Filmmaker Ken Burns, author David McCullough, actors Sam Waterston, Matthew Broderick, Stephen Lang, Medal of Honor recipient Paul W. Bucha, President Eisenhower’s granddaughter Susan Eisenhower and even a haunting score by Oscar-winning composer John Williams made appearances via video at the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) hearing this morning in Gettysburg.

Casino application materials greatly exaggerate the economic impact of the proposal and ignore the “serious, substantial and sustained adverse impacts” it poses for existing businesses and the battlefield.

Civil War Preservation Trust president James Lighthizer's statement in support of the American Legion’s powerful message criticizing Gettysburg casino proposal.