Today we mark the 160th anniversary of the end of The Battle Of Gettysburg. This battle marked the turning point of the Civil War.
“These dead shall not have died in vain.”
“This nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom.”
-Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address.
Today, 160 years ago: Victory at Gettysburg.
The 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment–consisting of firefighters from Philadelphia–plays a key role in beating back Pickett’s Charge at the stone wall and copse of trees that came to mark ‘the high-water mark of the confederacy.’
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