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October 15, 2022 9:00AM
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October Encounters with History
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This is a full day indoor and outdoor program. An indoor lecture will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. in the Ford Education Center at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum & Visitor Center, followed by an outdoor program from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. A boxed lunch will be provided
Frosty Sons of Thunder Enter the Struggle: July 1, 1863
with Licensed Battlefield Guides Rich Schroeder and Fran Feyock
A distinctive and unassuming 14-foot tall Latin Cross of blue granite stands nobly on a low ridge west of the town of Gettysburg. The cross placed by the State of Pennsylvania to permanently mark the place and recall the exact moment when The Frosty Sons of Thunder alongside their fellow blue-clad soldiers of the 142nd Pennsylvania Volunteers answered their call into history. Raised in the shadow of Mount Davis, Somerset County, Pennsylvania’s highest peak, the three Somerset companies, were collectively known as The Frosty Sons of Thunder.
A morning classroom presentation will be followed by an afternoon visit to the hallowed ground where Pennsylvanians and North Carolinian troops fought and died on the first day of the battle. Prepare for light walking on mostly even ground.
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