Rutherford, a humanitarian and political science professor at JMU, is the newest appointee to Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s Board of Historic Resources. Rutherford's now one of six members appointed to the
Four Mile Creek Farm is a core part of the New Market Heights Battlefield and the scene of the battle on Sept. 29, 1864, when the U.S. Colored Troops broke through Confederate defenses for their greatest victory of the Civil War.
What to Know About Visiting Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania
How best to explore where a major Union victory changed the course of the Civil War
by Bill Fink, AARP, May 25, 2021 |
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COVID-19 Update: Gettysburg's visitor center and its museum are open, as are the park grounds. Bus tours are operating again, but park ranger tours remain suspended. The Eisenhower National Historic Site is open, but the Eisenhower Home is closed. The David Willis House and Lincoln Railroad Station in town are also closed. Check the park website for updates.
"You'll want to cover your ears,” the Union officer says as he readies his cannon. I step back a few paces as uniformed Civil War re-enactors on the fields of Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania fire their artillery. The thundering blasts rattle my chest, pound my eardrums and cloud my vision with drifting smoke.