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Lutheran Theological Seminary
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The Lutheran Theological Seminary is on the west side of Gettysburg. (Seminary Ridge Avenue tour map) It was founded in 1826 and is the oldest continuing Lutheran seminary in North America, with an enrollment of around 200 students. Its founder, Samuel Simon Schmucker, was a staunch abolitionist and supporter of the Underground Railway, hiding fugitive slaves in his home and barn. In July of 2017 the Seminary merged with the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia to form the United Lutheran Seminary.
The Lutheran Theological Seminary is on the west side of Gettysburg. (Seminary Ridge Avenue tour map) It was founded in 1826 and is the oldest continuing Lutheran seminary in North America, with an enrollment of around 200 students. Its founder, Samuel Simon Schmucker, was a staunch abolitionist an…
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61 Seminary Ridge
Gettysburg, PA