The sign now greeting visitors as they enter the museum section on the main floor of the visitor center. This view was taken from the east facing west at approximately 4:30 PM on Monday, March 31, 2008. It was a misty Monday, and with 14 days left[...]
The new National Park Service Visitor Center is in the foreground. Big Round Top is above it and a little to the left. The Pennsylvania monument is just visible in the middle right distance. Please make sure that as always, you “clickR[...]
The bridge over the Railroad Cut, or the Reynolds Avenue Bridge. The span is now completely gone. This view was taken from the east facing west at approximately 4:45 PM on Saturday, March 29, 2008. The Gettysburg Daily again checked on the progr[...]
Harper D. Sheppard and Clinton D. Myers began the Hanover Shoe Stables in the early 1900s. Sheppard’s son, Lawrence Baker Sheppard, greatly expanded the operation in the 1920s, and changed the name to The Hanover Shoe Farms. This view is fr[...]
John Burns was born on September 5, 1793 in New Jersey, and served in the War of 1812. He moved to Adams County around the 1820s and became at various times, a shoemaker, a carriage salesman, and a constable. Before the battle some people in tow[...]
Katherine Haley Will was the 13th President of Gettysburg College (formerly Pennsylvania College). This view was taken from the southwest facing northeast at approximately 4:15 PM on Wednesday, March 26, 2008. The big news in Gettysburg late T[...]
In 1863 the Abraham Trostle Farm contained over 134 acres, and was described as consisting of “a large Pennsylvania style bank barn, a wagon shed addition, a newly built frame house, a corn crib, and an apple orchard. This view was taken[...]
The 6th New York Cavalry Monument on Buford Avenue along McPherson’s Ridge, is now the center of a construction site since it was struck by lightning in the fall of 2007. The Eternal Light Peace Memorial (Peace Light) is in the background t[...]
The Virginia State Monument on West Confederate Avenue. It was dedicated on June 8, 1917, but work had begun on the monument as early as 1913, as depicted in some photographs of the 50th anniversary of the battle. This view was taken from the so[...]
The Soldiers and Sailors of the Confederacy Memorial on West Confederate Avenue. Big Round Top is on the right. The peak of Little Round Top is to the right of the statue. Devil’s Den is to the left of the statue. This view was taken fro[...]