Gettysburg Museum honors battle anniversary

Producer-Director Ken Burns to kick off Sacred Trust series

(Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) - 6/26/2009

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CONTACT:

Dru Anne Neil

Director of Communications & Marketing
Gettysburg Foundation

(717) 338-1243

The Gettysburg Foundation will present its popular �Sacred Trust� lecture series July 3-5 at the Museum and Visitor Center at Gettysburg National Military Park.

The event will begin Friday, July 3, at noon with a question-and-answer session with renowned documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, who produced and directed the acclaimed PBS series The Civil War. Burns� latest effort, �The National Parks: America�s Best Idea,� will air this fall on PBS. Burns will appear Friday, July 3, at noon. to kick off the �Sacred Trust� event.

The lecture series is free and open to the public, and most authors and historians will be signing books after their presentations. Books are available in the Museum Bookstore, and pre-ordered signed copies can be ordered at www.gettysburgfoundation.org.

The Gettysburg Foundation presents the �Sacred Trust� lecture series each year to commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, and it complements other activities at the Museum and Visitor Center, including the National Park Service�s special anniversary programs, held July 1-3. Additionally, on Wednesday, July 1, at 8:15 p.m. the award-winning Alaska Children�s Choir will appear at the Museum and Visitor Center as part of its Lincoln Bicentennial Tour. The performance is free, but tickets are required.

Information about these and other upcoming programs can be found at www.gettysburgfoundation.org.