Adams County

What is Lincoln at Gettysburg: Shall Not Perish?

So Lincoln at Gettysburg: Shall Not Perish is a once in a generation event that we're doing in Gettysburg to commemorate the, uh, the 25 hours that Lincoln spent at Gettysburg, and we're doing it under, with, with, uh, America 250, Pennsylvania, Adams County, and it's really a signature event for Gettysburg and for the state of Pennsylvania.

We're very excited about it.

So when you say a once in a generation event, what do you mean by that?

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... don't come and hurt anyone else.

So things also shift that evening with fire, drum music- Um, reenactors that aren't just historical figures, just everyday civilian people, which is something that I noticed that you all are doing in Adams County, where you'll have an event, but you also make sure to talk about the everyday people as well that lives there.

Um, what are you trying to capture with that nighttime experience with all that going on?

And I'm really fortunate to be able to do this as a career.

yeah so I've been here a year and a half now previously I was a 4-H educator in Pennsylvania in Adams County where Gettysburg is and we we do all 4-H at the fair we have a fantastic staff here at the fairgrounds that we work with to do all of our entries and work together on programs and results and premiums and all those great things and our 4-Hers have so many opportunities each day to to spend time with their friends push themselves try something new it's this is the Super Bowl for them

it's a great week that's great so let's just take a step back and share with the audience really what 4-h is in our communities and how people get involved and is it something that they have to pay to join and you know it would just they just share as much as you can about the 4-h in our community yeah

I never shut up about 4-H, so you tell me if I'm sharing too much or too little.

Depending on what it looks like, depending on some of the other rules inside of or stipulations with the relationship, it might make sense to send some of those over to a charity, right? One of the things that we do here at our organization, you know, we really like to be a connector and a resource for charitably minded people.

And one of the organizations that we kind of hold near and dear to our heart and working with is the Adams County Community Foundation.

So things like, you know, if you are on that estate tax threshold, right, getting assets out of your name, whether that whether that be accelerated gifting or working with them to do things to, again, keep your asset level at a lower rate, right? And maybe even diving further into the titling conversation, right? Maybe you're married, you have what's called a joint tenants account with your spouse.

Once you pass, that account would then become solely in the name of the surviving spouse.

Yeah.

Tax gain harvest and pay some of those taxes on some of those non-qualified assets today to fill up that bucket in that bracket because you're not going to have that flexibility going forward.

So what brought you up? You're in Adams County.

You said Gettysburg, right? That's correct.

Nearly 2% of the state is currently seeing moderate drought conditions in two areas within central PA.

That includes most of Berks County and about half of Franklin County, along with a portion of Adams County.

Abnormally dry conditions are also noted across the rest of Franklin, Adams, and all of York counties, along with a portion of Lancaster County.

And in Lancaster County, Old Trolley Line Park is receiving a $300,000 investment from the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.