2014 Annual Report - Gettysburg Foundation

2014 Annual Report
Contents:
2014 Annual Report
Letter from President Joanne m. HanLey . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Letter from suPerintendent ed W. CLark . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Preservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
eduCation & LeadersHiP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
aCquisition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
25tH anniversary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
tHe visitor exPerienCe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
finanCiaLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
suPPorter reCognition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
direCtors & CounCiLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
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Photo of the George Weikert House by Lynn Light Heller, Gettysburg Expressions
Dear
Friends,
Reflecting on the past year in the life of the Gettysburg Foundation
fills me with a great sense of pride and gratitude.
As I look back on 2014, we had one of our most exciting, productive,
and successful years to date as we celebrated the 25th Anniversary
of the Friends of Gettysburg, the membership arm of the Gettysburg
Foundation. With over 20,000 Friends in every state and in nearly ten
countries, it is very apparent that Gettysburg holds a special place and
meaning in the hearts and minds of people around the world. It is the
job, the purpose and the mission of the Gettysburg Foundation to help
ensure that this support remains strong and continues to grow.
One of the most important ways we do this is through our partnership
with the National Park Service at Gettysburg National Military Park
and Eisenhower National Historic Site. Indeed, the purpose for our
existence is to support these very significant historical sites through
projects, programs, funding, and other activities related to preservation,
education, acquisition of properties and artifacts, and collaborative
operation of the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and
Visitor Center.
© John Armstrong, Gettysburg Times
As you read this annual report, I am confident that the strength
and power of our public-private partnership will be evident. e
accomplishments that we are able to achieve together far exceed that
which any one of our two organizations can do alone. As a private
sector partner to a government agency, the Gettysburg Foundation
provides a margin of excellence, the ability to react quickly to changing
situations, and the capability to transform the passion and commitment
of members, donors and volunteers into the tangible support of time,
talent, and treasure.
I thank you for taking an interest in our work and invite you to visit
Gettysburg to experience the incredible power of this place and of the
partnership firsthand. I invite you to join the Gettysburg Foundation,
and to become part of the vision to help keep this very special place
alive, relevant, and available for future generations. I invite you to help
us preserve, help us educate, and help us help others understand why
this place is important.
Please consider helping the Gettysburg Foundation engage in the
many special projects and programs that bring history alive and bring
meaning to the events that happened here in Gettysburg by visiting
www.gettysburgfoundation.org/donate.
But most of all, I invite you to dedicate yourself to President Lincoln’s
charge in the Gettysburg Address: “that it is up to us the living, rather,
to be dedicated here to the unfinished work…and that these dead shall
not have died in vain.”
Looking back at everything this powerful partnership accomplished
in 2014 truly makes me so proud to be Superintendent of Gettysburg
National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site. Our
partnership with the Gettysburg Foundation was recognized by the
Director of the National Park Service as an outstanding partnership.
e timing couldn’t have been better since we were also celebrating
the Gettysburg Foundation’s 25 years of stewardship and philanthropy.
Across the National Park Service, this partnership
stands out for its amazing breadth and depth of
accomplishments. Looking at 2014 alone, the
support of the Gettysburg Foundation allowed
us to provide memorable and enjoyable visits to
more than a million people. Together, we provided
educational programs for students and teachers
and returned key portions of Cemetery Ridge
to their historic appearance.
A long-lasting legacy of 2014 is the Gettysburg
Foundation’s acquisition of both the National
Guard Armory and the Gettysburg Lincoln
Railroad Station, protecting these historic
structures, and ensuring their future preservation
by the National Park Service. Other Foundation
projects that were very important to the National
Park Service included hosting an important
summit on volunteerism in America, funding
the repairs to the Lincoln Speech Memorial in
the National Cemetery, and giving new life to the Eisenhower nativity
scenes and placing them on exhibit for the first time in 15 years.
e work of the Gettysburg Foundation benefits visitors to Gettysburg
National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site every day,
but it also leaves a legacy for future generations by ensuring that the
historic landscapes, the artifacts, and all the resources of the two parks
are protected and preserved. Congratulations to the Gettysburg
Foundation for an outstanding year!
Sincerely,
ed W. Clark
Superintendent
Gettysburg National Military Park
Eisenhower National Historic Site
With sincere thanks,
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Joanne M. Hanley
President
Gettysburg Foundation
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Preservation:
Caring for History
Rehabilitation of Cemetery Ridge
since 2009, the gettysburg foundation, in partnership with
gettysburg national military Park (gnmP), has worked to
rehabilitate north Cemetery ridge to its appearance at the
time of the Battle of gettysburg in 1863. key milestones
along the way have included the demolition of the old visitor
center in 2009, planting 41 apple trees to reestablish the frey
orchard in 2010, and the demolition of the old cyclorama
building in 2013.
GNMP staff returning the
Battery F 5th Artillery monument
back to its original location.
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is year, the gettysburg foundation and gettysburg
national military Park removed the old visitor center parking
lot, which was located along taneytown road near the
soldiers’ national Cemetery. e area was also re-graded to
its historic profile and meadow grasses were planted. Historic
fence lines on the site will be recreated during the friends
of gettysburg volunteer Work day event on June 6, 2015.
