Jake Wynn | May 14, 2013
Located on the grounds of the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the Seminary Ridge Museum is destined to become another part of the community devoted to commemorating the battle that once took place there. High atop the western flank of the town of Gettysburg lies the Museum, its majestic brick architecture topped with a [...]
Norman Gasbarro | May 2, 2013
A listing of the April 2013 posts on the Gratz Historical Society Civil War Blog with direct links: Reconsider This: Gangs of New York Touring the Petersburg National Battlefield – Site of Taylor Farm Touring the Petersburg National Battlefield – The Crater (Part 1) Touring the Petersburg National Battlefield – The Crater (Part 2) March [...]
Jake Wynn | April 8, 2013
Fort Couch – Remains of breastworks built in June 1863 to oppose an expected attack on Harrisburg by Confederate troops. Site then known as Hummels Heights. Fort was named for Gen. Couch, Commander, Eastern Pennsylvania Military District. On a rainy day in late March, I had the opportunity to visit the remains of Fort Couch, [...]
Norman Gasbarro | April 5, 2013
A listing of the March 2013 posts on the Gratz Historical Society Civil War Blog with direct links: Abraham Lincoln on Stamps – Regular Issues of the 1950s through the 1960s Solomon Eyster of Barry Township – Died at Mower General Hospital, Philadelphia John Orth – German Immigrant in the 127th Pennsylvania Infantry Victorian Home: [...]
Jake Wynn | April 1, 2013
The 2002 blockbuster Gangs of New York struck me from the moment I first watched it as an impressionable 14 year old, but probably not the way you would expect. It wasn’t the surplus of stars or the big-named director. It wasn’t the gratuitous violence or the special effects. What I saw most in this [...]
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