THINGS TO DO IN GETTYSBURG: PART 3: GETTYSBURG IN WINTER
Things To Do In Gettysburg- Part 3: Gettysburg In Winter: Until two weekends ago- we had never been to Gettysburg in December or January. There are a few pluses going […]
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THINGS TO DO IN GETTYSBURG- PART 2: EISENHOWER NATIONAL HISTORICAL SITE
Things To Do In Gettysburg- Part 2- The Eisenhower National Historical Site. To get there you need to go to the Gettysburg National Military Park’s Visitor Center- and ride the […]
THINGS TO DO IN GETTYSBURG- PART 1- THE VISITORS CENTER- TODAY IN THE PARK
Going to re-boot a series I started back in August- only did one blog. Searching for something to do on Friday’s- once a week Gettysburg- my favorite place on Planet […]
THINGS TO DO IN GETTYSBURG -VISITOR CENTER- PART 1- TODAY IN THE PARK
Going to start a new feature- something a little different- a multi-part series{ and I have no idea how many parts it will end up being} on Gettysburg. Gettysburg is […]
155 YEARS AGO- AUGUST 8, 1863 GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE SENDS HIS RESIGNATION TO CONFEDERATE PRESIDENT JEFFERSON DAVIS
It was a little over a month after the Battle of Gettysburg- August 8, 1863- General Robert E. Lee commander of the Army of Northern Virginia sent a letter to […]
GRAVE OF BASEBALL HALL OF FAMER- GETTYSBURG EDDIE PLANK- EVERGREEN CEMETERY- GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
Eddie Plank was a great baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics. He was born in Gettysburg on August 31, 1875 and grew up on a farm. He never played baseball […]
GEORGE NIXON’S GRAVE [GREAT-GRANDFATHER OF PRESIDENT RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON ] AT GETTYSBURG NATIONAL CEMETERY
Private George Nixon served in the American Civil War as in Company B, 73rd Ohio Voluneer Infantry. He was morally wounded on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg […]
