Norman Gasbarro | April 30, 2011
Part 25 of ongoing series on the Battle of Gettysburg. This post features the trailer for the Ted Turner movie, Gettysburg, as well as the title theme and some favorite scenes. Soundtrack: Title Theme 1st Day – Reynolds Arrives Killer Angels http://youtu.be/HRB2dGI1vRM Pickett’s Charge – The Plan Soundtrack: Reunion & […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 24, 2011
It is important to note that in 1861, Easter occurred on Sunday, 31 March, nearly three and a half weeks earlier than its occurrence in this year of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. On Easter 1861, the country was suspended between the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln and the first shots of the war […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 12, 2011
Fifty years ago, I was eagerly awaiting the release of the first of five United States stamp issues to recognize the Centennial of the Civil War. A green four cent stamp was to be issued in Charleston, South Carolina, at Fort Sumter where the first shots were fired. I was a junior in high school […]
Norman Gasbarro | March 3, 2011
In the first post about the Find A Grave site, a statement was made about those contributors to the site who are very proactive about warning people who use the site about theft of their photographs. The understanding of these individual is that any one who uses a photograph of theirs, under any conditions and […]
Norman Gasbarro | February 22, 2011
(Part 5 of an ongoing series on the Battle of Gettysburg). On 27 September 1910, Pennsylvanians who had fought at Gettysburg returned for the dedication of this memorial in their honor. Built of Mt. Airy granite, it stands 110 feet high, weighs 3,840 tons, and can be seen from many parts of the battlefield. It […]
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