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Denied burial alongside Union soldiers killed during the Battle of Gettysburg, the 30 or so men were instead buried in the all-Black Lincoln Cemetery
The Campbell family of Washington, D.C., beat the odds, keeping houses in its possession for generations and now owning an inn in Pennsylvania.
The 160th anniversary of the great events of November 1863 has come and gone. I missed the parade. I’d led a Gettysburg licensed town tour that morning, taking visitors from
The Lincoln Cemetery Project Association (LCPA) received a grant from Pennsylvania Hallowed Grounds and Preservation Pennsylvania to support restoration efforts.
Gettysburg’s newest museum uncovers the stories of the townspeople who lived there: those who fed the soldiers, nursed the wounded, and buried the dead.