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Monuments at Gettysburg – 150th Pennsylvania Infantry

| April 23, 2015

The 150th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument at Gettysburg is located west of the town of Gettysburg on Stone Avenue.  It was dedicated in 1889 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is the second monument to this regiment at Gettysburg;  the first monument is located on Hancock Avenue and was dedicated in 1888 by the regiment’s survivors. […]

Monuments at Gettysburg – 149th Pennsylvania Infantry

| April 22, 2015

The 149th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument at Gettysburg is located on Chambersburg Road near the McPherson barn.  It was dedicated in 1888 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The picture of the monument (above) is from Stephen Recker’s Virtual Gettysburg Web Site which has more information about the monument and the 149th Pennsylvania Infantry. A full description […]

Monuments at Gettysburg – 148th Pennsylvania Infantry

| April 21, 2015

The 148th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument at Gettysburg is located in the Wheat Field along Ayers Avenue.  It was dedicated in 1889 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is the first monument to this regiment at Gettysburg;  the second monument is located on Hancock Avenue and was dedicated in 1901. The drawing of the 1889 monument […]

Monuments at Gettysburg – 147th Pennsylvania Infantry

| April 20, 2015

The 147th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument at Gettysburg is located southeast of the town of Gettysburg on Geary Avenue.  It was dedicated in 1885 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The picture of the monument (above) is from Stephen Recker’s Virtual Gettysburg Web Site which has more information about the monument and the 147th Pennsylvania Infantry. A full […]

Why Was There a Cross-Burning in Elizabethville?

| April 17, 2015

On Thursday evening, 22 January 2015, a hate crime occurred in Washington Township, just outside the Borough of Elizabethville, at the home of a young African American woman.  The woman, who had moved from Harrisburg to make a better life for herself and her two children was targeted by someone who placed a burning cross […]