Eternal light peace memorial Gettysburg PA
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Eternal Light Peace Memorial (Gettysburg)
Gettysburg, Pa
Eternal Light Peace Memorial at the Gettysburg Battlefield
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FIELD NOTES: Peace Eternal
Come along for an evening walk & enjoy the wonderful misty scenery of Oak Hill, The Peace Monument, and the nearby Appalachians here in the most famous small town in America.
The Eternal Light Peace Memorial, located on Oak Hill’s North Confederate Avenue was dedicated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on July 3, 1938. A Pennsylvania Commission first proposed a monument with an eternal flame in 1909 in order to have it finished for the 50th Reunion of Union and Confederate veterans in 1913.
The monument was not funded for the 1913 reunion, and in 1935, another Pennsylvania Commission started planning for another Peace Light. The monument was dedicated in 1938, and rededicated in 1988 on the 125th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. The artillery piece marks the position held by the Orange (Virginia) Battery of Carter’s Artillery Battalion (CSA).
President Roosevelt arrived at the train station in Gettysburg from his home in Hyde Park, New York. He was in Hyde Park from June 28th through July 2nd. Except for a Press Conference on June 28th and a visit from the Crown Princess of Sweden on July 1st, he did not have any official duties listed on his schedule.
During the June 28th Press Conference Roosevelt, besides addressing unemployment figures, addressed the military buildup in Europe. He stated that in some countries fifty percent of their “national income” was used for military defense. In the United States in 1938, approximately fifteen percent of the “national income” was used for military defense. Roosevelt was coming to Gettysburg to dedicate a monument to Eternal Peace while other parts of the world were actively preparing for war.
The first speaker and master of ceremonies was John Stanley Rice (1899-1985). Rice, who was the primary person responsible for the 1938 75th Anniversary Reunion, and for erecting the Eternal Light Peace Memorial, was a Gettysburg resident. He was born in Adams County, Pennsylvania on January 28, 1899. John S. Rice was a Lutheran, a Democrat, a manufacturer, and a prominent fruit grower.
He served in the United States Army during World War I and in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. He was United States Ambassador to the Netherlands from 1961-1964. He was a member of the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign War, the Freemasons, and the Elks. He is buried in Gettysburg’s Evergreen Cemetery.
Of the 1800 veterans who attended the 75th Anniversary ceremonies, the youngest was 88 years old, and the oldest claimed to be 112 years old.
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The Eternal Light Peace Memorial at Gettysburg National Battlefield - by Dan Gritsko
The Eternal Light Peace Memorial was dedicated on July 3, 1938. It was built to honor the 50th anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg which took place in 1913. The 1913 event, was the largest event after the war to focus on reuniting both the veterans who had fought in the war and reuniting our nation. The 1938 had 250,000 attend the ceremony and another 100, 000 attempting to get to the event but were unable to due to the amount already at the event.
On December 14th, 2018, I had the honor of giving my mother, June Gritsko a tour of Gettysburg National Battlefield. She was born on June 12, 1938 a few weeks before the state was dedicated in nearby Pittsburgh, PA.
Newsreel (1939) - FDR memorializes 75th anniversary of Gettysburg Address 1,800 Civil War veterans.
Newsreel (1939) - FDR memorializes 75th anniversary of Gettysburg Address in front of 1,800 Civil War veterans.
Newsreel - 1938 Gettysburg, PA: Before 150,000 persons, President Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial on the famous battlefield during the impressive and stirring 75-year Reunion, attended by 1,800 Civil War Veterans, both Blue and Gray. only sound of brief FDR speech. (2) World-Wide New Events - King Sees Naval Display Weymouth, England: Colorful and impressive fleet maneuvers, demonstrating Britain's 'Rule of the Waves,' are staged for George VI, who witnesses the thrilling war games from the Flagship 'Nelson.' (some parts silent in this partial newsreel without narration).
The Pennsylvania Memorial, Gettysburg
The Pennsylvania Memorial, one of the most visited monuments at Gettysburg National Military Park, is the largest. It's dedicated to the nearly 35,000 soldiers from Pennsylvania who fought to protect their homeland. For more information on Gettysburg, visit gettysburg.travel.
Monuments at Gettysburg - Context and Beyond (Lecture)
Ranger Troy Harman takes the blinders off, explaining the layered meanings behind the monuments of Gettysburg National Military Park in his winter lecture. Monuments discussed include the Pennsylvania Memorial, the 26th North Carolina monument on Cemetery Ridge, and the Eternal Light Peace Memorial.
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Gettysburg National Military Park
A visual overview of Gettysburg National Military Park in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; the location of the Battle of Gettysburg fought in early July 1863, and President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863. Highlights include the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and the Pennsylvania State Memorial. For more information on Gettysburg National Military Park go to:
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In the shadow of Oak Hill 2019
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More of the surrounding areas around the North Carolina memorial in Gettysburg PA
More of the surrounding areas around the North Carolina memorial in Gettysburg PA
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Gettysburg Battlefield
The Gettysburg Battlefield is the area of the July 1–3, 1863, military engagements of the Battle of Gettysburg within and around the borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Locations of military engagements extend from the 4-acre site of the first shot at Knoxlyn Ridge on the west of the borough, to East Cavalry Field on the east. A military engagement prior to the battle was conducted at the Gettysburg Railroad trestle over Rock Creek, which was burned on June 27.
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180 degree View from Pennsylvania Memorial, Cemetery Ridge, Gettysburg
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