Gettysburg Licensed Town Guide Lisa Shower begins our tour at the John Rupp House on Baltimore Street. She introduces herself and gives us an idea of how close the battlelines were on after the Union troops retreated to Cemetery Hill, and the Confed[...]
Despite beautiful dry weather at the beginning of the week, no more progress has been made on cleaning the Eternal Light Peace Memorial. This view was taken facing northwest at approximately 5:00 PM on Tuesday, May 19, 2009. After the initial clea[...]
The monument to the 153rd Pennsylvania, located along Wainwright Avenue at the foot of Cemetery Hill, has been vandalized. This view was taken facing northwest at approximately 6:30 PM on Monday, May 18, 2009. The monument to the 153rd Pennsylvani[...]
There are over 1300 monuments, plaques, and markers on the Gettysburg Battlefield. Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Ed Guy will show us some artwork on a few of the monuments. This view was taken facing west at approximately 5:00 PM on Wednesda[...]
Although plywood still covers the graffiti on the Eternal Light Peace Memorial, one section has been removed, and orange cones have shown up on the east steps. This view was taken facing northwest at approximately 4:15 PM on Saturday, May 16, 2009[...]
The grass planted on Monday began to show itself on Friday. This view was taken facing east at approximately 6:20 PM on Friday, May 15, 2009. In today’s post, we show that the recent rains have enabled the planted grass to reveal itself thro[...]
David Wills’ Law Office is a space with few displays. The lack of displays doesn’t mean that some of them aren’t interesting. This view was taken facing northeast at approximately 4:30 PM on Wednesday, February 18, 2009. We conti[...]
In our two previous posts on Benner’s Hill we have discussed the Confederate artillery placement. Today we will describe the Union artillery that would fire to here at Cemetery Hill on the right (marked by the light green/light blue water tank[...]
West Howard Avenue, which runs between the Mummasburg Road (shown in the foreground) and the Carlisle Road, is being asphalted this week. The contractors, Kinsley Construction, were sensitive to our taking pictures of the roadwork. This view was t[...]
A photograph of the Rosensteel Museum, forerunner of the National Park Service Electric Map Visitor Center Museum. This photograph is courtesy of Andy and Lucy Jurcak. This photograph was taken facing northwest in the 1920s. In today’s post,[...]