When the old visitor center and cyclorama buildings were
originally constructed in the 1960s, several monuments were
displaced from their original locations. is past september,
the Battery f 5th u.s. artillery monument was returned to its
original location, where it was first placed by veterans more
than 100 years ago.
e final phase of this intensive project includes changes
to the old cyclorama building parking lot, which will allow
the replanting of missing portions of Ziegler’s grove, and
rehabilitation of the historic terrain of Ziegler’s ravine, a
low point in Cemetery ridge. Both the grove and the ravine
grounds were significantly altered when the parking lot was
built, making it nearly impossible to visualize the action that
occurred there in 1863. With a goal to restore the landscapes,
the gettysburg foundation is currently raising funds to
complete this final phase.
e George Spangler Farm
Civil War Field Hospital Site
e George Spangler Farm was the union 11th Corps Field Hospital
Site, where more than 1900 men—both Confederate and union—were
treated, and the site where Confederate Brig. Gen. Lewis A. Armistead
died. It is one of the best surviving examples of a farm used as a corps
field hospital during and aer the Battle of Gettysburg. e Gettysburg
Foundation acquired the property in 2008 with the intent to rehabilitate
the structures and property to their 1863 appearances, and for
education and historic interpretation.
e Gettysburg Foundation, thanks to the support of many members
and donors, successfully completed the rehabilitation of the summer
kitchen in 2013. Efforts have now shied to rehabilitate and raise funds
for the remaining structures, which include the barn, smokehouse,
and farmhouse. Funding for the barn is near completion and work
is anticipated to begin in 2015.
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Visitors learn more about the
Spangler Farm property from inside
the historic Barn.
Programming at the Spangler Farm
In the summer of 2014, the George Spangler Farm Civil War Field
Hospital Site opened to the public for its second season. During that
10-week period, the site welcomed almost 4,000 visitors who explored
the farm and its history through new educational wayside panels
strategically placed throughout the site.
In addition to daily interactive park ranger programs, living historians
and living history encampments, the 2014 season provided new and
unique perspectives through evening programming, focusing on nature
and farming, Civil War medicine, and the George Spangler family.
Visitors joined living historians in period dress at dusk to learn the
untold stories of the doctors, surgeons, and patients and what they
experienced during the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.
“Six trips to Gettysburg and first visit to the Spangler Farm, once
again a new perspective from which to view the battle. e living
historians added another dimension and you could really feel
the presence of those soldiers!”
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Teaching Tools at
the Farm:
Visitors who attended the evening
programs received an identity card
portraying a Civil War soldier, civilian
or surgeon.
—ARTHuR BuRDICk, A VISITOR FROM VIRGINIA
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The parking lot was removed and regraded, returning the area closer
to its 1863 appearance.
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Preservation:
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Friends enjoy a picnic lunch at the
Spangler Farm and accept the project
challenge.
Friends to Restore the Spangler Farm Smokehouse
Rehabilitation of Little Round Top
In honor of the 25th Anniversary of the Friends of Gettysburg, and
to keep the incredible momentum of preservation going, the Friends
of Gettysburg accepted the challenge to raise $25,000 to restore the
smokehouse at the George Spangler Farm Civil War Field Hospital Site.
e existing condition suggests that very few, if any, changes have been
made since its construction in the mid-19th century. e structure
needs major repairs including a new roof, door, walls and meat-hanging
beams. Launched in the summer of 2014, the Friends have already
raised a significant amount towards the project and work is scheduled
to begin in late 2015.
Little Round Top—key ground in the union Army’s defensive line on
July 2, culminating in a dramatic downhill bayonet charge that is one
of the most famous actions in Gettysburg’s history and in the American
Civil War—is a familiar place to millions of visitors all over the country
and the world. is renowned and heavily used and trafficked location
is one of the most visited landscapes on the battlefield, and continues
to enjoy increasing amounts of popularity with visitors and historians
alike—so much so that it is being “loved to death.” e heavy pedestrian
traffic is causing serious deterioration of its pathways, walkways,
parking lots and vegetation.
Eisenhower Nativity Restoration
is past November, the Gettysburg Foundation worked with the
National Park Service (NPS) to bring an Eisenhower-era artifact out
of the archives for the first time in almost 20 years. Over the holiday
season, visitors viewed three newly repaired and conserved Nativity
dioramas that President Dwight D. and Mamie Eisenhower displayed
during the holiday season in the East Room of the White House—from
1954 to 1960.
In 2014, the Gettysburg Foundation raised the funds for the NPS to
begin an Environmental Assessment to explore solutions for overuse,
overcrowding and landscape degradation, while examining alternative
management strategies for pedestrian circulation, gathering spots for
tours, vehicular circulation, and parking. e environmental impact
from each of these alternatives will be thoroughly explored as the
rehabilitation of this iconic landmark is studied, and a strategy
developed.
Beautiful panoramic view from
Little Round Top.
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e Gettysburg Foundation raised the funds and worked
with Art Guild Inc. to complete the conservation work,
which included the reproduction of missing figurines,
lighting repairs, securing exhibit cases, producing exhibit
labels and overall structure restoration.
In addition to viewing this very important part of the
Eisenhower holiday legacy, visitors were also encouraged
to visit the Eisenhower National Historic Site, which was
decorated for Christmas as it was done by Mamie
Eisenhower nearly 40 years ago.
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The Eisenhowers sit alongside their
Nativity scene in 1954.
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A close-up look at the restored Nativity.
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Education Leadership:
&
Investing in the Future
Education 150 is a three-phased
initiative carried out for the first
time from 2012 through 2013.
The initiative aims to engage a
new generation of educators and
youth in the relevancy of the Civil
War, particularly Gettysburg, to
their lives today through direct
experience.
PHASE 1 Fifty language arts
and social studies teachers
from underserved middle schools
are invited to Gettysburg to take
part in the fully funded Richard
Bartol Jr. Educators’ Conference
where they are equipped with
teaching tools, custom lesson
plans and expert support to
take back to their schools and
districts.
