Historic Structures Report, Part I: Gettysburg National Cemetery, Rostrum (Bldg. 133)
Tilberg F. 1965. Historic Structures Report, Part I: Gettysburg National Cemetery, Rostrum (Bldg. 133). Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
The Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the Civil War, the Union victory that ended General Robert E. Lee's second and most ambitious invasion of the North. Often referred to as the "High Water Mark of the Rebellion", Gettysburg was the Civil War's bloodiest battle and was also the inspiration for President Abraham Lincoln's immortal "Gettysburg Address". The Gettysburg National Military Park protects and interprets the landscape of the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg. This historic structure report concerns the Rostrum at the Gettysburg National Cemetery. The rostrum is to be used as a speaker's stand for approved programs in the National Cemetery. This use is in accordance with traditional practices and with those portions of the approved Master Plan encouraging and permitting those meetings and events which are in keeping with the Park's mission. Proposed construction activity will include the necessary repair of the masonry portion of the structure and the replacement of rotted timbers in its roof.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Tilberg, Frederick
- Date of Issue
- 1965-07
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- GETT , NER
- Keywords
- agriculture, cemetery, Civil War, rostrum, speaking
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 000484: National Cemetery Rostrum