A few weeks ago, my wife and I toured the battlefield at Gettysburg with a licensed battlefield guide. He took special attention when we reached Little Round Top to point out the 20th Maine monument, as he knew we were from Maine. I asked him if it had been recently cleaned, and he said yes, […]
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Better monument needed
I visited Gettysburg recently. I was looking forward to seeing the 20th Maine Infantry monument site. The weather was wonderful; the memorials were fantastic. The only fly in the ointment was when I finally got to the monument for the 20th Maine Infantry. I was very disappointed to find the meager memorial they had and […]
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Joshua Chamberlain’s Medal of Honor returned to Brunswick
BRUNSWICK (AP) — Civil War general Joshua Chamberlain’s original Congressional Medal of Honor has arrived back in Brunswick. The medal Chamberlain received in 1893 for his heroism at Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg is at the Pejepscot Historical Society. The historical society received the medal in an anonymous package in July but […]
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Joshua Chamberlain’s Medal of Honor surfaces at church sale
BRUNSWICK — One of the most prestigious medals earned by one of Maine’s most decorated sons was discovered at a church sale and turned over to a Brunswick-based organization for safe keeping, the group announced Monday. The U.S. Army Medal of Honor was awarded to Civil War hero Joshua Chamberlain — who would go on […]
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LePage to take part in Gettysburg commemoration
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage is headed to Pennsylvania to participate in celebration for the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. The Republican governor will take part in a ceremony at Little Round Top Wednesday evening. LePage will also tour the battlefield with the Maine and Alabama National Guard and offer brief […]
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What a week in the history of our nation
If you attend a fireworks show this evening, we invite you to think about what a remarkable week this is in American history. We created a nation in 1776, and then we guaranteed its survival as a union in 1863. As the darkness envelopes you tonight, and the first fireworks light the sky, imagine you […]
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Hollywood helps turn Gettysburg hill into top site
GETTYSBURG, Pa. — The booms of ground-rattling cannon fire Monday marked the ceremonial start of the Battle of Gettysburg, 150 years to the day after Union and Confederate troops fought the defining encounter of the Civil War. But instead of sabre-carrying soldiers, tourists and history buffs are now swarming the battlefield in this small, south-central […]
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Did black men fight at Gettysburg?
“For every Southern boy fourteen years old,” William Faulkner famously wrote in “Intruder in the Dust” (1948), it is early in the afternoon on July 3, 1863, just before the order is given to attack the center of the Union line across an open field three-quarters of a mile long, which leads up to Cemetery […]