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Every time Elizabeth Hoffman walks up the steps of her Cumberland Township home, she can’t help but remember the story.

A solider whose eyes had been blown out in an explosion during the Battle of
Gettysburg had been resting in the bedroom, she said, gesturing upstairs. But
after hearing the loud noises from nearby Pickett’s Charge he became frightened
and panicked, Elizabeth continued, her eyes wide as she told the familiar story.

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Each day, the Holiday Inn Express in Hanover fields calls from visitors
hoping to reserve a room during the weekend of the 150th anniversary of the
Battle of Gettysburg.

The answer is always the same.

The hotel is booked.

In fact, the hotel started taking reservations as early as January 2012, said
Laura McDaniel, general manager of Holiday Inn Express.

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With construction equipment beeping in the background, officials held a
groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday to mark the beginning of the final phase of improvements to historic Seminary Ridge.

The crews and their earth-moving machinery were allowed to keep working
during the ceremony because, after all, there is a schedule to maintain.

The third and final phase of the project at the Lutheran Theological Seminary
in Gettysburg will complete the 1.03-mile Historic Pathway around the seminary,
replant native trees on the western slope of the seminary known as the Grove,
expand parking accommodations and restore the area to appear more similar to
what existed in 1863.

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It was a long and painful death. Day after day, visitors came to gawk, to
mourn, to wait for the end. Nobody wanted to miss it, this last breath of a
dying beast.

But day after day it lived on, stubborn to resist the inevitable until the
very end. Who cared if the prognosis was bad? It had lived through worse. The
old Gettysburg landmark had fought hard for 13 years. It had resisted so many
naysayers and defied so many odds that it seemed almost miraculous that a
bulldozer would soon be bringing it down. Even its opponents couldn’t help but
come out for one last glimpse – like it or hate it, they said, there was no
denying its star power.

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Purdue University will partner with The Lincoln Leadership Institute at Gettysburg, Pa.,to offer a course in organizational leadership that includes three days at the Civil War battle site.

Through “Experiencing Leadership: A Transformational Journey from Gettysburg,” students will delve into President Abraham Lincoln’s leadership style. They also will be put into situations similar to those of Civil War leaders like Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain.

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