Competing Memory: Camp Colt’s Place in Gettysburg History
By Anika Jensen '18 I recently came face-to-face with the issue of relevance in my research on Camp Colt for a public history class, and in studying the tankers’ noble intentions—preserving democracy, stemming German militarization, progressing American innovation—on an equally ...
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Raising Questions: Gettysburg Rising’s Confederate Flag Forum
By Olivia Ortman '19 On March 3, Gettysburg Rising--a group that encourages civic engagement by sharing information--hosted a forum on the Confederate flag. It drew a modest, yet eager crowd. The goal of the event was to create an opportunity ...
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Inspirations of War: Innovations in Prosthetics after the Civil War
By Savannah Labbe '19 In early 1861, a Confederate soldier named James Edward Hanger waited on the ground to die. Minutes before, his left leg had been shot off above the knee while he was sitting with his comrades in ...
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Lee and His Lieutenants: An Interview with Keith Bohannon
By Ashley Whitehead Luskey Over the course of this year, we’ll be interviewing some of the speakers from the upcoming 2018 CWI conference about their talks. Today we are speaking with Dr. Keith Bohannon, Professor of History at the University ...
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Separate but Equal? Gettysburg’s Lincoln Cemetery
By Savannah Labbe '19 The most well-known cemetery in Gettysburg is, of course, the Soldiers’ National Cemetery. Another cemetery in Gettysburg that receives less attention is the Lincoln Cemetery, currently located on Lincoln Lane. This small cemetery is home to ...
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