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Remember the Electric Map in Gettysburg? It is in storage but may soon be...
The Electric Map tells the story of the Battle of Gettysburg in one of its last days of operation in 2009. Like its longtime neighbor, the Cyclorama building, the mothballed map’s future is in doubt....
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Welsh brought unique culture to corner of York County: Linked in with neat...
Neat stuff below: Old Cyclorama/Foustown’s stack Many people have heard about Delta but its remote location in southeastern York County makes it a bit of a trek for many to visit. But it is worth the...
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Gettysburg’s old Electric Map soon to be Hanover’s Electric Map
This room in the former Wachovia Bank building will house a relocated Electric Map, shown for decades in Gettysburg. Hanover businessman Scott Roland also plans to build a separate map showing the...
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How far the old Gettysburg Cyclorama building has fallen. Linked in to...
It hurts to look at this. This Hanover Evening Sun photograph shows how far the old Gettysburg Cyclorama has fallen. And it will now fall down all the way, coaxed by the bulldozer. The National Park...
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Abraham Lincoln skips train, arrives in Gettysburg in big red box
‘The last time Lincoln traveled to Gettysburg, it was on a train. This time around, he came wrapped up in a big red box,’ The Hanover Evening Sun story on a new exhibit stated last week. ‘The...
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Old Gettysburg Cyclorama building: Visit this round landmark while it still...
The low, once-sprawling administrative wing of the old Cyclorama building is gone, as demolition contractors smashed into the landmark last week. The goal is to have it down by the end of April,...
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A tow plow? One can only hope it never comes your way: Linked in to York...
Avalong’s weathervane/BMY/Martin-Parry It’s called a tow plow, and it plows two lanes of highway in one trip. And one can only hope that it doesn’t break lose and come your way. It was at work during...
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Some 50th anniversary gift: Gettysburg Cyclorama building coming down: Linked...
Obituary stories/Rusk Report/Tuskegee Airmen The old Gettysburg Cyclorama building is observing its 50th anniversary by coming apart. Demolition teams are taking down the building, dedicated in 1963...
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Spring Valley Peacock Farm, Part III: A telling, troubling story about York...
Old Gettysburg Cyclorama building also pulled down. (Video below) This photograph of the farmhouse for the Spring Valley Peacock Farm, demolished recently, is one of several courtesy of the...
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Foustown: Glen Rock-area company town, now ghost town – Linked in to York...
Gettysburg 150/Sought-after Samurai sword/Shinah Etting Foustown, near Glen Rock, was a bustling distillery hamlet 100 years ago. Today, it’s like this most of the time. The most action Foustown has...
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