Hospital Woods, which used to conceal the view of the Hilton Garden Inn from the Camp Letterman marker on the York Road have now been removed. This view was taken facing southwest at approximately 9:00 AM on Saturday, March 14, 2009. Progress has [...]
Here is a panorama from southeast corner of the observation tower on Oak Ridge taken on March 12, 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, cl[...]
The Gettysburg & Harrisburg Railroad was dedicated on March 4, 1884, and opened to the public on April 21, 1884. This is the depot located on the west side of North Washington Street. This view was taken facing northwest circa 1885. The Gettysbu[...]
The construction fences on the west side of the Cyclorama building have now been placed on the east side of the sidewalk leading to the Bryan House. They no longer strech west to Hancock Avenue. The marker in the left foreground is the left flank [...]
In Part 4 of our series on President John F. Kennedy’s visit to Gettysburg, Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Richard Goedkoop presents the visit to New York’s Irish Brigade monument. This view was taken facing southwest at approxima[...]
Hundreds of trees have been cut in a large area between Spangler’s Spring and the Baltimore Pike. The monument to the 3rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, on Carmen Avenue is in the foreground. The white building in the background is located nea[...]
The few buildings that are shown on the diorama are well done. We’ll take a tour in the chronological order that is presented on the display. The view on the diorama is looking north up Baltimore Street. At least the diorama is oriented to t[...]
Warmer temperatures have led to the picnic tables being brought out of their storage location at the Bus Depot area near the bus parking lot. This view was taken facing north at approximately 12:00 PM on Sunday, March 8, 2009. In preparation for t[...]
Big Round Top is on the left, and Benner’s Hill is on the right in this view. The Culp’s Hill Tower Panorama was taken from southwest to northeast at approximately 9:10 AM on Saturday, February 28, 2009. We wanted to show a view off the top of[...]
Today we are featuring the north wall of the Wills House. We will get to the diorama in our next post. Notice that there are three windows on the north wall (the left (west) window is barely visible above the center display. The windows are suppos[...]