PHASE 2 Gettysburg will become
an outdoor classroom when
teachers who attended the
Bartol Conference bring a class
to Gettysburg for a field trip
with the help of funding from
generous donors. Students are
able to see history come to life
at Gettysburg National Military
Park and throughout Gettysburg.
PHASE 3 Teachers who took part
in Phase 1 of Education 150
nominate incoming high school
freshmen—whom they see to be
a leader among their peers—to
Youth Quest, a four-day student
leadership experience to be
held the summer of 2015 at
Gettysburg College.
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Education 150 Initiative
Education 150—named to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of
the Battle of Gettysburg—is the Gettysburg Foundation’s signature
education program, in partnership with the National Park Service
and Gettysburg College. While over 100,000 school children visit
Gettysburg each year, Education 150 focuses on underserved school
districts in both inner city and rural areas.
Phase 1: e richard Bartol Jr. educators’ Conference
e first cycle (2012–2013) of the three phases of Education 150 was
completed with great success. e second cycle (2014–2016) was
initiated this past summer in 2014, and included 50 educators from
underserved, Title 1 schools from Pennsylvania, Maryland, West
Virginia, New Jersey, New York, Virginia and Washington, D.C.
is is an increase from only three states participating in 2012.
Since the Educators’ Conference, Gettysburg Foundation has continued
to utilize this technology to maintain contact with conference attendees,
assist in field trip planning, and increase student nominations to Youth
Quest leadership camp, the third phase of Education 150, which will be
held in the summer of 2015.
Phase 2: Student Field Trips to Gettysburg
Teachers who participated in the Educators’ Conference return
to Gettysburg, bringing their students for a hands-on, in-depth
experience. An estimated 3,000 students are expected to attend the
class field trips.
Phase 3: Youth Quest leadership Camp
Phase 3 is in the planning stages and is scheduled for implementation
in the summer of 2015.
Dr. Carol Reardon utilizes Gettysburg
as an outdoor classroom during one
of the student field trips on Little
Round Top.
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Guest lecturers and presenters at the conference included Minnijean
Brown-Trickey, Civil Rights icon and one of the “Little Rock Nine,”
as well as several other noted historians. In addition to experiential
learning on the battlefield, participants were given exclusive access
to and relevant in-depth experiences at other historical locations in
Gettysburg.
Participants were also given a “Document Box” of carefully curated
facsimiles of historical documents and other materials from e
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History in order to share their
newfound knowledge with their students. ey also received tailored
lesson plans on the many facets of Gettysburg’s rich history and
its relevance in the world today to supplement their own uniquely
designed curricula. e participants are expected to share their
knowledge with other educators and teachers in their school districts.
New for 2014, the Gettysburg Foundation developed a partnership
with Instructure, the creators of the web-based educational technology
“Canvas,” to provide a virtual classroom for conference participants.
is innovative technology allowed Gettysburg Foundation staff to
interact with the participants during pre-conference assignments,
create a library for the hosting of digital versions of primary source
documents, share vital logistical information, and much more.
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Education Leadership:
&
Lincoln 1863 iOS Smartphone App
“In the Footsteps of Leaders” Program
To commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address,
November 19, 1863, the Gettysburg Foundation and GNMP developed
a free, interactive app that follows President Lincoln’s footsteps from
the White House to Gettysburg for the dedication of the Soldiers’
National Cemetery. In 2014, new and expanded features were released
for the app. ese updates include an interactive walking tour, onsite
interpretive videos for each major interpretive stop in downtown
Gettysburg, social media sharing functions, and several other
interactive features.
e Gettysburg Foundation’s In the Footsteps of Leaders leadership
programs relate timeless, inspiring leadership lessons to the challenges
organizations face today, whether in a small or large business,
government organization, non-profit or educational institution.
e updated app received nearly 5,000 downloads in 2014.
Rupp House History Center
e Rupp House History Center serves as the in-town presence of the
Gettysburg Foundation, and is a very familiar place to many Friends.
Open to members and the public free of charge, the house features
interactive exhibits and activities focused on the civilian experience
during the Civil War. e Rupp House also offers free educational
programming throughout the season including courtyard chats and
living history encampments. In 2014, the house welcomed nearly
15,000 visitors from across the country.
In 2014, the leadership program completed 41 programs, representing
a 27% increase in programs from 2013.
In the Footsteps of Leaders clients included Mutual of Omaha, Harsco
Corporation, Federal Executive Board, Carnegie Mellon university,
Cintas Corporation, Chick-fil-A, Boeing, Franklin & Marshall College
and several other corporate, government and education organizations.
e leadership program continues to maintain its special relationships
with the university of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business,
Franklin & Marshall College, Gettysburg College, and GAMA
International.
On November 19, 2014, the
crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln
participated in the In the Footsteps
of Leaders program.
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e Gettysburg Foundation was awarded a façade improvement grant
to repair and paint the wood façade and porch of the Rupp House
History Center from Main Street Gettysburg in 2014.
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A look at the Me In 1863 feature on
the smartphone app.
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Visitors gather in the side yard of the Rupp House to hear The Great
Debate between Generals Robert E. Lee and George G. Meade.
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Acquisition:
Securing History
Gettysburg Lincoln Railroad Station
e Gettysburg Lincoln Railroad Station, located in downtown
Gettysburg, bid welcome and farewell to President Abraham Lincoln on
his historic visit to Gettysburg to deliver “a few appropriate remarks” at
the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in November 1863.
