HNPE Presents "A Night at the Gettysburg Academy with the Wraith Chasers"

Join th Haunt Nights Crew as we bring the Wraith Chasers for their first ever investigation at the Historic Gettysburg Academy. The weekend is shaping up to be another sell out as we kick off the event with our Friday Night Ghostly Gatherings featuring our guests, the Wraith Chasers. Tickets will be limited for Friday nights event to give our guests a more personalized setting with the Chasers. Heavy finger foods will be provided for this special evening's event. The night will also feature an investigation of the property that will begin at 9pm and end at 1am.

For Saturday night's event, will return to our normal investigation setting as you will begin the evening with a full meet and greet with the HN Crew, the Wraith Chasers, and the owners of the Gettysburg Academy, followed then by a historical presentation by the owners, and a special Q&A with the Wraith Chasers. The night will conclude with a full investigation of the property. Tickets will be limited for this event as well!

Location History

Standing on the southeast corner of West High and South Washington Streets in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, is a structure which has been termed the “cradle” of higher learning in Adams County and for the Lutheran Church in America. Authorized by the State of Pennsylvania as the first Adams County public school in 1810, the structure was completed in 1813. The building originally housed the Gettysburg Academy, a classical school formed by James Gettys, Thaddeus Stevens and other “public spirited men” in Gettysburg. The building was the founding home of both Gettysburg Seminary and Gettysburg College; the two oldest Lutheran educational institutions existing in the western hemisphere. After the seminary and college left, the newly established Gettysburg Female Institute, not connected with the earlier institutions used the property from 1838 until sometime during the 1870’s.

The Gettysburg Academy was used as a hospital during the battle, with the side yard possibly used as a temporary cemetery. The Academy building is one of the nine buildings in Gettysburg with and artillery shell remaining from the battle. Above the right entrance is imbedded a shell about three inches in diameter. It was most likely fired from Oak Ridge during the first day’s fighting, and has been identified as a Read shell, probably from a 10-pounder Parrott cannon somewhere within the Confederate lines. Some time during the mid-1870s, the building went into private ownership. The current caretakers are the fourth-generation owners since their great-grandfather purchased the property at a sheriff’s sale in 1932 and converted the building into two units. In addition to operating Reuning’s Pastry Shop at 31 Baltimore Street, the family operated the Motel Tourist Home on one side of the Academy building from the mid-1930s through the early 1950s. A major renovation during the early 1990s joined the two sides into one building and replaced the cupola on the roof that had been removed in the 1932 renovation.

For the Haunted Nights Crew, this is a true honor to be able to invite you to join us and the Wraith Chasers as we investigate this historic location that has become a new hot spot for paranormal activity within the Gettysburg community. Are you ready to "EXPERIENCE A HAUNTED NIGHT"? Grab your tickets fast as this will definitely be a sell out!!!

Friday Night Activities

5:30pm - VIP Access Registration

6:00pm - Registration, Meet & Greet with HN Crew, the Wraith Chasers, and Owners of the Academy

6:30pm - Intro, Rules & Regs, Historical Presentation

7:00pm - Ghostly Gatherings featuring the Wraith Chasers

9:00pm-Investigation Begins

1 :00am-Investigation Ends

***All times subject to change***

We will do 4, 45 min investigations with a 15 min break in between.

Saturday Night Activities

5:30pm - VIP Access Registration

6:00pm - Registration, Meet & Greet with HN Crew, the Wraith Chasers, and Owners of the Academy

6:30pm - Intro, Rules & Regs, Historical Presentation

7:00pm - Q&A with the Wraith Chasers

8:00pm-Investigation Begins

1 :00am-Investigation Ends

***All times subject to change***

We will do 4, 1 hour investigations with a 15 min break in between.

***All Attendees will sign both Event/Location Waivers***

***This event is rain or shine and no refunds will be granted within 7 days of the event***

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