Pejepscot History Center Presents: Addressing Gettysburg or Swimming the High Water Mark

Addressing Gettysburg, or Swimming to the High Water Mark
Performance and Ice Cream Social with Rich Sautter

On Saturday, July 8, at 2PM, Rich Sautter performs “Addressing Gettysburg, or Swimming to the High Water Mark,” a one-man show written by Rich. The performance takes place at the Unitarian Universalist Church at 1 Middle Street in Brunswick and will be followed by an ice cream social.

“Addressing Gettysburg” concerns the experience of living in America’s most sacred ground. Cemetery Ridge, near Gettysburg, is referred to as the “high-water mark of the Confederacy” and the three-day battle is often considered the turning point of the war, after which the South’s chances to triumph declined.

“Spending time in Gettysburg means meeting many different people,” says Sautter, “from passionate historians to ghost hunters, from Civil War re-enactors to apathetic schoolchildren. It causes one to think about how some places gain deeply special meaning for us, and how our history affects us today.” The play includes both humor and deep reflection.

Tickets support Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum operations and are $20 for the general public, $15 for PHC members, $10 for students and veterans, and $5 for those that find themselves in difficult circumstances.