During the Battle of Gettysburg, the station and its warehouses were
among the first sites selected to serve as a hospital for the wounded.
Members of the legendary Iron Brigade were among those cared for at
the station. When service was restored to the station following the
battle, nearly 15,000 wounded soldiers would be transported through
here. Eventually it would also serve as a morgue for the many soldiers
killed at Gettysburg.
e Foundation purchased the railroad station in 2014 thanks to a
generous grant from the Richard king Mellon Foundation, and recently
painted the building back to its historic colors of gray and chocolate
brown. e Foundation will operate and maintain the station, opening
it to the general public for tours in 2015, and making it available for
rent for both public and private events. In 2014 there were 17 private
events held at the station.
Recent legislation expanded the boundary of Gettysburg National
Military Park to include this historic venue, as well as the 45 acre
Plum Run property located near Big Round Top, thus enabling the
Foundation to begin the work to donate these properties to the NPS.
e Foundation will continue operating the facility until this transfer
is complete.
Gettysburg Armory
e Gettysburg Foundation acquired the Gettysburg Armory complex
in 2014 from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. e historic 1930s
art deco structure is located on West Confederate Avenue within the
boundary of GNMP.
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Repainting of Gettysburg
Lincoln Railroad Station.
National Guard Armory Building.
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e Foundation is working with GNMP
to determine its best and highest use—
such as an education and leadership
center, office space and/or meeting
space—and will raise funds to rehabilitate
the structure and bring it up to code,
as well as provide programming.
Modern garage structures behind the
Armory will house the GNMP’s newly
relocated cannon carriage restoration
shop, which will move from its original
warehouse location in downtown
Gettysburg in 2015. e garages will
provide a safe and more customized
work environment for the critical
restoration of the hundreds of historic
cannon located on the battlefield.
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25th
Anniversary:
Friends of Gettysburg
Celebrating Preservation, Education & Dedication
for National Parks at Gettysburg
Twenty-five years ago, the Friends of the National Parks at Gettysburg
was formed because a few concerned citizens wanted to assist the
National Park Service (NPS) with the monumental task of preserving
Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic
Site (ENHS). Today, the Friends are the membership arm of the
Gettysburg Foundation. is grass roots membership organization
has grown into one of America’s most recognized and respected
Friends groups in the NPS, helping to provide a margin of excellence
in preservation, education and acquisition programs and projects.
e success of the organization is a direct result of the passion and
commitment of the now over 20,000 members in every state and in
seven countries.
To commemorate this historic occasion and celebrate the many
accomplishments of the Friends, the Gettysburg Foundation hosted
a series of special events throughout the year, including a three-day
celebration held June 29 through July 1, 2014.
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The front of the arrowhead is
addressed to “The Friends of
Gettysburg for Superior Service,
1989-2014.” What makes this award
even more special is what is on the
back of the arrowhead—autographs
and special notes from Gettysburg
National Military Park rangers and
administrative staff.
Volunteers Make a Difference
e volunteer program continues to enhance the mission of the
Gettysburg Foundation by providing support for critical needs such as
assisting with major events and working at the Membership Services
Desk in the Museum and Visitor Center, Rupp House History Center,
George Spangler Farm Civil War Field Hospital Site, the Sherfy House
Garden and the David Wills House.
In addition, large numbers of volunteers return annually for hands-on
battlefield preservation work by participating in the annual Volunteer
Work Day event and Volunteer Service Vacations.
“e Gettysburg Foundation,
along with its active corps
of over 20,000 Friends
members, has made
substantial improvements
to the resources and visitor
experience at the Gettysburg
and Eisenhower Parks.”
—ED W. CLARk, SuPERINTENDENT
GETTYSBuRG NATIONAL MILITARY PARk,
EISENHOWER NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE
In 2014, 645 individuals donated 9,556 hours of work, time and talent.
using the independent sector value of $21.94/hr this is an in-kind
donation of $209,659 to the Gettysburg Foundation and ultimately
to Gettysburg National Military Park.
Family members take a break from painting a fence at the annual Volunteer
Work Day event.
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NPS Presents Prestigious Partnership Award
In honor of the Friends’ 25 years of dedication to preservation and
education, the NPS presented Mr. Robert kinsley, Chair, Gettysburg
Foundation Board of Directors, and Ms. Barbara Finfrock, Vice
Chairman, Gettysburg Foundation Board of Directors, with an
authentic National Park Service arrowhead at the Friends’ celebration
dinner on June 30, 2014. Arrowheads are rarely given to nongovernment employees, which makes this presentation a significant
honor.
at same evening, Ms. Gay Vietzke, NPS Northeast Regional Deputy
Director, presented the Gettysburg Foundation with the prestigious
2014 NPS Director’s Partnership Award.
e Director’s Partnership Award annually recognizes
nationally significant partnership accomplishments,
including completion of major partnership programs,
projects or fundraising goals, recognition of partnership
achievements, or the retirement or departure of high
performing, valued partners or park leaders.
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Bob Kinsley, Gay Vietzke, Barbara Finfrock, Ed Clark and
Joanne Hanley with the Director’s Partnership Award.
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The
VisitorExperience:
Gettysburg National
Military Park Museum
and Visitor Center
Visitation
2,500
ATTENDED
2,500
FROM
VIEWED VIA INTERNET
NINE
DIFFERENT
COUNTRIES
e Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center
(M&VC), the only privately owned and operated visitor center in the
entire National Park Service, has now welcomed more than 6 million
visitors. Designed and built in 2008, this Gold LEED (Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design) certified building welcomed over
1 million visitors alone in 2014. In addition, more than 100,000 students
visit Gettysburg every year to tour the battlefield and visit the M&VC.
