The “Sickles Fence,” which separates Evergreen Cemetery from the Soldiers’ National Cemetery is being stripped and repainted. The black part of the fence has been painted. The rust-colored “brown” fence has received its[...]
Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide John Krepps is the author of the book, A Strong and Sudden Onslaught, The Cavalry Action at Hanover, Pennsylvania. He is the host for our series on the movements to Hanover and the fighting within the borough. J[...]
Although the tree clearing is still continuing along the Baltimore Pike, the trees that need to be cut down to show how the area looked around Spangler’s Spring in 1863, have not been removed. This view was taken facing northeast at approxim[...]
Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Elwood “Woody” Christ is the author of the book, Over a Wide, Hot,…Crimson Plain: The Struggle for the Bliss Farm at Gettysburg, July 2nd and 3rd, 1863. He is the host for our series on the fig[...]
Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Ed Guy has now moved to Cemetery Ridge’s Pennsylvania State Monument to show us statues created by three artists. This view was taken facing north at approximately 9:30 AM on Monday, May 25, 2009. We conti[...]
The Gettysburg Foundation is raising prices at the new Visitor Center Museum. The Adult price for the film/museum/Cyclorama will go from $7.50 to 10.50 (a 40% increase). Senior Citizens/Military prices go from $6.50 to $9.50 (a 46% increase). Yout[...]
The Eternal Light Peace Memorial was cleaned on Friday, June 12, 2009, approximately 155 days after it was vandalized. This view was taken facing northwest at approximately 2:30 PM on Saturday, June 13, 2009. The Eternal Light Peace Memorial (Peac[...]
Here is a panorama from southeast corner of the observation tower on Oak Ridge taken on June 6, 2009. On the left the camera is pointing to the northeast and on the right of the view the camera is pointing to the southwest. For a larger view, clic[...]
Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Ed Suplee, is standing near the monument to the 32nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment on the south slope of the “Stony Hill.” The monument to the 22nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment is in the backgro[...]
The walls are rising at the William Patterson House. This view was taken facing southwest at approximately 1:30 PM on Tuesday, June 9, 2009. The beams/rafters are now being installed for the second floor of the William Patterson House on the Taney[...]