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Elizabeth Thorn Statue of Caretaker of Evergreen Cemetery at Gettysburg
On November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln headed on horseback through the streets of Gettysburg to deliver his most famous speech. He rode past the impressive…
NY Times on Gettysburg’s “Lost Cause Problem”
For the 161st Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg the New York Times published an opinion piece today on Gettysburg and the Lost Cause. Simon…
Civil War Institute: Gettysburg’s 50th Anniversary Reunion of Blue and Gray with Thomas Flagel
Thomas R. Flagel is associate professor of history at Columbia State Community College in Tennessee. At his lecture at the Civil War Institute last weekend…
Civil War Institute: Interpreting Race at Battlefields and Historic Sites
The Civil War Institute did breakout sessions and one that I went to had National Park Service personnel and the director of a site in…
Myths of the Gettysburg Campaign Explained by Tim Smith
Tim Smith of the Adams County Historical Society in Gettysburg is an expert on the battle. This short video helps explain how certain myths have…
“Never Mind the Guide” The NY Times Advice When Visiting Gettysburg in 1888
On July 9, 1888 the New York Times published a guide to seeing the Gettysburg Battlefield entitled “Never Mind the Guide.” I heard about the…
Gettysburg’s Southern Front: Opportunity and Failure at Richmond by Hampton Newsome
Gettysburg’s Southern Front: Opportunity and Failure at Richmond by Hampton Newsome published by the University Press of Kansas (2022) I am very familiar with…
Researcher Presents Evidence of Where Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address Actually Took Place
Here is a Lincoln at Gettysburg story so big that it made the New York Times. November 19 is the 149th Anniversary of the Gettysburg…
Ten Years Ago Movie “Lincoln” Showed the Gettysburg Address
November 19 is Dedication Day in Gettysburg, the anniversary of the the day in 1863 when Abraham Lincoln came to Gettysburg to deliver his famous…
Dedication Day and Remembrance Day at Gettysburg Nov. 19. 2022 Schedule of Events
Dedication Day at Gettysburg and Remembrance Day both fall on November 19 this year. Dedication Day marks the anniversary of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address dedicating the…
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