exhibit of Thaddeus Stevens artifacts will be unveiled. This is the most extensive collection of Stevens items
ever assembled and includes Stevens’s wig and clubfoot boot, period newspapers and letters, a stove produced at
Stevens’s Caledonia iron mill and a video of movie clips that portrayed Thaddeus Stevens.
