Did you ever have to leave your house in a hurry? There’s always those last details that get in the way or bog us down. Imagine having a whole army march into your home town, and not a friendly army, but a hostile one. How would you keep your wits about you? Imagine leaving your home, not knowing if you would see it or the loved ones you left behind again. Compound that by trying to avoid the raging destruction of battle. How would you respond?
Meet Tillie Pierce, a 15 year old girl whose experiences of the great Battle of Gettysburg are chronicled in “What a Girl Heard and Saw of the Battle”. Listen as she remembers the harrowing week leading up to and encompassing the fight that raged around her little home town on July 1-3, 1863, and the grueling aftermath that confronted her and the other citizens of Gettysburg.
Abigail Harting is an interpreter and historian. She has been interpreting history, and specifically Ms. Pierce’s story, for more than 10 years in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland. Ms. Harting graduated from University of Delaware in 2009 with a BA in History, Art History, and Art Conservation. She is currently working on a dual Masters degree in Museum Studies and Nonprofit Business Management at Johns Hopkins University.
Join Tillie (and Ms. Harting) on First Friday, November 7, at 4:00 p.m. at the Bordley History Center for History Happy Hour, presented by the Historical Society of Kent County. Admission is free. A wine and cheese reception will be held.
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