PGL History
Project Gettysburg-León had its beginnings the early 1980s when Gettysburg College sponsored individual exploratory visits to Nicaragua in the midst of the highly publicized Sandinista-Contra conflict. This was followed by organized educational group trips under the aegis of the Gettysburg Chapel.
After seeing the effects of the long history of US intervention in that region, observing first-hand the immense poverty of the people and being challenged by the tenets of liberation theology to align with the poor, the group began to tell its story and encouraged more "solidarity trips" to Central America, especially Nicaragua. During one of these trips, in the summer of 1986, an agreement was made with the then coordinator of Project Minnesota-León to cooperate with them on projects and use their staff.
In 1987 community members from Adams County, Pennsylvania and members of the College community formed a sister city organization, Project Gettysburg-León,
in order to foster friendship 
and understanding between the two countries and to provide assistance to neighborhoods in and around León. In 1989, the Borough of Gettysburg officially recognized Leon, Nicaragua as a Sister City.
PGL partnered with PML, sharing projects, office space and staff in León until the two groups decided to go their separate ways, and PGL has been functioning independently since 2007.