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Gettysburg: A Town Built On Tourism, Kevin P. Lavery
Gettysburg: A Town Built On Tourism, Kevin P. Lavery
The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History
In my most recent blog posts, I’ve adopted a rather unforgiving stance on the rampant consumerism that pervades the town of Gettysburg. Essentially, I have argued that the borough’s tacky gift shops sell odious little trinkets to gullible tourists and profiteer from the public’s morbid obsession with war and death. But while I firmly believe that this zealous consumerism is a persistent threat to healthy historical engagement, there is another side to the issue that demands to be recognized: Gettysburg kitsch is part of what has made Gettysburg into a town brimming with opportunities to broaden the public’s historical consciousness. …
Lost: Sesquicentennial Sanity. If Found, Please Contact Borough Of Gettysburg., Kevin P. Lavery
Lost: Sesquicentennial Sanity. If Found, Please Contact Borough Of Gettysburg., Kevin P. Lavery
The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History
If you were in Gettysburg during the summer of 2013, you surely encountered the ubiquitous 150th Gettysburg logo branded on everything from promotional materials to souvenirs. The latter – tacky at best and irreverent at worst – filled the town to the point of excess, making some of us wonder how many people completely missed the point of the sesquicentennial. Anniversaries exert a powerful force on the American historical psyche, but it is dubious whether Gettysburg’s celebration exerted an appropriate one. The sesquicentennial was a wonderful opportunity to refocus on the events of July 1863, but sadly many businesses in …
The Gettysburg Battlefield, One Century Ago, Benjamin Y. Dixon
The Gettysburg Battlefield, One Century Ago, Benjamin Y. Dixon
Adams County History
In the fall of 1899, Colonel John Nicholson reported on the recent changes being made to the Gettysburg National Military park. The park held a dedication ceremony that July for a new equestrian statue to General John Reynolds erected northwest of town. It was a shiny goldenbrown, polished-bronze statue sculpted by Henry Kirke Bush-Brown (his second equestrian statue at Gettysburg in three years). The horse and rider, balancing on two legs stood on a large pedestal near the new avenue in his name. Reynolds Avenue and adjoining Wadsworth, Doubleday, and Robinson Avenues were new to the battlefield as well. These …
Irish Travel, Vol 27 (1951-52), Irish Travel Association
Irish Travel, Vol 27 (1951-52), Irish Travel Association
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Irish Travel, Vol 26 (1950-51), Irish Tourist Association
Irish Travel, Vol 26 (1950-51), Irish Tourist Association
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Irish Travel, Vol 20 (1944-45), Irish Tourist Association
Irish Travel, Vol 20 (1944-45), Irish Tourist Association
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Irish Travel, Vol 18 (1942-43), Irish Tourist Association
Irish Travel, Vol 18 (1942-43), Irish Tourist Association
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Irish Travel, Vol 17 (1941-42), Irish Tourist Association
Irish Travel, Vol 17 (1941-42), Irish Tourist Association
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Irish Travel, Vol 16 (1940-41), Irish Tourist Association
Irish Travel, Vol 16 (1940-41), Irish Tourist Association
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Irish Travel, Vol 15 (1939-40), Irish Tourist Association
Irish Travel, Vol 15 (1939-40), Irish Tourist Association
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Irish Travel, Vol 14 (1938-39), Irish Tourist Association
Irish Travel, Vol 14 (1938-39), Irish Tourist Association
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Irish Travel, Vol 13 (1937-38), Irish Tourist Association
Irish Travel, Vol 13 (1937-38), Irish Tourist Association
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Irish Travel, Vol. 12 (1936-37), Irish Tourist Association
Irish Travel, Vol. 12 (1936-37), Irish Tourist Association
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Irish Travel, Vol. 11 (1935-36), Irish Tourist Association
Irish Travel, Vol. 11 (1935-36), Irish Tourist Association
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Irish Travel, Vol. 10 (1934-35), Irish Tourist Association
Irish Travel, Vol. 10 (1934-35), Irish Tourist Association
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Irish Travel, Vol. 09 (1933-34), Irish Tourist Association
Irish Travel, Vol. 09 (1933-34), Irish Tourist Association
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Irish Travel, Vol. 07 (1931-32), Irish Tourist Association
Irish Travel, Vol. 07 (1931-32), Irish Tourist Association
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Irish Travel, Vol. 06 (1930-31), Irish Tourist Association
Irish Travel, Vol. 06 (1930-31), Irish Tourist Association
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Irish Travel, Vol. 05 (1929-30), Irish Tourist Association
Irish Travel, Vol. 05 (1929-30), Irish Tourist Association
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Irish Travel, Vol. 04 (1928-29), Irish Tourist Association
Irish Travel, Vol. 04 (1928-29), Irish Tourist Association
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Irish Travel, Vol. 03 (1927-28), Irish Tourist Association
Irish Travel, Vol. 03 (1927-28), Irish Tourist Association
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No abstract provided.
Irish Tourist's Illustrated Handbook For Visitors To Ireland In 1852, Office Of The National Illustrated Library, 1852, London
Irish Tourist's Illustrated Handbook For Visitors To Ireland In 1852, Office Of The National Illustrated Library, 1852, London
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3rd edition hardback book with maps and black and white illustrations.