Pennsylvania at Gettysburg : ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Major General George GMeade, Major General Winfield SHancock, Major General John FReynolds and to mark the positions of the Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battle . Gettysburg, Pa,, Friday, June 5th, 1896 Bvt. J. P. Taylor, President Bvt. John P. Nicholson. Secret«ry Bvt. J. P. S. GOBIN Bvt. Colonel R. Bruce Ricketts Bvt. Brig-General Wm. R. Hartshorne (940) PROGRAMME MUSICThe Perseverance Band of Lebanon By the Chaplain of G
Pennsylvania at Gettysburg : ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Major General George GMeade, Major General Winfield SHancock, Major General John FReynolds and to mark the positions of the Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battle . Gettysburg, Pa,, Friday, June 5th, 1896 Bvt. J. P. Taylor, President Bvt. John P. Nicholson. Secret«ry Bvt. J. P. S. GOBIN Bvt. Colonel R. Bruce Ricketts Bvt. Brig-General Wm. R. Hartshorne (940) PROGRAMME MUSICThe Perseverance Band of Lebanon By the Chaplain of George G. Meade Post No. 1,Department Penna. G. A. R. MUSICThe Perseverance Band of Lebanon UNVEILING OF THE STATUE OF GENERAL MEADE (H. K. Bush-Brown, Esq., Sculptor) Master George Gordon Meade, grandson of Major-General Mead* SALUTEBy Light Battery C, 3d U. S. Artillery DEDICATORY CEREMONIESGeorge G. Meade Post No. 1,Department Penna. G. A. R. TRANSFER OF THE STATUE To the Governor of the Commonwealth Brevet .1. P. S. Gobin of the Commission RECEPTION OF THE STATUE On l>ehalf of the Commonwealth Hon. Daniel II. Hastings, Governor ORATION Brevet Majcr-General David McM. Gregg Commanding Second Cavalry Division at Gettysburg MUSICThe Perseverance Hand of Lebanon (050). Pennsylvania at Gettysburg. 951 UNVEILING CEREMONIES EQUESTRIAN STATUEOF MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE G. MEADE. PRAYER BY CHAPLAIN WILLIAM A. SPENCER, D. D. ALMIGHTY God, our Heavenly Father, reverently we come into art the Creator and Preservor of our Nation, the God ofNations and the God of Battles. In the name of Thy Son Jesus Christ our Saviour we invoke Thy bless-ing, as we this day dedicate this monument which commemorates the cour-age and wisdom of the great commander of a great army. Thou didst give to him wisdom and guidance as here he stood to directthe Armies of the Union in the crisis of the Nations life. Around thisspot as a pivot turned the destines of liberty for our times an
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