. Pennsylvania at Gettysburg : ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Major General George G. Meade, Major General Winfield S. Hancock, Major General John F. Reynolds and to mark the positions of the Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battle . and amid the roarof artillery and the i-attle of musketry, you saw the glorious bannerof freedom upheld in all its dignity and glory, the name of Gettysburghas been the synonym around which has centered all your thoughts ofpatriotism, of honor, of bravery, and of devotion to the cause for whichwe fo
. Pennsylvania at Gettysburg : ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Major General George G. Meade, Major General Winfield S. Hancock, Major General John F. Reynolds and to mark the positions of the Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battle . and amid the roarof artillery and the i-attle of musketry, you saw the glorious bannerof freedom upheld in all its dignity and glory, the name of Gettysburghas been the synonym around which has centered all your thoughts ofpatriotism, of honor, of bravery, and of devotion to the cause for whichwe fought on so many other fields, and which was finally brought to atriumphant close when the sunburst of victory perched upon our banners atAppomattox. We feel proud of the fact that on this field of Gettysburg,when the cause of treason received its death blow, the Ninety-ninth was inthe forefront of the battle, and here, on the extreme left of the Unionlines, its gallant color guard held aloft the glorious old banner which formedthe rallying point for thousands and saved the day. We stand here the remnant of what was once the glorious old Ninety-ninth Regiment, and, as I look into your eyes and try to read your thoughtsas we stand together on the field of Gettysburg, I feel that no tongue can. Pennsylvania at Oeitysburg. 533 utter, no pen can write, no imagination can fathom the myriad emotionsthat surcharge your hearts, emotions, tender in their sternness and pure intheir exultation, emotions tender in their remembrance of the noble boysof the Ninety-ninth, who upon this bloody lield, over a quarter of a centuryago, gave up their lives that liberty might triumph and the Union bepreserved; exultant because those lives were not given in vain, and thatout from these rooks, from out this field whose earth was enriched by theblood of our comrades there has grown up such a sentiment, such a love,such a regard, such a loyalty as can never be effaced as long as thename of Gettysburg rem
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