Friday, September 11
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Candlelight Illumination (more information below)
7:30pm
Speaking the Names of the Seminary Hospital
Throughout the Evening
Rusty Dicks - Civil War Surgeon (see information below)
Saturday, September 12
Museum Operating Hours
Rusty Dicks-Civil War Surgeon will present period military surgery demonstrations and interpretation on the experiences of a Civil War surgeon.
Rusty is a living historian based in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, who has portrayed a Union surgeon for more than 25 years. He also supports SRMEC as an active member of the Seminary Ridge Historic Preservation Foundation Board of Directors.
Join us on the evening of Friday, September 11 for our annual Legacy Weekend and Candlelight Illumination. Since 2013, we have held “Legacy Weekend” in commemoration of 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 September 11, 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.
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.
Click Here to Purchase a Sponsorship
Click here for a list of patients
Click here for a list of attendants
Click here for a list of physicians
Bags will be lit safely with battery-operated LED tea lights and will feature both your name*, unless you choose to sponsor anonymously, and the name of your sponsored soldier. Following the event, bags will be available to take home.
