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SUMMARY:Good Morning Gettysburg! Presented by Neil Beller
DESCRIPTION:25 Miles, 38 Hills, and a Completely Unnecessary Amount of Civil War History\nWhat started as a simple bike ride through Gettysburg has somehow turned into a 5,000-mile obsession. For years, Emmy Award-winning editor/producer and storyteller Neil Beller has driven 38 miles from his home in Carroll County to Gettysburg, unloaded his mountain bike, and ridden a roughly 25-mile loop around one of the most famous battlefields in American history.\nAlong the way, something unexpected happened: Neil started paying attention. The monuments became landmarks. The landmarks became stories. The stories became questions. And the questions led him down some fascinating, and occasionally ridiculous rabbit holes into the history of the Battle of Gettysburg.\nIn Good Morning, Gettysburg!, Neil takes audiences on a humorous ride through the battlefield as seen from the seat of a bicycle. He explores the roads, monuments, farms and fields that have become part of his Saturday-morning routine while sharing the history behind the places he passes every week. But this isn’t a traditional Civil War lecture.\nNeil mixes history with personal storytelling, observations from thousands of miles on the battlefield, encounters with locals, reenactors, tourists, yard sales, and hills that seem to get steeper every week. You’ll learn that “drafting” might be a dirty word, beavers fought at Little Round Top and guns and knives are not allowed around other guns and knives. You’ll also learn the realization that knowing a lot about Gettysburg does not make riding up a Gettysburg hill any easier.\nAlong the way, he’ll ask some important questions: Why am I doing this? Why are there so many monuments? Who thought putting a monument at the top of THAT mountain was a good idea?\nAnd perhaps most importantly… Why does Gettysburg have so many damn hills?\nPart history lesson, part travelogue and part mid-life bicycle adventure, Good Morning, Gettysburg! is a funny and personal look at how repeatedly riding through a historic landscape can change the way you see it.\nYou may come away knowing more about the Battle of Gettysburg. You will definitely come away understanding why Neil needs a better bicycle.\nThis is a free event and no registration is required. Please contact Laura Bankard, Outreach & Events Director, at lbankard@hsccmd.org with any questions.\n
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LOCATION:210 East Main Street, Westminster, MD 21157
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