1913 Gettysburg reunion
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The 1913 Gettysburg reunion was a Gettysburg Battlefield encampment of American Civil War veterans for the Battle of Gettysburg's 50th anniversary. The June 29 – July 4 gathering of 53,407 veterans wa
Old soldiers of the North and South clasping hands over The Angle in fraternal affection
Panorama of the Great Camp on the Gettysburg Battlefield
Secretary of War Lindley M. Garrison addresses the audience in the Great Tent
For the Webb-Pickett flag ceremony, two 1863 units advanced about 50 ft (15 m)—Union from the north, Confederate from the south—to flags at the Angle stone wall, where they "clasped hands and buried their faces on each other's shoulders".
Eternal Light Peace Memorial
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The Eternal Light Peace Memorial is a 1938 Gettysburg Battlefield monument dedicated on July 3, 1938, commemorating the 1913 Gettysburg reunion for the 50th anniversary of the 1863 Battle of Gettysbur
1913 Gettysburg reunion
…The commission's "first tentative programme" of October 13, 1910 included a "Peace Jubilee", with a noon July 3 placement of the cornerstone for a "Great Peace Memorial". The August 26, 1912, US Congress bill appropriated $150,000 and directed the War Department to establish the camp. Because the memorial funding was…
The memorial has "The Flame of Eternal Peace" and relief sculptures of two women and an American eagle.