Saturday, September 4, 2010
One opinion on the Gettysburg casino
The Picket hasn't done the research on a proposed casino to have an opinion on the topic. But here's something that ran today in the Philadelphia Inquirer. • Editorial
Friday, September 3, 2010
Walking tours start in Cincinnati
A tour of several sites will explore the stories of Cincinnati's Black Brigade, a German-speaking regiment known as the "Dutch Devils" and Sister Mary Anthony O'Connell, a Cincinnati nun whose innovative techniques for battlefield triage earned her the nickname, "Angel of the Battlefield." • Article
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Georgia unveils Civil War 150th anniversary logo, website for tourism, marketing
The Georgia Department of Economic Development has unveiled its logo and website design for the state's observance of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.
Details on the state's tourism plans for the event were presented recently at the Georgia Governor's Tourism Conference in Athens.
The logo looks like a soldier's belt buckle and has a large "GA" in the center, reminiscent of a "CSA" or "US" during the war.
The state also is updating the book "Crossroads of Conflict: A Guide to Civil War Sites in Georgia", is printing and circulating a Civil War driving map (below) and will unveil a special website in late October, according to the department. The push is for 2011-2015.
The website "will be an inviting and engaging interactive experience that drives tourism by allowing consumers to feel, experience and engage in Georgia’s history. Features include an interactive map, historical timeline, heritage war trails, ecommerce, and social media." the state says.
The site is not yet complete, said Stefanie Paupeck of the department's communications office.
"The Sesquicentennial of the Civil War is the most significant heritage tourism event impacting Georgia in coming years. The state has the opportunity of educating residents and tourists alike to the role Georgia played in this critical moment in U.S. history," according to a statement.
More than a dozen states have had sesquicentennial websites up for several months. Observers have said the anniversary has not been a funding priority of the Perdue administration.
The website is a portal for local governments and businesses to tout their plans.
"As of now, we are not sponsoring a major sesquicentennial event. We are promoting all the activities and events that our tourism partners around the state are hosting," Paupeck said. "Over the next four years the Sesquicentennial will be a huge part of the tourism division’s marketing efforts including features in our newsletters, quarterly contests, travel guide feature in the 2011 issue and so on."
According to the state, the CW150 website will reach beyond just Civil War buffs to “to tell the story in a compelling way to a much broader audience.”
It will also direct travelers to points of interest and events.
"Crossroads" serves the "dual purpose as tour guide and as an in-depth history of Civil War Georgia. Included are over 200 modern and period photographs, images, maps, GPS coordinates, and a detailed chronology of events as they unfolded during the four-year conflict," the state says.
Details on the state's tourism plans for the event were presented recently at the Georgia Governor's Tourism Conference in Athens.The logo looks like a soldier's belt buckle and has a large "GA" in the center, reminiscent of a "CSA" or "US" during the war.
The state also is updating the book "Crossroads of Conflict: A Guide to Civil War Sites in Georgia", is printing and circulating a Civil War driving map (below) and will unveil a special website in late October, according to the department. The push is for 2011-2015.
The website "will be an inviting and engaging interactive experience that drives tourism by allowing consumers to feel, experience and engage in Georgia’s history. Features include an interactive map, historical timeline, heritage war trails, ecommerce, and social media." the state says.The site is not yet complete, said Stefanie Paupeck of the department's communications office.
"The Sesquicentennial of the Civil War is the most significant heritage tourism event impacting Georgia in coming years. The state has the opportunity of educating residents and tourists alike to the role Georgia played in this critical moment in U.S. history," according to a statement.More than a dozen states have had sesquicentennial websites up for several months. Observers have said the anniversary has not been a funding priority of the Perdue administration.
The website is a portal for local governments and businesses to tout their plans.
"As of now, we are not sponsoring a major sesquicentennial event. We are promoting all the activities and events that our tourism partners around the state are hosting," Paupeck said. "Over the next four years the Sesquicentennial will be a huge part of the tourism division’s marketing efforts including features in our newsletters, quarterly contests, travel guide feature in the 2011 issue and so on."
According to the state, the CW150 website will reach beyond just Civil War buffs to “to tell the story in a compelling way to a much broader audience.”
It will also direct travelers to points of interest and events.
"Crossroads" serves the "dual purpose as tour guide and as an in-depth history of Civil War Georgia. Included are over 200 modern and period photographs, images, maps, GPS coordinates, and a detailed chronology of events as they unfolded during the four-year conflict," the state says.
Insurance flap could end Ore. re-enactments
A battle over liability insurance coverage for groups using state property is brewing, and a nonprofit that stages Civil War re-enactments is caught in the middle. • Article
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Definitive Lincoln show stops in Atlanta
One hundred and forty-five years after his death, Abraham Lincoln still speaks to us.
-- His grammar book recites the determination of a young farm boy struggling to master English.
-- A gold Tiffany necklace and bracelets whispers of his affection for his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, who gave the president three sons, one of whom died during the Civil War.
-- A Bible (photo below), used by Lincoln at his 1861 first inauguration and again by President Barack Obama at his 2009 inauguration, is a sermon on faith in America.
-- Two pair of spectacles, a pocketknife, newspaper clippings and other items in Lincoln’s coat on the night of his April 1865 assassination tell of his humanity (photo below).
