. Pennsylvania at Gettysburg. Ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to mark the positions of the Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battle . ue to the instinct thatcaused her sons in 1861, 62 and 63 to lay aside the implements of peace, andwith an alacrity theretotore unknown, seize those of war, and go to the rescueof the national life regardless of consequences personal to themselves, as atribute to their devoted loyalty, has provided means whereby in granite, inmarble, or in bronze, the part they took, and the places whereat they stoodin
. Pennsylvania at Gettysburg. Ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to mark the positions of the Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battle . ue to the instinct thatcaused her sons in 1861, 62 and 63 to lay aside the implements of peace, andwith an alacrity theretotore unknown, seize those of war, and go to the rescueof the national life regardless of consequences personal to themselves, as atribute to their devoted loyalty, has provided means whereby in granite, inmarble, or in bronze, the part they took, and the places whereat they stoodin the battle line shall be marked and known. Supplementing, as this act ofthe State of does, the private enterprise of many of the regimentsengaged, and the similar action of many loyal States, it has come to be, thatthe history of Gettysburg can be read in the monuments which mark and dotthe battle line from one end to the other, and now, he who runs may read the story of the conflict and of the men who participated in it. The boulevard opened by the Gettysburg Battle-field Memorial Associationmarks the whole line of liattle of the last days struggle. It is fitting that, on. PMOTO. BV W. H. TIPTON, GETTYSBURG. THE F. GUTEKUNST CO., PMtLA. Pennsylvania at Gettysburg. 865 this line, every foot of which has been moistened Avith the life-blood of someloyal son, and every rod of which is now lighted up with the reflection fromsome polished shaft erected to mark the flood tide of the heroism of the regi-ments that stood and knew no yielding, we, the survivors of tlie EighteenthPennsylvania Cavalry, should meet and solemnly dedicate this monument,which, on this same extended line, has been erected on the spot where we stoodthat day, as a memento of the fact that we participated in the grand event. The State of Pennsylvania by appropriating the fund to meet its cost, evincesa recognition of the services we there rendered, and a tender love and sympathyfor the memories of
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