1938 Gettysburg reunion

American Civil War veterans reunion the 50th battle anniversary addressed by President Woodrow Wilson 1913 Gettysburg reunion September 2025 Gettysburg College &Gettysburg National Military Park United States Gettysburg ELPMemorial.jpg North of the veterans' camp, the Eternal Light Peace Memorial was unveiled during the reunion. 39.8395 N 77.2366 W inline,title Pennsylvania June 29–July 6ceremonies & events: June 1–4 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5oUuAAAAIBAJ&pg=5168,5491447&dq=1938+gettysburg+fireworks&hl=en Blue and Gray Reunion Schenectady Gazette June 14, 1938 Google News Archive Search 26 November 2016 mdy-all thumb|Union and Confederate veterans shaking hands over the rock wall at The Angle thumb|Commemorative coin (obverse shown) 26em "ATTENDANT" medal issued to veteran's son Overhead view of dedication Roosevelt seated with white fedora Veterans: GAR & UCV commanders, Stamets/Turnbough/Vance, Tift/Gordon/Wilson/Bollinger, Hatch/Wingrove Films of veterans, parade, camp, Roosevelt, unveiling, & handshake over stone wall with rebel yell Tank parade at college, Roosevelt in convertible & accepting memorial The 1938 Gettysburg reunion was an encampment of American Civil War veterans on the Gettysburg Battlefield for the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. The gathering included approximately 25 veterans of the battle72 with a further 1,359 Federal and 486 Confederate attendeesSalmon John S 2007 Historic Photos of Gettysburg https://books.google.com/books?id=-emf92MWFK0C&q=1938+%22Gettysburg+College%22+stadium&pg=PA171 Google Books Turner Publishing Company 2006937078 978-1-59652-323-4 2011-02-10 mdy-all out of the 8,000 living veterans of the war.Anniversary Reunions of Civil War Veterans http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/misc/gettysburg/h.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20021005161632/http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/misc/gettysburg/h.htm dead October 5, 2002 GSA.gov 2011-02-09 mdy-all The veterans averaged 94 years of age.July 5, 1938 Veterans Reunion At Gettysburg Closes Monday https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VatWAAAAIBAJ&pg=6763,929565&dq=1938+roosevelt+gettysburg&hl=en Eugene Register-Guard 2011-02-09 mdy-all Transportation, quarters, and subsistence was federally funded for each veteran and their accompanying attendant.NOTE: The following news article's numbers for reservations are italicized in the table: June 28, 1938 TWO VETERANS OF CIVIL WAR CLASP HANDS https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3sBOAAAAIBAJ&pg=6401,3239194&hl=en St. Petersburg Times 2011-02-09 mdy-all If an attendant was needed it was provided.June 11, 1938 Gettysburg Celebration to be Attended by 3,500 Vets https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7qoiAAAAIBAJ&pg=3518,3595922&dq=1938+roosevelt+gettysburg&hl=en The Daily Times 2011-02-08 mdy-allJuly 14, 1938 Blue and Gray Meet https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=snpVAAAAIBAJ&pg=2846,2267519&dq=1938+roosevelt+gettysburg&hl=en The Cambridge City Tribune 2011-02-09 mdy-all President Franklin D. Roosevelt's July 3 reunion address preceded the unveiling of the Eternal Light Peace Memorial; a newsreel with part of the address was included in the Westinghouse Time Capsule for the 1939 New York World's Fair. The reunion's support personnel included 19 officers and 250 enlisted men of the Pennsylvania National Guard, and there were 3,185 United States Army personnel in total.April 21, 1944 Here and There: ...four-star peak of Big Things that came to Gettysburg... https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=btIlAAAAIBAJ&pg=7091,4860866&dq=wheatfield+1940+gettysburg&hl=en Gettysburg Times Times and News Publishing Company 2011-02-09 mdy-all A "regular army camp" that displayed modern weapons was east of the northward tracks of the Reading Railroad to the Gettysburg College buildings,64–5 while the Third Corps headquarters tent was south of Gettysburg near The Angle.July 1, 1938 