Ross Hetrick, right, talks about the QR code on the wayside marker that visitors can scan to find out more information about Thaddeus Stevens. (Darryl Wheeler/Gettysburg Times)
THE ISSUE: Thaddeus Stevens was born nearly 230 years ago, on April 4, 1792, in Danville, Vermont. He was, in the words of the Gettysburg-based Thaddeus Stevens Society, “the most
Historians and admirers of fiery abolitionist Thaddeus Stevens are ready to celebrate the 19th-century Radical Republican congressman s 230th birthday this weekend with activities including seminars, banquets, the dedication of a
A historical group is erecting a statue of an abolitionist and U.S. representative near the site of one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War in an era of fast-vanishing Confederate monuments.