The monument to the 14th Brooklyn is on the left, with the “Railroad Cut” just visible in the right background. This view was taken facing northwest at approximately 11:00 AM on Saturday, June 4, 2011. As part of their Volunteer Workday,[...]
The monument to the 14th Brooklyn is on the left, with the Railroad Cut just visible in the right-hand portion of this view. This view was taken facing northwest at approximately 3:00 PM on Friday, June 3, 2011. For today’s “Volunteer Wo[...]
On the left the camera is pointing to the southeast and on the right of the view the camera is pointing to the northwest. For the larger JPEG version click here, or you can download the uncompressed TIFF file (52.9 MB) here. This view was taken at [...]
On April 15, 1861, shortly after Fort Sumter in Charleston, SC surrendered to the Confederates whose bombardment of that US Fort was the first shot of the American Civil War, President Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers to defend the Capitol. The[...]
The George Spangler Barn is the largest structure at the George Spangler Farm. Tents holding the wounded were around the barn, and wounded were also placed in the barn. This view was taken facing northwest at approximately 5:00 PM on Friday, May 13,[...]
The crowd waits on Baltimore Street at Monday’s Memorial Day Parade in downtown Gettysburg. This view was taken facing north at approximately 2:00 PM on Monday, May 30, 2011. Yesterday we were on-hand to cover the Gettysburg Memorial Day Parad[...]
Donna Lechak is a volunteer for the National Park Service at the Eisenhower National Historic Site. She is also volunteering her time to place flags on the graves of veterans in Evergreen Cemetery. She is in the section of Evergreen where soldiers k[...]
This Culp’s Hill Tower Panorama was taken from southwest to northeast at approximately 9:15 AM on Sunday, May 29, 2011. Today we have another panoramic update from the Culp’s Hill observation tower. For a medium-sized version of the panorama c[...]
Today’s panorama was taken from the northwest corner of the Pennsylvania Monument. The Round Tops are on the left and Cemetery Hill is on the right. (for the larger JPEG version click here, or you can download the uncompressed TIFF file (45.[...]
The Soldiers’ National Monument, sculpted by Randolph Rogers. This view was taken facing northeast at approximately 8:36 AM on Friday, November 19, 2010. The National Park Service is currently seeking funding for a project to repair the Soldie[...]