Woodring, Earle speak At Veterans' Reunion https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=41ohAAAAIBAJ&pg=1686,103020&dq=16th-field-artillery+gettysburg&hl=en Reading Eagle 2011-02-10 the headquarter's tent of Major General James K. Parsons, of the Third Corps area, pitched within easy pistol shot of that bloody angle where Pickett's men notched the extreme advance of the battle. mdy-all There were 548 police; from the Pennsylvania State Police and officers from New York City, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh; and a Gettysburg College building was the "base hospital" under the First Regular Army Medical Regiment.July 5, 1938 Gettysburg's Last Reunion Days End https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZysbAAAAIBAJ&pg=2749,6069801&dq=1938+roosevelt+gettysburg&hl=en The Pittsburgh Press 2011-02-08 mdy-all Fundraising To raise reunion funds, in June 1936 Congress authorized 50,000 US Mint commemorative half dollars. The Battle of Gettysburg half dollar was dated 1936 despite being struck in 1937.Battle of Gettysburg Half Dollar http://www.coinsite.com/content/commemoratives/Gettysburg.asp CoinSite.com 2011-02-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20101214212107/http://coinsite.com/content/Commemoratives/Gettysburg.asp 2010-12-14 dead Sculptor Frank Vittor had used Union veteran James Power Stanley of the Battles of the Wilderness, Cold Harbor, North Anna, and Spotsylvania for the model,May 24, 1938 Veteran Poses for Commemorative Coin https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pPMKAAAAIBAJ&pg=3781,105151&dq=gettysburg-half-dollar&hl=en Prescott Evening Courier 2011-02-10 mdy-all A special US postage stamp was also advocated for the reunion's opening day.February 16, 1938 Public Thinks https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XW0uAAAAIBAJ&pg=663,788217&dq=1938+roosevelt+gettysburg&hl=en The Modesto Bee 2011-02-09 mdy-all July 2026 InternetArchiveBot Unsold coins were destroyed.CoinSitehttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nMQ_AAAAIBAJ&pg=1156,3793185&dq=gettysburg+peace-memorial&hl=en Citizens in battle to save the sanctity of Gettysburg Coin Roundup Ed Rochette November 25, 1984 Google News Archive Search The Vindicator 26 November 2016 mdy-all Chronology 1935: Pennsylvania created a commission for the seventy-fifth anniversary of the battle of GettysburgJanuary 20, 1937 Senator Rice Sponsors Bill for Gettysburg Peace Memorial https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CigzAAAAIBAJ&pg=6811,2285355&dq=1937+big-round-top&hl=en Gettysburg Compiler 2011-02-10 mdy-all 1936: The House Military Affairs Committee recommended the Haines Bill for forming a federal committee to work with the Pennsylvania reunion commission.April 10, 1935 House Group Approves U. S. Reunion Aid https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kA4mAAAAIBAJ&pg=6340,3949532&dq=1938+roosevelt+gettysburg&hl=en Gettysburg Times Times and News Publishing Company 2011-02-09 mdy-all 1937 January 25: State senator John S. Rice, chairman of the Pennsylvania reunion commission, sponsored a bill for the commission to develop a memorial to be dedicated at the 1938 reunion, with a "Gettysburg Peace Memorial Fund" for an observation deck 75 ft m on above the Big Round Top summit and a flame 30 feet higherJanuary 30, 1937 Measure Calls for Creation of $100,000 Fund; Eternal Light To Be Built on Battlefield and Dedicated at Anniversary and Reunion in 1938" & "'1938' Banquet is Postponed https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZYklAAAAIBAJ&pg=1052,3387574&dq=1937+big-round-top&hl=en The Star and Sentinel 2011-02-10 mdy-all (the abandoned 1910 plan was for a 1913 cornerstone at The Angle.) 1937 February 6: The first joint meeting of the federal and Pennsylvania state commissions. 