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The 1938 Gettysburg reunion was an encampment of American Civil War veterans on the Gettysburg Battlefield for the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg.The gathering included approximately 25 veterans of the battle [3]: 72 with a further 1,359 Federal and 486 Confederate attendees [4] out of the 8,000 living veterans of the war. [5]
Attendance for the memorial's dedication at the 1938 Gettysburg reunion on July 3 was 250,000; a further 100,000 attempted to attend but failed to arrive due to congested roads. President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrived at a temporary platform on his special train via the Reading Railroad from the North after leaving Springwood at Hyde Park NY ...
1938 Gettysburg reunion; C. Custer Creek train wreck; F. Federal Firearms Act of 1938 This page was last edited on 22 June 2024, at 11:27 (UTC). Text is available ...
The camp opened a new recreation hall in 1934 and provided manpower for building the veterans camp for the 1938 Gettysburg reunion, [3] and about 50 enrollees of CCC Company #1355-C served as aides for unaccompanied veterans.
The main and namesake battle of the campaign was the Battle of Gettysburg, which was fought from July 1 to July 3 in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as a turning point of the civil war. The Medal of Honor was awarded to 71 Union ...
The four-day 1938 Gettysburg reunion began, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. Don Budge of the United States won his second straight Wimbledon title, defeating Harry Austin of the United Kingdom in the Gentlemen's Singles final. [2] Born: Hariprasad Chaurasia, classical flautist, in Allahabad, British India
It ultimately became a national holiday and today is known as Memorial Day, the final Monday in the month of May. Ambrose Everett Burnside: 1871 1873 Rhode Island: Charles Devens: 1873 1875 Massachusetts: John Frederick Hartranft: 1875 1877 Pennsylvania: John Cleveland Robinson: 1877 1879 New York: William Earnshaw: 1879 1880 Ohio: Louis Wagner ...
Lincoln Memorial, depicted on Back since 1929; U.S. fifty-dollar bill. Grant's Portrait, depicted on Front since 1913; U.S. Postage Stamps. Abraham Lincoln Postage, 2nd in number for Presidents of US Stamps issues including 1866, 1869, 1890, 1903, 1938, 1954, 1965, 1995; US 5-cents commemorative stamp, 1963 [1]