Retired GNMP
Supervisory
Historian Scott
Hartwig presents
at Sacred Trust
2014.
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At the M&VC, visitors can view A New Birth of Freedom, a film
narrated by Morgan Freeman and sponsored by the History Channel,
and experience the Battle of Gettysburg Cyclorama—the largest oilon-canvas painting in North America. In addition, there are 11 exhibit
galleries featuring GNMP artifacts and interactive displays.
Sacred Trust Talks and Book Signing Event
July 2014 marked the Gettysburg Foundation and GNMP’s 10th annual
Sacred Trust Talks and Book Signing event. e talks, held on the
front lawn at the M&VC, presented an exciting line-up of 26 authors,
historians and GNMP Rangers including James “Bud” Robertson,
D. Scott Hartwig, Michael C. C. Adams, and many more. Speakers
gave perspectives on the Civil War in 1864 and the Battle of Gettysburg
to over 2,500 attendees.
Visitors take in the breathtaking
Gettysburg Cyclorama painting.
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New in 2014, the Gettysburg Foundation offered the opportunity for
people all over the country and the world to tune in and watch each talk
streamed live on the Gettysburg Foundation’s website from a computer
or mobile device. More than 2,500 remote visitors across the united
States and from nine different countries were also able to ask the
presenters questions via Twitter by using hashtag #sacredtrusttalks.
Ford Family Day
On August 9, 2014, the Ford Motor Company Fund sponsored a
fun-filled day at the GNMP M&VC which included free admission,
live music, special programming, tasty treats, and various other family
activities around the M&VC. Over 8,000 visitors attended the event.
Other Special Events
In collaboration with our National Park Service partner, there were
numerous National Park Ranger walks, programs, family activities,
winter lecture series, living history programs, battlefield anniversary
events, community appreciation days, and concerts.
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Children enjoy Interpretive
Programming on Ford Family Day.
On November 14, the Gettysburg Foundation hosted the Gettysburg
premiere of the film, e Better Angels, a film spanning three years of
Abraham Lincoln’s childhood. Sponsored by Amplify and debuting at
the Sundance Film Festival, e Better Angels explores Lincoln’s family,
the hardships that shaped him, and the two women who guided him
to immortality. e film opened to a full house, and educators’ guides
were provided to teachers who attended.
On November 15, renowned Lincoln scholar and historian, Harold
Holzer, presented a lecture on his newest book entitled Lincoln and the
Power of the Press: e War for Public Opinion (Simon & Schuster,
2014). Mr. Holzer preceded the standing room only event for nearly
200 people, with a book signing.
Museum and Visitor Center Rentals
The Museum and Visitor Center is
ready for the Franklin Project guests
to arrive.
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Inspired by history, Pennsylvania architecture and
surrounded by lush native landscaping, the M&VC
provides the perfect setting for conferences, meetings,
private events, parties and receptions. Facility rental
services offer a dedicated staff, on-site catering and
exclusive access to the film, cyclorama and museum
experience. In 2014, facility rental services had a 52%
increase in sales over 2013, with 24% of the rentals being
repeat business. ere were 44 private evening events
and/or meetings held throughout the year, with clients
such as Volvo Construction, Iowa Soybean Association,
Allstate Insurance, Pennsylvania Bar Association,
the Franklin Project of the Aspen Institute, and the
university of Pennsylvania using this venue.
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The
VisitorExperience:
Keynote Speaker Kent Masterson
Brown stands with Gettysburg High
School Ceremonial Brass Band.
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Soldiers’ National
Cemetery
Around the Country
Dedication Day 2014
In 2014, the Gettysburg Foundation launched its inaugural Travel
Program focusing on the Overland Campaign—a series of battles
fought in Virginia in May and June of 1864 between Generals Robert
E. Lee and ulysses S. Grant. e 18 participants toured the Wilderness,
Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor battlefields and discussed the leading
commanders and their critical decisions. Led by tour leader Dr. Gary
W. Gallagher, John L. Nau III Professor of the American Civil War at
the Corcoran Department of History at the university of Virginia,
participants also toured the Confederate White House, followed by
a reception at the Museum of the Confederacy. e trip concluded
with Hollywood Cemetery to visit the graves of Jefferson Davis, General
George Pickett, the dead re-interred from Gettysburg, and others.
e 151st Anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address was
marked by a solemn ceremony sponsored by the Lincoln Fellowship
of Pennsylvania, Gettysburg Foundation, Gettysburg National Military
Park, and Gettysburg College on November 19. Noted historian and
Gettysburg Foundation board member kent Masterson Brown was
the keynote speaker. His remarks focused on his extensive research
of newly awarded Medal of Honor recipient Lt. Alonzo Cushing—a
union Army artillery officer who valiantly died defending his position
at Cemetery Ridge during Pickett’s Charge.
e ceremony also included a recitation of the
Gettysburg Address, hymns and period-themed
music. e u.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
sponsored 16 citizens from 14 different countries who
took the Oath of Citizenship and become naturalized
citizens. Over 3,000 people braved the bitter cold
weather to attend the event at the Soldiers’ National
Cemetery, which was live streamed for thousands
of others to view across the country. Fiy members
of the USS Abraham Lincoln, the 5th Nimitz-class
aircra carrier in the u.S. Navy and the second ship
to be named aer Lincoln, participated in this year’s
ceremony, leading the procession from the rostrum
to the Soldiers’ National Monument for the closing
wreath-laying ceremony.
