At least four figures with Gettysburg connections are shown in this photograph of Lyndon B. Johnson taking the oath of office on Air Force One following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas. The two Gettysburg connections featured i[...]
The Gettysburg Armory located on Seminary Ridge along West Confederate Avenue has sat empty since it was abandoned by the local National Guard Field Artillery unit for their new home on South Mountain. The National Park Service has not been success[...]
This view was taken at approximately 9:00 AM on Saturday, March 19, 2011. On the left we are looking to the southwest. On the right we are looking toward the northeast. For a medium-sized version of the panorama click here. For the larger JPEG vers[...]
On the left the camera is pointing to the southeast and on the right of the view the camera is pointing to the northwest. For the larger JPEG version click here, or you can download the uncompressed TIFF file (50.8 MB) here. This view was taken at [...]
The “9” on the monument to the 9th Massachusetts, located on Sykes Avenue at the foot of Big Round Top, is enclosed in shamrocks. This view was taken facing southwest at approximately 5:00 PM on Tuesday, March 15, 2011. In honor of St. P[...]
Brigadier General Samuel Wiley Crawford (1829-1892) was born in Franklin County Pennsylvania. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1846 and the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1860 He joined the United States Army as an a[...]
The marker to James Cooper’s Battery B, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery is one of the oldest on the Gettysburg Battlefield. The features on the original top of the monument have faded away, and a new stone will be re-engraved. This view was [...]
From January 1-7, 1929 a tri-engined Fokker C-2 aircraft, the Question Mark stayed aloft in order to experiment with air refueling. The plane received its name because when asked before the flight how long they thought they could stay in the air, th[...]
Our March panorama from the Longstreet tower. On the left side we are looking north, and on the right side we are looking southeast. For the larger JPEG version click here, or you can download the uncompressed TIFF file (29.5 MB) here. This view w[...]
Looking east on West Middle Street, at the intersection of South Washington St. and Middle St. This view was taken facing east at approximately 4:00 PM on Friday, March 11, 2011. As we mentioned last week, another area in Gettysburg that will be imp[...]