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Corbit’s Charge Monument at Westminster Maryland An Opening of the Battle of Gettysburg
While many of the monuments I have visited date back almost to the Civil War, there are a fairly large number modern monuments erected in…
Spangler Farm & Hospital at Gettysburg
Most students of the American Civil War associate the Spangler family with Gettysburg. As a kid my parents took me to Spangler Spring so I…
Civil War Institute on Doing Civil War History in Public
The Civil War Institute had its 2025 conference in Gettysburg last weekend. One of the panel discussion looked at how National Park Rangers, podcasters, and…
Union Mills Maryland & The Pipe Creek Line
Union Mills in Maryland is an easy ride from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania or Frederick, Maryland. It is a sixteen mile ride from Gettysburg taking about 25…
Sheriff Covering Gettysburg Posts Bloody “Protester Edition” Ram Truck in Reaction to Local Rallies
James Muller,, the Sheriff of Adams County in Gettysburg, posted on his personal Facebook page an image of a truck covered in what appears to…
Historians & Students of History Rally at Gettysburg to Defend Rangers
After nearly 13% of the National Park Service staff received termination notices earlier this year, many of those devoted to history turned out at the…
Rally at Gettysburg to Support the National Parks on June 16 at 4PM
A large number of us will hold a rally at Gettysburg in support of the National Park Service, the Rangers, and the staff of the…
Protest at Gettysburg Against National Park Cutbacks
As many of you know, the National Park Service has either fired or had staff members take early retirement for more than 10% of the…
Close Look at the Gettysburg Firings By National Park Service
With the firing of over 1,000 staff at the National Park Service, news media coverage is starting to breakdown the overall numbers of people laid…
Lincoln Return Visit Gettysburg Pennsylvania
There are a half-dozen statues of Abraham Lincoln in Gettysburg. It is no wonder, because Gettysburg was where the public recognized that the Union was…