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Pennsylvania
Upcoming Civil War shows, battlefield tours, reenactments, seminars, living history programs, and auctions in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Dates: July 26 – Jan. 3
A major exhibition on the Declaration of Independence and the independence movements it went on to shape.
Dates: Aug. 12–16
Historians Michael C. Harris and Gary Ecelbarger lead this field university on the October 1777 fighting around Philadelphia, with battlefield tours, historic house visits, and off-the-beaten-path…
Dates: Aug. 22
Garry Adelman examines the detail buried in Civil War photographs in the museum's Lessons in History series.
Dates: Aug. 25–29
The American Numismatic Association’s flagship annual convention, bringing nearly 500 dealer tables, major auction houses, and mints from around the world to Pittsburgh.
Dates: Sept. 15–17
Morphy Auctions' three-day Firearms & Militaria sale at its Denver, Pennsylvania gallery, regularly including Civil War arms and militaria.
Dates: Sept. 17–20
The Ohio Valley Military Society's MAX Show at the York Expo Center, a four-day militaria and antique arms gathering.
Dates: Sept. 18
The National Civil War Museum's annual fundraising gala, with caterers, trivia, reenactors, a silent auction, and a cannon-firing raffle.
Dates: Sept. 25–26
A two-day convening on the Declaration of Independence's influence on independence movements worldwide.
Dates: Oct. 10–11
Forks of the Delaware Historical Arms Society,…
Dates: Oct. 24–25
The autumn Gettysburg show, with over 400 tables of military artifacts from the Revolutionary War through the Second World War.
Dates: Nov. 7
A free community day at The National Civil War Museum recognising veterans, with gallery access and special programming.
Dates: Nov. 13–14
Period attire is required for both…
Dates: Nov. 14
Sponsored by the Sons of Veterans Reserve, Military Department of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Includes the Albert Woolson GAR Monument ceremony, Remembrance Day parade with units…
Dates: Nov. 14
A Lessons in History talk on Confederate general Richard H. Anderson, followed by a book signing.
Dates: Nov. 15–17
The 31st annual Lincoln Forum symposium, themed "Lincoln and the Founders," gathers leading Lincoln and Civil War scholars for panels, a battlefield tour, and a book sale with author…
Dates: Dec. 5–6
Forks of the Delaware Historical Arms Society,…
Dates: June 11–16
Gettysburg College's Civil War Institute Summer Conference brings nationally known historians to campus for lectures, small-group discussions, and battlefield tours — one of the country's…
Dates: Dec. 19
The annual commemoration of the Continental Army's arrival at Valley Forge on 19 December 1777.