National Park Service employees Ray Singley (left) and Ray Miller work on the west foundation of the William Patterson House along the Taneytown Road. This view was taken facing east at approximately 8:45 AM on Monday, April 13, 2009. Work continu[...]
The new color of the Comfort Inn will be the light color/sand color/cream color on each end of the building. We will show you how this color appears from different parts of the battlefield. This view was taken facing northwest at approximately 7:4[...]
In today’s trolley post, the trolley tracks came out of Rose’s Woods towards Plum Run in the area between Devil’s Den and Big Round Top. Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Rich Kohr is striking his classic “trolley pose&[...]
Originally named “Christ’s Church,” Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church was one of three Lutheran institutions founded in Gettysburg by Samuel Simon Schmucker and colleagues. It was preceded by the Lutheran Theological Seminary, f[...]
Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Denny Forwood begins our series on Gettysburg Dental stories. In the 1840s, estimates placed the number of dentists in the north at about 5,500 with a little over 400 of them coming from formal dental colleges[...]
Dr. Charles C. Fennell continues our tour of Culp’s Hill. In today’s post, he moved below the summit of the hill to the position of the 60th New York Infantry Regiment. The 60th New York had approximately 273 men and officers engaged a[...]
<source src="http://i.gettysburgdaily.com/imgs/LBGMeeting_vids/Maint.mp4″ type=”video/mp4″><!–../imgs/LBGMeeting_vids/Maint–> National Park Service Chief of Maintenance Marc Pratt updates the Gettysburg [...]
After Tuesday’s work, this is all that remains of the 1962 Electric Map Auditorium. This view was taken facing east at approximately 4:30 PM on Tuesday, April 7, 2009. Hopefully, this will be the next to last update on the Visitor Center Dem[...]
On Monday, the contractors removed approximately half of the remaining section of the Electric Map Auditorium. This view was taken near Steinwehr Avenue east of the Friendy’s Restaurant. This view was taken facing southwest at approximately [...]
Cars sit on the Gettysburg Harrisburg Railroad tracks below (east of) Watson’s Battery on Seminary Ridge. This photograph is courtesy of Phil Lechak. This view was taken facing east circa 1900. The Gettysburg-Harrisburg Railroad, which opene[...]