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Monumental Questions: 1860s Civil War Monument Vandalization At Manassas, Ryan Bilger
Monumental Questions: 1860s Civil War Monument Vandalization At Manassas, Ryan Bilger
The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History
On October 4, 2017, I awoke to the news that the Stonewall Jackson equestrian monument at Manassas National Battlefield Park had been vandalized. Having worked there as a Pohanka intern during the summer of 2016, I was saddened to hear this. Now, I have no great love for the Jackson monument. It makes the Southern general look like Superman atop a horse that appears to have had a good amount of steroids mixed with its oats and hay. Yet, I believed then, as I do now, that covering the monument in colored paint was an extremely inappropriate act of vandalism. …
Looking Ahead To The 2018 Pohanka Internship Program, Ryan Bilger
Looking Ahead To The 2018 Pohanka Internship Program, Ryan Bilger
The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History
This summer, 21 Gettysburg College students will head to the front lines of public history through the Brian C. Pohanka Internship Program. From Andersonville National Historic Site to Minute Man National Historical Park, these interns will carry forward the legacy of the late Brian C. Pohanka, while also developing their own skills in the field of public history. Brian Pohanka was an avid student of the Civil War who shared his love of the past through presenting and reenacting, as some of the interns who bear his name will do this summer. They will work at some of the sites …