The National Park Service will not move the flank markers a couple of feet farther from Reynolds Avenue. The markers to the 56th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (light colored marker) and the 147th New York (gray marker to the right of the 56th Pe[...]
The white stenciling around the red bricks on the east and north sides of Gettysburg’s David Wills House is now complete. This view was taken from the north facing south at approximately 4:45 PM on Tuesday, October 21, 2008. The David Wills[...]
Licensed Battlefield Guide Deb Novotny is a retired American History Teacher from Gettysburg High School. Today she is showing us some of the damaged headstones in Evergreen Cemetery. Here she is standing in front of the damaged stone of Frederick[...]
Did the National Park Service intentionally cut down this possible witness tree at the Klingel House so they could plant more trees in an orchard? The Pennsylvania Monument is in the left center background. This view was taken from the southwest[...]
Our third panoramic update of the change of seasons from Little Round Top. For those who cannot visit Gettysburg this month, we have decided to show photographs of this change of seasons. So approximately once a week, depending on the weather, we w[...]
The tree cutting between Cemetery Ridge and the Taneytown Road is nearing completion. The William Patterson House is in the right background. This view was taken from the southwest facing northeast at approximately 5:00 PM on Friday, October 17,[...]
It appears that while most of the dirt and gravel is still around the right flank marker to the 147th New York, the marker is now similar in height to the left flank marker of the same regiment. This view was taken from the west facing east at ap[...]
Most of the dirt and gravel that had been removed from around the 147th New York right flank that was removed on Friday, was replaced today, Wednesday, October 15th. This view was taken from the west facing east at approximately 4:15 PM on Wednes[...]
The red bricks on the east and north sides of Gettysburg’s David Wills House are acquiring a white outline. This view was taken from the north facing south at approximately 4:15 PM on Tuesday, October 14, 2008. The David Wills House, where P[...]
The Culp’s Hill Tower was built in 1895. It stands sixty feet above the summit of the hill, and was originally constructed for military study of the battlefield. The granite monument to Pennsylvania Independent Battery E (Knap’s Penn[...]