1937 May 8: The Pennsylvania reunion commission's headquarters at the Hotel Gettysburg annex began selling the "Gettysburg commemorative half dollars" for $1.65; the hotel and two Gettysburg banks also sold the coins.May 8, 1937 Reunion Coins On Sale Here https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ECgzAAAAIBAJ&pg=6955,2800802&dq=1938+gettysburg+reunion&h Gettysburg Compiler 2011-02-09 mdy-all 1938 January 15: The navy sent the 75-man Marine Corps Band for the reunion (four other bands were also at the camp).January 15, 1938 Marine Band to Play Here https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=koklAAAAIBAJ&pg=5536,2142952&dq=haines-bill+gettysburg&hl=en The Star and Sentinel 2011-02-09 mdy-all February: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, formed a nine-person committee for the reunion.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=loklAAAAIBAJ&pg=1104,2001508&dq=1938+gettysburg+fireworks&hl=en 9 Citizens Will Arrange Town's Reunion Plans 1938-02-06 The Star and Sentinel Google News Archive Search 2 July 2018 mdy-all April 18: The Works Progress Administration began improvements to the 25 sqmi km2 on of the Gettysburg National Military Park.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZmNeAAAAIBAJ&pg=2801,4484036&dq=1938+roosevelt+gettysburg&hl=en Gettysburg Area to be Renovated for Reunion 1938-04-18 Lawrence Journal-World Google News Archive Search 2 July 2018 mdy-all April 26: Veterans' camp construction began at the "north end of Gettysburg College and on adjacent private property".Cohen Stan B 1982 Hands Across the Wall Charleston, West Virginia Pictorial Histories Pub. Co. p. 64 NOTE: The overhead camp image shows tents south of Howard Av and west of the Biglerville Rd beyond the Mummasburg Rd to the former Reading Railroad line which extended northward from the rail "+" intersection (bottom left of photo) before the northward railway was moved westward circa 1939 when the Round Top Branch was removed. p. 75 NOTE: The image of tanks side-by side has the 1888 Glatfelter Hall behind at a distance and an angle which places the tanks to the southwest, nearly on the current location of a portion of Constitution Av.52 The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) on Seminary Ridge provided manpower for building the veterans camp,Nagle George F https://www.afrolumens.com/century%20of%20change/ccccamps.html Research Project-CCC Camps Afrolumens.com 2010-06-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20070922232520/http://www.afrolumens.org/ccccamps.htm September 22, 2007 live mdy-all and about 50 enrollees at CCC camp MP-2 of Company #1355-C served as guides for the veterans.https://books.google.com/books?id=Ji64ZgxVuoMC&pg=PA152 At Work in Penn's Woods: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Pennsylvania Penn State Press 0271047372 en 2011-03-20 mdy-all May 16: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the billhttps://archive.today/20120712023520/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9SguAAAAIBAJ&sjid=odQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5532,2030565&dq=1938+roosevelt+gettysburg&hl=en for the federal transportation and camp appropriations of $900,000 (federal memorial funding had also failed in 1912). June 25: The 1st Medical Regiment arrived from Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania to provide medical care for the reunion.http://cdm15290.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15290coll6/id/535/rec/12/ Blue and Gray reunion at Gettysburg, PA, June 29 - July 6, 1938 Army Medical Bulletin, 1922-1949 PDF 46 29–38 2 July 2018 mdy-all 5 April 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160405001010/http://cdm15290.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15290coll6/id/535/rec/12/ dead June 29: Twelve special Pullman trains arrived carrying veteranshttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-KoiAAAAIBAJ&pg=2014,4477261&hl=en Plans Completed for Gettysburg's Big Celebration 1938-06-28 The Daily Times Google News Archive Search 2 July 2018 mdy-all (4 from the east, with the remainder from the north and west).https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ls89AAAAIBAJ&pg=6774,3427579&dq=1938+gettysburg+fireworks&hl=en Local News 1938-06-23 New Oxford Item Google News Archive Search 2 July 2018 mdy-all Events July 1, Friday (Reunion Day): Opening ceremonies in the Gettysburg College StadiumJune 29, 1938 Blue, Gray Veterans Gather At Gettysburg for Reunion https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=C7QhAAAAIBAJ&pg=3341,5660782&dq=1938+roosevelt+gettysburg&hl=en Reading Eagle 2011-02-09 mdy-all NOTE: The "stadium" identity is unclear, as a Gettysburg College tribute page states the dedication game of Memorial Stadium was the 14-12 Bucknell upset in 1928. