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admin | Monday, June 28th, 2010 | No Comments »Gettysburg Division Offers Special Battlefield Tour
Based in historic Gettysburg, Private Barney Devine Division 1 of Adams County, PA is once again offering their popular battlefield tour, “The Irish-American Experience at Gettysburg” on Saturday October 9, 2010 from 9:00am to 2:30pm. This private tour is specially designed to feature the experience of Irish soldiers from both sides during the Battle of Gettysburg as explained by a licensed Battlefield Guide. Highlights of the tour will include the Peace Light Memorial, Wheatfield, Peach Orchard, Little Round Top, New York Irish Brigade Monument, Fr. Corby monument, High Water Mark and Soldiers National Cemetery where Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous “Gettysburg Address”. The cost of the tour is $50 per person and includes transportation via luxury motor coach, guided tour of the battlefield and cemetery plus a buffet lunch. A portion of the proceeds will benefit battlefield preservation efforts and the division’s Hibernian Hunger Project. The tour is open to AOH/LAOH members as well as the general public. Tour tickets must be purchased by September 1 and are available by contacting Jim McGuigan at webmaster@gettysburgaoh.com or 717-360-5704. For more information, visit www.gettysburgaoh.com
Submitted by:
Patrick Bowling, Historian
AOH – Adams Co. Div. 1
Gettysburg, PA
gpb@gettysburgaoh.com
717-337-5999
