It is finally passable! The south side of the Reynolds Avenue Bridge This view was taken from the south facing north at approximately 4:45 PM on Friday, May 30, 2008. It’s not finished yet, but our seventh visit to the Reynolds Avenue Brid[...]
It’s a jungle out there, and it was in 1863 also. The trees on the ground are remnants of the effort to clear Plum Run (about 50 yards on the west side of the Willard marker) a couple of years ago. The Klingle House and Barn are in the rig[...]
The Steinwehr Avenue neighbors aren’t very pleased by the shape in which the old Visitor Center Lawn has been left. This photograph was taken at the driveway near Steinwehr Avenue looking toward the Quality Inn Motor Lodge. This view was t[...]
The monument to Lieutenant Gulian V. Weir’s Battery C, 5th United States Artillery is in the foreground. The Gibbon Tree is to the right of the cannon. The Codori Barn is in the distance above the right cannon. This view was taken from th[...]
The monument to the 44th New York Infantry Regiment on Little Round Top. The piece of red cloth is tied to the top of the monument. This view was taken from the southeast facing northwest at approximately 1:45 PM on Monday, May 26, 2008. In the [...]
The flowers were placed on the grave of Simeon Ikins of the 136th New York. The Soldiers National Monument is in the background. Private Simeon Ikins was single, and from New Hudson, New York. At Gettysburg on July 3, 1863 he suffered a compoun[...]
The repairs 6th New York Cavalry Monument on Buford Avenue along an extension of the west arm of McPherson’s Ridge, known as Forney’s Ridge, were completed this week. This view was taken from the west facing east at approximately 4:45[...]
It has been disappointing to many to see these signs still in place, especially for Memorial Day Weekend. The bridge was to be finished May 19th. The rains we have had lately may have been a factor in the lack of progress. And since we’re [...]
A few items remain to commemorate Camp Colt. This tree and the marker below it were placed here, along the Emmitsburg Road in August, 1954 in honor of President Eisenhower. “Ike” had been inaugurated the 34th President of the United [...]
The Culp’s Hill marker for the 6th Wisconsin is approximately 120 yards northwest of the Culp’s Hill observation tower, and approximately 10 yards north of Slocum Avenue. This view was taken from the south facing north at approximately[...]