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A good article to mark this Independence week!
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Re: 1st Minnesota at Gettysburg
Hallo!
As part of the NPS's "deforestation" efforts, the overgrown tree line/woods in front of the 1st Minn. was cleared back to its 1863 appearance so now the 1st's view of the Confederate advance is more like they saw it.
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Re: 1st Minnesota at Gettysburg
Outstanding Kurt! When was that done? This year?Soli Deo Gloria
Doug Cooper
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Re: 1st Minnesota at Gettysburg
Hallo!
I lost track (I have been to G-burg about 50 times over the years).
I am going to say it has been a while. My last trip was April 2009 and it was open.
While there are opponents of the work, for me personally I favor "remaking" things to look like 1863. But it is not always great. The woods directly behind where the 1st Minn. was that day was cleared eliminating the trees/wood section not there. But it opened up a view of the modern buildings' backsides and lots along the road. While neither is Period, I do better with the trees than the modern development.
CurtCurt Schmidt
In gleichem Schritt und Tritt, Curt Schmidt
-Hard and sharp as flint...secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.
-Haplogroup R1b M343 (Subclade R1b1a2 M269)
-Pointless Folksy Wisdom Mess, Oblio Lodge #1
-Vastly Ignorant
-Often incorrect, technically, historically, factually.Comment
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