Remembrance Day Illumination
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2014 Remembrance Illumination.
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e Gettysburg Foundation’s 12th Annual Remembrance Illumination
honored those who gave “the last full measure” of devotion to their
country. On November 15, Friends’ volunteers donated their time to
place and light luminary candles in the Soldiers’ National Cemetery
on the 3,512 soldiers’ graves. Volunteers also read the names of the
fallen soldiers, served as the Honor Guard at the Soldiers’ National
Monument, and greeted guests. Nearly 3,000 visitors came to remember
the fallen at this special event.
Travel Program
e next trip is scheduled for October 2015 in Washington, D.C.,
where the focus will be on President Abraham Lincoln, his Presidency
in light of the Civil War, his second inaugural and his assassination.
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Participants tour the opening fighting
area at the Battle of Spotsylvania.
Membership Mixers
While traveling for business for Gettysburg Foundation
and Gettysburg National Military Park related activities,
Joanne Hanley, President of the Gettysburg Foundation,
and Ed Clark, Superintendent of the GNMP and ENHS,
hosted membership mixers in Columbia, South Carolina;
Durham, North Carolina; Minneapolis, Minnesota;
and Denver, Colorado. ese events were a wonderful
way for Joanne and Ed to not only meet and mingle
with Friends’ members, but also to thank them for their
incredible support over the years.
e mixers are typically in geographic regions where Friends’ members
cannot readily travel to Gettysburg, so these gatherings served as a way
for the Foundation to bring Gettysburg to the Friends. Membership
Mixers will continue into 2015 as travel permits.
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GNMP Superintendent Ed Clark,
Gettysburg Foundation President
Joanne Hanley and Board Member
David Hartman pose with members
who attended the mixer in Durham.
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Financials
G e t t y s b u r g F o u n d at io n
Patrons of Gettysburg,
Summary Statement of Activities
year-ended SepTeMBer 30, 2014
and many other dedicated
friends and supporters
across America and
invested
around the world, have
in the future of Gettysburg
reunion,
reconciliation,
courage,and
honor
as a potent symbol of
Unrestricted
REVENuE, GAINS AND OTHER SuPPORT
Contributions
$ 2,750,233
Museum admissions
5,205,836
Battlefield tours
3,318,842
Bookstore and refreshments
2,304,041
Membership dues income
835,949
Other income including investment gains
995,372
Net assets released from restrictions
1,420,495
Total Revenue, Gains,
16,830,768
Other Support and Net Assets
EXPENSES AND LOSSES
Program Services
Museum and Visitor Center operations
Gettysburg National Military Park
Programs
Total Program Services
Management and general
Fundraising
Total Expenses
Losses on investments
Total Expenses and Losses
CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
NET ASSETS, BEGINNING OF YEAR
Temporarily
Restricted
$ 688,260
24,313
(1,420,495)
( 707,922)
Permanently
Restricted
$
–
(2,986)
(2,986)
Total
2014
$ 3,438,493
5,205,836
3,318,842
2,304,041
835,949
1,016,699
–
16,119,860
$10,077,035
2,829,573
878,768
13,785,376
753,763
1,755,768
16,294,907
–
–
–
–
16,294,907
–
–
$10,077,035
2,829,573
878,768
13,785,376
753,763
1,755,768
16,294,907
–
16,294,907
535,861
(707,922)
(2,986)
(175,047)
63,510,533
3,510,138
9,950,051
76,970,722
$64,046,394
$2,802,216
$9,947,065
$76,795,675
for us all.
NET ASSETS, END OF YEAR
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Financials
Financials
G e t t y s b u r g F o u n d at io n
G e t t y s b u r g F o u n d at io n
Summary Financial Position
Revenues 2014
year-ended SepTeMBer 30, 2014
ASSETS
Cash
Investments held in trust
Investments
Promises to give, net
Property and equipment, net
Other assets
Total Assets
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
Liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
Notes payable
Deferred service contract revenues
Bonds payable
Value of interest rate swap agreement
Other liabilities
Total Liabilities
Net Assets
unrestricted
Temporarily restricted
Permanently restricted
Total Net Assets
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
Other Income Including Investment Gains
6%
Membership Dues Income
$ 3,891,776
5,134,996
2,504,998
1,050,542
82,746,552
893,446
96,222,310
5%
Bookstore and
Refreshments
Contributions
22%
14%
Battlefield
Tours
21%
$ 1,756,340
678,720
1,682,292
12,615,000
2,196,005
498,278
19,426,635
64,046,394
2,802,216
9,947,065
76,795,675
$96,222,310
Museum
Admissions
32%
Expenses 2014
Fundraising 11%
Management and General 5%
Programs 5%
Gettysburg National
Military Park
17%
Museum and Visitor
Center Operations
62%
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Supporter
Gettysburg Foundation thanks its
generous supporters.
