DUE TO ELECTION DAY -
NOVEMBER MEETING DATE
HAS BEEN CHANGED TO
NOVEMBER 12, 2024*
Leon Reed presents “Gettysburg Monuments, the Stories the Veterans Told, the Artists Who Made Them, … and a Quick Look at the Civil War Monuments Around the Keystone State”.
Synopsis: The regimental monuments at Gettysburg were mostly erected around the time of the battle’s 25th anniversary. The old soldiers knew this was their one chance to tell future generations what was on their minds. Some of the monuments tell us much: we miss a fallen companion, we remember some incident of the battle, we’re glad the war is over, we’re still irked about something.
In this fast-moving lecture, Leon will tell us many things we didn’t know about Gettysburg monuments. He will also take a very quick look at the Civil War monuments of Antietam, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, and will take a quick spin around the state of Pennsylvania.
Leon Reed is a retired US Senate aide, defense consultant, and US History teacher. He lives in Gettysburg with his wife Lois, where he doesn’t travel as much as he would like to, doesn’t see his five grandchildren nearly often enough, and spends much of his time writing, mainly military history. He has written three books on Gettysburg monuments and three World War II soldier memoirs