Member News

Destination Gettysburg Welcomes New Staff Member

Destination Gettysburg recently welcomed Mary Grace Kauffman to their staff. Kauffman is the organization’s new social media and communications manager. She will be in charge of developing content for Destination Gettysburg’s numerous social media channels and assisting with efforts to connect with media. In addition to social media and communications work, Kauffman will also play an integral role in the organization’s blog writing, photography and story-telling.

Prior to joining the Destination Gettysburg staff, Kauffman was a reporter for multiple local newspapers including the Gettysburg Times, Carroll County Times and Frederick News-Post.

BSSF Announces New Additions to Team

Brown Schultz Sheridan & Fritz (BSSF) recently announced new additions to their team.

Matthew R. Harvey, CPA, MSPA has joined BSSF as a senior manager within the BSSF Insurance Practice. Harvey has over eight years of experience providing tax compliance and consulting services to both publicly and privately held corporations with a specialization in insurance taxation. He also has significant expertise in Accounting Standards Codification Topic 740, Statement of Statutory Accounting Principles No. 101 and multistate taxation compliance.

Harvey is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the Insurance Accounting & Systems Association (IASA) and the Insurance Tax Conference (ITC). He earned both his Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Accounting and Finance and his Master of Science degree in Management – Professional Accounting (MSPA) from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. He will be working remotely from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He will travel to provide on-site tax compliance and advisory services to BSSF clients.

In addition to Harvey, Jessica A. Elder has also joined BSSF as a Small Business Accounting Services (SBAS) associate. Prior to joining BSSF, she worked at a local credit union. Elder is located in the BSSF office in Hanover.

New Gettysburg Museum to Display Rare Civil War Images

William A. Frassanito, a renowned historian who pioneered the study of Civil War photography, is preparing to share his rare private collection of Gettysburg images with the public for the first time. The special exhibition, entitled “Early Photography at Gettysburg – The Frassanito Collection,” will debut at the Adams County Historical Society’s new museum, Gettysburg Beyond the Battle, opening on April 15th.

Frassanito’s private collection includes rare images of Gettysburg taken both before and after the battle. The new exhibit will include stereographic images of dead soldiers on the battlefield, a series of rare views captured at Devil’s Den in November 1863, one of the first outdoor photographs taken in the town of Gettysburg and the only existing photographic print from the Gettysburg Address ceremonies. The exhibit will also feature some of Frassanito’s biggest discoveries –the moving of a dead “sniper” at Devil’s Den, the location where bodies were photographed en masse at the George Rose Farm and the elusive “Harvest of Death” photographic series.

Located less than one mile from the Gettysburg town square, ACHS’s new complex includes the highly anticipated museum (Gettysburg Beyond the Battle), a large event center, a research room and archives. For more information, visit www.achs-pa.org and follow the Adams County Historical Society at Gettysburg on Facebook and YouTube.