The items are from the Library of Congress’ traveling blockbuster Lincoln exhibit, which comes Sept. 4 (Saturday) to the Atlanta History Center and runs through Nov. 7
“There are really big ticket artifacts,” says Gordon L. Jones, senior curator of the history center, which is hosting the only Southern stop of “With Malice Toward None.”
There are far too many national treasures to describe here, but among the most prominent are life masks, drafts of the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address and Lincoln’s handwritten farewell address when he left Springfield, Ill., to assume the presidency in 1861.
The bicentennial traveling exhibit opened in 2009.
“With Malice Toward None” opens with a multimedia presentation that explores the myth and realities of Lincoln. Video commentaries reveal personal connections to the documents the 16th president wrote.
The Atlanta History Center hopes to get a membership boost and a spillover effect from “Malice.”
The AHC’s “War in Our Backyards” exhibit, which lasts through September, gives visitors a glimpse of wartime Atlanta and what remains. The permanent “Turning Point: The American Civil War,” has hundreds of military artifacts collected by the DuBose family.
“You get a very broad view and a local view,” says Hillary Hardwick, vice president of marketing.
There are actually two Bibles in the exhibit. One is the Lincoln family Bible and the other is the one Lincoln and Obama used at their inaugurations (that is the one pictured in this blog).
The "Lincoln/Obama" Bible appeals to younger and diverse patrons.
“For them, that connection makes sense,” said Jones.
Civil War aficionados will find plenty to peruse, including the famous Antietam “Lost Orders” by Gen. Robert E. Lee. A Union soldier found them wrapped around cigars, but Gen. George B. McClellan was unable to exploit the discovery.
Another letter speaks to Lincoln’s amazing discernment and judgment.
After the Union’s victory Battle of Gettysburg, Lincoln wrote a letter to Gen. George Meade (below), showing his frustration with the latter’s failure to pin down Lee’s retreating Confederates.
“Again, my dear general, I do not believe you appreciate the magnitude of the misfortune involved in Lee's escape. He was within your easy grasp, and to have closed upon him would, in connection with our other late successes, have ended the war. As it is, the war will be prolonged indefinitely.”
Lincoln put the letter aside. He never sent it to Meade, who may well have resigned.
“He would write stuff down to get it out of his system,” said Jones.
The AHC , in conjunction with the exhibit, is planning an opening day celebration from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and later events for teachers and families.
“When you know the story ... it starts to tickle the emotions,” said Jones.
The Lincoln exhibit will run through Nov. 7. Information: 404-814-4000, atlantahistorycenter.com
-- His grammar book recites the determination of a young farm boy struggling to master English. -- A gold Tiffany necklace and bracelets whispers of his affection for his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, who gave the president three sons, one of whom died during the Civil War.
-- A Bible (photo below), used by Lincoln at his 1861 first inauguration and again by President Barack Obama at his 2009 inauguration, is a sermon on faith in America.
-- Two pair of spectacles, a pocketknife, newspaper clippings and other items in Lincoln’s coat on the night of his April 1865 assassination tell of his humanity (photo below).
The items are from the Library of Congress’ traveling blockbuster Lincoln exhibit, which comes Sept. 4 (Saturday) to the Atlanta History Center and runs through Nov. 7
“There are really big ticket artifacts,” says Gordon L. Jones, senior curator of the history center, which is hosting the only Southern stop of “With Malice Toward None.”There are far too many national treasures to describe here, but among the most prominent are life masks, drafts of the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address and Lincoln’s handwritten farewell address when he left Springfield, Ill., to assume the presidency in 1861.
The bicentennial traveling exhibit opened in 2009.
“With Malice Toward None” opens with a multimedia presentation that explores the myth and realities of Lincoln. Video commentaries reveal personal connections to the documents the 16th president wrote.The Atlanta History Center hopes to get a membership boost and a spillover effect from “Malice.”
The AHC’s “War in Our Backyards” exhibit, which lasts through September, gives visitors a glimpse of wartime Atlanta and what remains. The permanent “Turning Point: The American Civil War,” has hundreds of military artifacts collected by the DuBose family.
“You get a very broad view and a local view,” says Hillary Hardwick, vice president of marketing.
There are actually two Bibles in the exhibit. One is the Lincoln family Bible and the other is the one Lincoln and Obama used at their inaugurations (that is the one pictured in this blog).
The "Lincoln/Obama" Bible appeals to younger and diverse patrons.
“For them, that connection makes sense,” said Jones.Civil War aficionados will find plenty to peruse, including the famous Antietam “Lost Orders” by Gen. Robert E. Lee. A Union soldier found them wrapped around cigars, but Gen. George B. McClellan was unable to exploit the discovery.
Another letter speaks to Lincoln’s amazing discernment and judgment.
After the Union’s victory Battle of Gettysburg, Lincoln wrote a letter to Gen. George Meade (below), showing his frustration with the latter’s failure to pin down Lee’s retreating Confederates.
“Again, my dear general, I do not believe you appreciate the magnitude of the misfortune involved in Lee's escape. He was within your easy grasp, and to have closed upon him would, in connection with our other late successes, have ended the war. As it is, the war will be prolonged indefinitely.”
Lincoln put the letter aside. He never sent it to Meade, who may well have resigned.“He would write stuff down to get it out of his system,” said Jones.
The AHC , in conjunction with the exhibit, is planning an opening day celebration from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and later events for teachers and families.
“When you know the story ... it starts to tickle the emotions,” said Jones.
The Lincoln exhibit will run through Nov. 7. Information: 404-814-4000, atlantahistorycenter.com
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