1863 Society
$1,863 to $4,999
Dr. William E. Aldrich
Ms. Ann Griffith Ash
Mr. David W. Beier
Mr. & Mrs. Jack R. Beighley
Mr. Michael G. Biggerstaff
Mr. & Mrs. Clifford H. Brown
Mr. & Mrs. Irving M. Chase
Mr. Brian L. Conrad
Mr. Michael Conrad
Mr. Robert Geneczko
Mr. Patrick Gordon
Mr. Gary F. Gut
Mr. Jeffrey C. Hall
Mr. James R. Hanni
Mr. Walt Harlow
Ms. Cynthia D. Hill
Mr. & Mrs. Warren J. kennedy
Mr. James Francis Lavelle
Ms. Michelle McCombs
Mr. Glenn Plummer
Mr. Daniel R. Serpico
Mr. & Mrs. kevin W. Sharer
Mr. & Mrs. Jed Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Bob Sneed
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph E. Somerville
Mr. Ted Stimach
Mr. & Mrs. James R. Tilling
Mr. Robert uhler
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne H. Valis
Dr. Lucy R. Waletzky
Dr. & Mrs. Robert C. Wilburn
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy k. Wooer
Recognition:
Gettysburg Society
$5,000 and above
Mr. John W. Bassett
Dr. David L. & Congresswoman Diane Black
Mr. & Mrs. William H. Crabbin
Mr. James B. Dietrich*
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. Frazier
Brig. Gen. John R. Gallagher, Jr.*
Mr. & Mrs. David D. Hartman
Mr. Richard L. Hauschild, Jr.
Mr. Michael S. Higgins
Mr. & Mrs. Cole C. kingseed
Capt. Henry E. Marx
Dr. & Mrs. James M. McPherson
Mr. & Mrs. Seward Prosser Mellon
Mr. Raymond G. Simpson*
Mr. Jeff Stafford
Lincoln’s Cabinet
$10,000 and above annually
for 5 years
Anonymous (3)
Mr. W. Craig Bashein
Miss Evelyn L. Booth
Ms. Linda M. Boxx
Mr. James R. Craigie
Ms. Barbara J. Finfrock
Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. kinsley
Mr. H. Turney Mcknight
Mr. & Mrs. omas E. Metz
Mr. & Mrs. William H. Parker
Mr. & Mrs. David F. Remington
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey R. Rodek
Mr. & Mrs. Eric B. Schultz
Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Stevens
Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Wilson
In Honor &
Memorium
$1,863 and above
Ms. Lisa Berman,
in memory of Mr. Joseph Eli Berman
Civil War Round Table of Chicago,
in honor of Mr. Edwin C. Bearss
Mr. Vincent A. Gardino,
in honor of Dr. James M. McPherson
Mowery Family Trust,
in memory of Mr. Oscar Rea Mowery
Princeton Adult School,
in honor of Dr. James M. McPherson
Princeton university Class of 1967,
in honor of Dr. James M. McPherson
Mr. & Mrs. Donald C. Sherman,
in memory of Mr. Oscar Rea Mowery
Friends 25th
Anniversary
Sponsors
Gettysburg Foundation thanks
the following sponsors whose
generosity helped make the Friends
of Gettysburg’s 25th Anniversary
events a memorable and successful
time in our organization’s history:
PNC Bank
Booz Allen Hamilton
Gettysburg Tour Company
FGV Media
Warfield & Walsh
Adams Electric Cooperative
C.S. Davidson
Rice Fruit Company
Wyndham Gettysburg
utz Quality Foods
Turkey Hill
Foundations,
Corporations, &
Organizations
$5,000 and above
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation
American Express
Anonymous
Brobyn Charitable Trust
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Craig & Deborah Cogut Foundation, Inc.
Donald B. and Dorothy L. Stabler Foundation
Erie Insurance Group
Event Network
F.M. kirby Foundation, Inc.
FabEnCo Founding Fathers Foundation
Ford Motor Company Fund
Gettysburg College
Glatfelter Insurance Group
Glencairn Foundation
katherine Mabis Mckenna Foundation, Inc.
kinsley Foundation
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation
M&T Bank Corporation
Main Street Gettysburg
Mark B. and Jean G. Higgins Foundation
Pennsylvania State Society Children
of the American Revolution
Richard king Mellon Family Foundation
Robert H. Smith Family Foundation
Sumner T. Mcknight Foundation
Tauck’s World of Giving
Tawani Foundation
Texas Civil War Museum
e John Ben Snow Memorial Trust
e uSAA Foundation
Waste Management
*Denotes deceased
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Directors
& Councils
Board of Directors
JoHn H. eSTey
Officers
Executive Vice-President for Administration
Hershey Trust Company
Hershey, PA
roBerT a. kinSley, CHair
Chairman and CEO
kinsley Construction, Inc.
York, PA
Joanne M. Hanley, preSidenT
Gettsyburg Foundation
Gettysburg, PA
BarBara J. FinFroCk, ViCe CHair
Gettysburg Foundation
Gettysburg, PA
BarBara Sardella, SeCreTary To THe Board
General Counsel
kinsley Construction, Inc.
York, PA
SHanon r. Toal, Jr., TreaSurer
Chief Executive, PA SC York Adams Region
Susquehanna Bank
Hanover, PA
Directors
W. CraiG BaSHein
President
Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A.
Cleveland, OH
linda MCkenna Boxx
Chairman
e katherine Mabis Mckenna Foundation
Latrobe, PA
kenT MaSTerSon BroWn
JeFFrey a. Frazier
EVP & Chief Human Strategy Officer
e Medicines Company
Parsippany, NJ
lTG (reTired) daniel W. CHriSTMan
dr. WilliaM a. Blair
Senior Counselor to the President
united States Chamber of Commerce
Washington, DC
Professor of American History; Director, George and
Ann Richards Civil War Era Center
Penn State university
BeVerly (Bo) duBoSe, iii
dr. GaBor S. BoriTT
Atlanta, GA
President, Osprey Global Solutions
Wilmington, NC
Odessa, FL
Mr. kenT MaSTerSon BroWn
daVid F. reMinGTon
JaMeS r. Hanni
Cape Neddick, ME
Author
Lexington, kY
Executive Vice President, Public Affairs
AAA Allied Group, Inc.
