PA Monument History Gettysburg National Military Park
Adams county Pennsylvania has a lot to offer visitors, be a tour through apple country, or a walk through many of the historic little towns that dot the countryside, but the king to the heap has got to be the Gettysburg National Military Park. The battlefield and buildings are a wonderful step back to a pivotal moment in our counties formation.
One of the things I find fascinating at the Gettysburg National Military Park are the monuments that cover the Gettysburg battlefield. Each monument has an interesting history all its own. Whether it is something as grand as the Eternal Light of Peace monument, or as simple as the stone pillar of the 2nd Mass near Culps hill.
The most striking and arguably the grandest monument on the field is the Pennsylvania Memorial. The Pennsylvania Memorial was built for an amazing $182,000 in 1910, a ridiculous amount of money at the time. It stands along what were the Union lines, not far from the High Water mark monument. During the battle of Gettysburg in July 1863 there were approximately 34,000 Union soldiers fighting from the state of Pennsylvania. The names of those soldiers listed on bronze tablets that make up the base of the Pennsylvania Memorial.
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he Pennsylvania Memorial is the largest memorial on the battlefield at the Gettysburg National Military Park. The goddess of victory and peace (Nike) is appropriately placed at the top of the memorial. Additional information about the monuments that adorn the Gettysburg National Military Park can be found here.
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