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23 January 2013
Gettysburg Remembrance Day parade has new date
Linda Wheeler posted in "A House Divided" column in yesterday's Washington Post: "In anticipation of larger than usual crowds expected at Gettysburg for the annual Remembrance Day parade, planners have moved the event to the weekend of Nov. 23, a week later than had been scheduled.
This year is the 150th anniversary of both the battle in July and Remembrance Day in November, the day President Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address. The parade is very popular with visitors and residents and draws thousands of smartly dressed reenactors who march in military units through the city.
Planners say the change was made to better accommodate “lodging requirements.”
Other events rescheduled for the weekend include four balls.
However, the reading of the Gettysburg Address and other related events will still occur Nov. 19, the actual anniversary of Lincoln’s visit to the then-new Gettysburg National Cemetery.
The city of Gettysburg and the National Park Service have organized numerous events for the whole of 2013 to mark the sesquicentennial year."
I have been told reasons for the change, but what do you think? Are they clearing the way for a presidential appearance? Accommodating the larger crowd expected for the 150th anniversary? Whatever the reason, make sure if you go that weekend to stop by Gettysburg Camp #112, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War's annual Pancake Breakfast...
¶ 1/23/2013 12:26:00 PM 30 comments