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003223/http://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=31&season=1928 2016-03-04 But the College's embellished sports page for Clark Field has the contradictory claim it was "erected in 1938 in a ceremony attended by President Franklin D. Roosevelt." However, the herein references clearly identify the contradiction that Roosevelt, on the planned stopover en route from Hyde Park NY to the White House, traveled to and from the 1938 Oak Hill dedication directly by motorcade from/to his special train for the 9 minute reunion address. Moreover, the claim that the stadium was "erected in ... a ceremony attended by ... Roosevelt" is dubious since the stands, press box, and other depicted stadium structures required more than the time of a "ceremony" to be erected (and reunion facilities were in place before Roosevelt arrived). Although Roosevelt, whose train was near the extension of West Lincoln Av, may have passed near the construction; a source is needed to identify if the President also attended a ceremony at (unfinished?) Clark Field. (In 1918, the college's Nixon Field had been used for Camp Colt athletics.) were in the morning and included an address by Secretary of War Harry Hines Woodring, chairman of the United States Commission. July 2, Saturday (Veterans' and Governors' Day) - The 3-mile-long paradeVeterans of More Recent Wars Go on Parade Before Aged Heroes at Gettysburg Cedar Rapids Gazette July 2, 1938 1, 5 https://newspaperarchive.com/cedar-rapids-gazette-jul-02-1938-p-5/ 20 July 2026 for 2 1 2 hours was between the reviewing stand in the college stadium and the intersection of the Baltimore Pike and the Emmitsburg Road, through the Lincoln Square; and included three groups: distinguished visitors first, followed by U. S. Army units and equipment, and more than 50 drum and bugle corps.- A Marine Corps Band concert was held in the Gettysburg College stadium (the only remaining Jewish Civil War veteran, Daniel Harris, was a guest on the platform).July 9, 2010 President Roosevelt Dedicates Eternal Light Peace Memorial to Cause of Peace Before 200,000 as Climax to 75th Anniversary of Civil War Battle https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pYklAAAAIBAJ&pg=1912,1521684&dq=1938+roosevelt+gettysburg&hl=en Star and Sentinel 2011-02-08 mdy-all July 3, Sunday (President's Day) - Sunday morning memorial service in college stadiumJuly 9, 1938 Here and There with the Vets https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pYklAAAAIBAJ&pg=1159,1481874&dq=emmor+cope+1927&hl=en Google News Archive Star and Sentinel 2011-02-12 The following veterans and attendants attended the anniversary from Long Beach. ... Hammaker, 94, left the Warner hospital today for the base hospital mdy-all- Veterans shook hands across the stone wall at The Angle as during the 1913 Gettysburg reunion.- Attendance for the Eternal Light Peace Memorial dedication was 250,000 (100,000 were "stuck on automobile-packed highways".)Peace Eternal in a Nation United http://www.nps.gov/archive/gett/getttour/tstops/tstd-03.htm https://archive.today/20061210052441/http://www.nps.gov/archive/gett/getttour/tstops/tstd-03.htm dead December 10, 2006 Virtual Tour - Day One: Oak Hill NPS.gov 2011-02-09 mdy-all- As Roosevelt's 9 minute address ended at sunset, the Peace Memorial covered by a 50 foot on flagJuly 4, 1938 Throng at Gettysburg Hears Roosevelt Call For Peace Campaign https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5lohAAAAIBAJ&pg=2529,642073&dq=sixth-field-artillery+gettysburg&hl=en Reading Eagle Whitworth guns of Hill's Corps [on Oak Hill] that raked Union positions on Big Round Top, a mile and a half distant. mdy-all (Roosevelt 1913 Gettysburg reunion address) was unveiled by George N. Lockwood and Confederate A. G. Harris (both age 91)https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=js5PAAAAIBAJ&pg=2350,6460294&dq=1938+roosevelt+gettysburg&hl=en Roosevelt Dedicates Peace Shrine 1938-07-04 The Evening Independent Google News Archive Search 2 July 2018 mdy-all with 2 regular army attendants.