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Category Archives: Commemoration
Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force “Nashville” video series
Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal The Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force observed the anniversaries of the Battles of Franklin and Nashville from November 13-17, 2014 which culminated in the dedication to a marker on Shy’s Hill in Nashville … Continue reading
Posted in 1864, Battlefield Preservation, Battles, Commemoration, Education, Film
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Minnesota Makes Do Without a Civil War Battlefield
By JOHN HANC A version of this article appears in print on March 20, 2014, on page F24 of the New York edition with the headline: Making Do Without Civil War Battlefield. ST. PAUL — THE Civil War seems a long way from … Continue reading
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Gettysburg Address remembered on 150th Anniversary
by Jeffrey S. Williams Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force President Abraham Lincoln was incorrect when he asserted that “the world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here,” when he presented his “few appropriate remarks” to open … Continue reading
Posted in 1863, Commemoration, Lincoln
Tagged 150th Anniversary, 1863, Abraham Lincoln, Black Hawk Middle School, Century College, Concordia University-St. Paul, David Woodard, Donna Daniels, Eagan, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Address, Gettysburg: A History for the People, Jeffrey Williams, John D. Cox, Max Daniels, Minneapolis Public Library, Minnesota, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, November 19, Paul Hillmer, Pohlad Hall, school children, Soldiers National Cemetery, St. Paul, Twin Cities, White Bear Lake
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Full Text of the Dedication of the Soldier’s National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - November 19, 1863
For the behind the scenes story about Lincoln’s day at Gettysburg, click here. ORDER OF PROCESSION FOR THE CONSECRATION OF THE NATIONAL CEMETERY AT GETTYSBURG, PA., ON THE 19th OF NOVEMBER, 1863. Military under command of Major-General Couch. Major-General Meade … Continue reading
Posted in 1863, Cemeteries, Commemoration, Gettysburg, Lincoln, This Date in Civil War History
Tagged 1863, Abraham Lincoln, Adolph Birgfield, Alfred Delaney, Benjamin Brown French, Berry Sulgrave, Birgfield's Band of Philadelphia, Chaplain, Consecration Hymn, Edward Everett, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Address, Henry Cochrane, Henry Louis Baugher, Indianapolis Daily Journal, James G. Percival, John Burns, Louis Bourgeois, Musical Association of Baltimore, November, Old Hundred, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania College, Presbyterian Church, Thomas H. Crouch, Thomas H. Stockton, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Marine Band, U.S. Marshal, Ward Hill Lamon, Wilson G. Horner
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Lincoln to present Gettysburg Address on historic anniversary
The Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force has sponsored Max Daniels, a veteran Abraham Lincoln impersonator, to present a history of the Gettysburg Address at three venues throughout the Twin Cities. On Nov. 19, 1863, … Continue reading
Posted in 1863, Commemoration, Lincoln
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Century College, Concordia University-St. Paul, David Wills, Gettysburg Address, Max Daniels, Minneapolis, Minneapolis Central Public Library, Minnesota, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Pohlad Hall, St. Paul, White Bear Lake
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Monument to 1st Minnesota at Gettysburg rededicated on 150th Anniversary
by Jeffrey S. Williams Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force On July 2, 1863, everything was chaos as smoke filled air, explosions from artillery pieces and cracking of musketry was heard throughout Gettysburg, Pa., a small borough with a population … Continue reading
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State Civil War Contingent Heads to Gettysburg to Share Minnesota’s Story
State legislators, authors, historians, students, part of group heading to historic battlefield for 150th anniversary programs, July 1-3 St. Paul, Minn. (June 28, 2013) – “‘Charge those lines!’ commanded General Winfield S. Hancock. Every man realized in an instant what … Continue reading
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Tagged 150th Anniversary, 1863, 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, 2013, Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, Battle of Gettysburg, Betty McCollum, Cemetery Ridge, Civil War Daybook, Dean Urdahl, Explore Minnesota Tourism, First Minnesota reenactors, Gettysburg, Gettysburg National Battlefield, July, Legacy Amendment, Mark Dayton, Mark Ritchie, Mary Murphy, Mike Benson, Minnesota and the Civil War, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Minnesota Historical Society, Minnesota History Center, Minnesota National Guard, MNopedia, Pennsylvania, Pickett's Charge, Rick Nash, Roger Reinert, Steve Elliott, U.S.-Dakota War of 1862, William Lochren, Winfield Scott Hancock, Xcel Energy
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Memorial dedicated to 38 Dakota executed in 1862 unveiled
Story and photos by Jeffrey S. Williams Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force “The cold air is nothing compared to what happened on this day 150 years ago,” said David Brave Heart, Mankato Mdewankantonwan Association chairman, as hundreds of people … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, Casualties, Commemoration, This Date in Civil War History
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