In our first video (Video #7 on the Cross Posts) Licensed Battlefield Guide Rich Bellamy is standing on “Munshower’s Hill” near Sedwick Avenue, just north of Little Round Top. The John Weikert House is in the fog to the front right[...]
Our latest panoramic update of the change of seasons from Little Round Top. This view was taken at approximately 7:45 AM on Saturday, January 3, 2009. The purpose of our weekly panorama from Little Round Top is to give those unable to be here an id[...]
In this video, Licensed Battlefield Guide Rich Bellamy began our tour of sites associated with Edward Cross. We are near Uniontown, Maryland, approximately twenty miles southeast of Gettysburg. Cross’ Brigade, which was part of the Second Army[...]
The Wills Building, located at 9 York Street, is attached to the Judge David Wills House (the red building with the white stenciling). Lincoln stayed at the Wills House the evening before he gave his Gettysburg Address. The Wills Building has an a[...]
The Eternal Light Peace Memorial, located on Oak Hill’s North Confederate Avenue was dedicated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on July 3, 1938. A Pennsylvania Commission first proposed a monument with an eternal flame in 1909 in order t[...]
George Gordon Meade was born 193 years ago today, December 31, 1815, in Cadiz, Spain. Cadiz is located on the southern coast of Spain, approximately 50 miles northwest of Gibraltar. It has been the home of the Spanish Navy since the 1700s. This vi[...]
The Comfort Suites Motel on the Baltimore Pike is swiftly hurrying to its completion before tourist season begins this spring. It is located in the area of (actually right next to) Evergreen Cemetery. This view was taken facing southeast at approx[...]
Our latest panoramic update of the change of seasons from Little Round Top. This view was taken at approximately 8:25 AM on Saturday, December 27, 2008. The purpose of our weekly panorama from Little Round Top is to give those unable to be here an [...]
Near the foot of historic Cemetery Hill, another non-historic structure is being erected. At the Gateway Mini Mart, an overhang for the new gas pumps is being put into place. We are not only ecstatic that it is being built, we are thrilled that i[...]
At 11 Baltimore Street, on the west side of the street is the home of Moses McClean (1804-1870). His home, a two and a half-story structure in 1860, was struck by an artillery projectile which is visible in this photograph. If you can’t see[...]