- Army aircraft staged a simulated air raid on GettysburgJuly 4, 1938 Flame Burning on Monument at Gettysburg https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=k9tBAAAAIBAJ&pg=3879,598708&dq=1938+roosevelt+gettysburg&hl=en The Telegraph Herald 2011-02-08 mdy-all at dusk, and searchlights were directed from the ground at the planes while they dropped flares.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dwcmAAAAIBAJ&pg=4771,3174143&dq=1938+gettysburg+fireworks&hl=en Flags, Bunting Brighten Town for Battle Fete 1938-06-23 Gettysburg Times Google News Archive Search 2 July 2018 mdy-all July 4, Monday (United States Army Day) - Military demonstrations included maneuvers by "31 fast light tanks" (according to the New York Times account), likely the M2 light tank (the only light tank in the US arsenal at the time), of the 66th Infantry's Provisional Tank Battalion near the college's Glatfelter Hall75 and an air show with 18 Northrop A-17As from Barksdale Field and, from Langley Field, 18 Consolidated PB-2s & 6 B-17 Flying Fortresses.52- Fireworks were launchedhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=t-wsAAAAIBAJ&pg=3210,1827155&dq=1938+roosevelt+gettysburg&hl=en Aged Veterans Gather on Gettysburg Field 1938-06-21 The Bulletin Google News Archive Search 2 July 2018 mdy-all from the crest of Oak hill.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=51ohAAAAIBAJ&pg=3977,686325&dq=1938+gettysburg+fireworks&hl=en Veterans Depart from Gettysburg Field After Colorful Reunion Reading Eagle Google News Archive Search 2 July 2018 mdy-all July 5: The 62nd Coastal Artillery departed for Fort Totten, the 12th Infantry (without 1 company) to Fort Howard (Maryland), and the Third Cavalry to Fort Myer. July 6: The 66th Infantry departed for Fort Meade and the 6th Field Artillery to Fort Hoyle. July 7: The 34th Infantry (without 1 company) departed for Fort Meade. July 8: The 34th Infantry headquarters company departed for Fort Meade (the 8th Quartermaster Regiment remained until ~July 25 to dismantle the veterans camp.) September 23: A World's Fair time capsule with a "permanent acetate film by RKO-Pathé" (15 minute newsreel)November 12, 1938 A Picture of Today for a World 5000 Years Away http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=EP19381112.2.166 Paperspast webpage The Saturday Evening Post CXXVI 116 28 2011-02-09 mdy-all with part of Roosevelt's Gettysburg reunion address and numerous other events was lowered into a 50 ft well.Capsule Contents http://davidszondy.com/future/timecapsule/timecontents.htm DavidSZond.com 2011-02-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20101121225452/http://davidszondy.com/future/timecapsule/timecontents.htm 2010-11-21 dead +Veteran attendance/reservations State # California150 Texas130 Pennsylvania115 Ohio103 Georgia63 Florida48 Mississippi42 North Carolina35 30 others, avg34 Alabama32 Tennessee31 Marylandhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oC0yAAAAIBAJ&dq=samuel-weaver+gettysburg&pg=5090,6941535 Back in Those Days... 2001-04-26 Gettysburg Times Google News Archive Search 2 July 2018 mdy-all 22 South Carolina19 Kentucky16 Louisiana15 Virginia14 Arkansas9 Nevada1 Wyoming1 Rhode Island0 References Category:1938 in Pennsylvania Category:Organized events in Pennsylvania Category:Gettysburg Battlefield Category:Reunions Category:Speeches by Franklin D. Roosevelt Category:Pennsylvania historical anniversaries Category:June 1938 in the United States Category:July 1938 in the United States Category:American Civil War anniversaries