Annual Candlelight Illumination and Legacy Weekend

The annual Candlelight Illumination and Legacy Weekend returns Friday, September 11 and Saturday September 12 at the Seminary Ridge Museum. Since 2013, “Legacy Weekend” commemorates the closure of the Seminary Hospital, on September 16, 1863, after the departure of its final patient, Lt. Col. George McFarland.

This event is intended to remember the experiences of the physicians, attendants, and patients who occupied Schmucker Hall and the hospital complex which surrounded it.

Throughout the evening of Friday September 11, from 7-10 seven hundred luminaria will line the historic tan bark path leading to Schmucker Hall, memorializing the soldiers, broken in battle, who sought refuge and care in the Seminary building in the summer of 1863 as well as those who toiled for their care.

On Saturday September 12, Rusty Dicks “Civil War Surgeon” from 9-5 will present period military surgery demonstrations and interpretation on the experiences of a Civil War surgery.

All events are FREE, but for just $25, you may sponsor the name of a patient, attendant, or physician connected to the Seminary Hospital or choose to sponsor in memory of an individual important to you.

The “Candlelight Illumination and Legacy Weekend” will be held at the Seminary Ridge Museum, located at 111 Seminary Ridge, Gettysburg PA.