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17 hours ago · Posted on May 30, 2024. Emerging Civil War is pleased to welcome back Brad Gottfried, author of the ECW Series book Lincoln Comes to Gettysburg: The Creation of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery and Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Congress approved the authority to create national cemeteries on July 17, 1862, and there were twelve by the end of ...
4 days ago · May 26, 2024. On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered a brief but powerful speech at the dedication of the Soldiers‘ National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
May 20, 2024 · Of the many Civil War sites located across the country, one consistently stands out as most popular: Gettysburg. The site of the epic three-day battle between Union and Confederate forces in July 1863, this small Pennsylvania town is inundated with visitors every year, approximately 1 million of whom come to walk some part of Gettysburg’s roughly 6,000-acre national battlefield park that’s ...
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May 2, 2024 · Across the field from Cemetery Ridge is the Confederate position at Seminary Ridge. The Gettysburg Battlefield Commission completed the Culp's Hill Observation Tower in 1896. Since that time, is has been a primary location which people can view and study the terrain of the battlefield. The Culp’s Hill Observation Tower is a 60-foot tall metal ...
1 day ago · Major General David C. Hill was the keynote speaker at the 157th annual Memorial Day Observance in the National Cemetery Monday. (Darryl Wheeler/Gettysburg Times) World War II veteran Vetti Thomas ...
May 16, 2024 · 11. Evergreen Cemetery. The Gettysburg National Cemetery and Evergreen Cemetery are next to each other, separated by a fence. Evergreen Cemetery was where Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address. Notable Battle of Gettysburg-related burials include Jennie Wade, who was reburied there in 1865, and a monument and perpetual flag in her honor.
5 days ago · Park rangers from Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site will discuss the creation and history of Gettysburg National Cemetery and highlight the stories of several servicemembers from each of America’s armed conflicts from the Civil War through the war in Vietnam who were therein laid to rest from the 1860s ...