Topeka, kS
THe HonoraBle diCk THornBurGH
dr. MiCHael BurlinGaMe
Of Counsel, kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston
Gates Ellis, LLP
Washington, DC
Chancellor Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished
Chair in Lincoln Studies
university of Illinois Springfield
President, Wickford Junction
Durham, NC
WeSley W. Von SCHaCk
Mr. ken BurnS
Brunswick, ME
MiCHael S. HiGGinS
dr. roBerT C. WilBurn
Director and Producer
Florentine Films
Wild Wing Farm
Pittsburgh, PA
President Emeritus, Gettysburg Foundation
Principal, e Wilburn Group
Miami Beach, FL
daVid d. HarTMan
erVin l. Jordan, Jr.
Associate Professor and Research Archivist
university of Virginia, Small Special Collections Library
Charlottesville, VA
dr. peTer CarMiCHael
Fluhrer Professor of Civil War Studies and
Director, Civil War Institute
Gettysburg College
dr. dreW Gilpin FauST
President, Harvard university
H. Turney MCkniGHT
dr. Gary W. GallaGHer
President, Sumner T. Mcknight Foundation
Havre de Grace, MD
John L. Nau III Professor in the History of the
American Civil War
university of Virginia
dr. JaMeS M. MCpHerSon
Professor Emeritus
Princeton university
Princeton, NJ
President, Gettysburg College
Gettysburg, PA
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A consortium of renowned historians lends its
collective support and expertise to promote the
Gettysburg Foundation’s mission.
Director Emeritus, Civil War Institute
Gettysburg College
Gettysburg, PA
kay o’rourke
dr. peTer CarMiCHael
Chairman and CEO
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
Ewing, NJ
dr. GaBor BoriTT
daVid l. GranGe
Sandra S. Mellon
JaMeS r. CraiGie
Historians’ Council
Director Emeritus, Civil War Institute
Gettysburg College
Attorney at Law
Law Offices of kent Masterson Brown
Lexington, kY
Fluhrer Professor of Civil War Studies and
Director, Civil War Institute
Gettysburg College
Gettysburg, PA
Directors Emeriti
dr. THaVolia GlyMpH
Associate Professor
African & African American Studies and History
Duke university
Ligonier, PA
Mr. adaM GoodHearT
dr. JaneT MorGan riGGS
Director, C.V. Starr Center of the Study of the
American Experience
Washington College
eriC B. SCHulTz
Executive Chairman, HubCast Inc.
Venture Partner, Ascent Venture Program
Boxford, MA
dr. leSley Gordon
Professor of History
Editor, Civil War History
university of Akron
GeorGe F. Will
FOX Television News Analyst
Washington, DC
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Mr. SCoTT HarTWiG
dr. roBerT SuTTon
Retired Supervisory Historian
Gettysburg National Military Park
Chief Historian
National Park Service
Mr. Harold Holzer
Mr. JaMeS l. SWanSon
Senior Vice President for Public Affairs
e Metropolitan Museum of Art
Senior Legal Scholar
e Heritage Foundation
dr. Gordon JoneS
dr. SuSannaH J. ural
Director, Exhibits & Collections
Atlanta History Center
Associate Professor
university of Southern Mississippi
proF. erVin l. Jordan, Jr.
dr. Joan WauGH
Associate Professor and Research Archivist
university of Virginia, Small Special Collections Library
Associate Professor of History
university of California, Los Angeles (uCLA)
Mr. leWiS leHrMan
Hon. Frank J. WilliaMS
Co-Founder
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Chief Justice (Ret.)
Rhode Island Supreme Court
dr. louiS p. MaSur
Professor of American Studies and History
Rutgers university
dr. JaMeS M. MCpHerSon
Professor Emeritus, Department of History
Princeton university
Mr. Wayne e. MoTTS
Chief Executive Officer
National Civil War Museum
dr. MaTTHeW pinSker
Associate Professor of History and
Pohanka Chair in American Civil War History
Dickinson College
MS. elizaBeTH BroWn pryor*
Author
Richmond, VA
dr. Carol a. reardon
George Winfree Professor of American History
Penn State university
dr. aaron SHeeHan-dean
Eberly Professor of Civil War Studies
West Virginia university
dr. nina SilBer
Professor of History
Boston university
dr. BrookS SiMpSon
Foundation Professor, Arizona State university
Associate Director, Center for the Study of
Race and Democracy
National Council
Mr. & MrS. J. Gordon BeiTTenMiller
Mr. & MrS. WilliaM S. CarTer
Mr. arT CriVella
Mr. JoHn F. donaHue
Mr. JaMeS duraTz
Mr. & MrS. derek C. HaTHaWay
Mr. & MrS. donald r. JuST
Mr. & MrS. edWard r. MCpHerSon
Mr. & MrS. THoMaS e. MeTz
Mr. douGlaS n. MorTon & MS. Marilyn BroWn
Mr. & MrS. JoHn l. nau iii
Mr. & MrS. WilliaM H. parker
dean kurT l. SCHMoke
Mr. & MrS. riCHard p. SiMMonS
Mr. daVid BruCe SMiTH
Mr. & MrS. JaMeS a. THoMaS
MS. Sandra e. ulSH
Mr. SaM WaTerSTon
Mr. eriC Weider
Mr. & MrS. roBerT S. WilSon
Mr. riCHard B. Worley & MS. leSlie a. Miller
*Denotes deceased
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