Rabu, 20 September 2017

CWT Letters from Readers- August 2011

Gettysburg Monuments I loved Kim O’Connell’s June 2011 article about the best and worst Gettysburg monuments. While I heartily agree that the Irish Brigade monument is one of the best, for me the most poignant is the “Friend to Friend” monument located in the National Cemetery Annex. It depicts Confederate General Lewis A. Armistead handing …

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