Who knew that Gutzon Borglum, the guy who dynamited Mount Rushmore’s presidential faces, is the very same artist that sculpted the State of North Carolina monument which sits right off the park road on Seminary Ridge? Just across from that acorn strewn ground, the 110 foot pillared dome of the State of Pennsylvania Monument pays homage to that state’s leaders and its fallen sons. It, fittingly, is the largest monument on the battlefield and recognizes the Keystone State’s contribution to the Union victory. It’s large enough to identify flying overhead on a jetliner. On top of the monument stands a statue of Winged Victory, her sword pointed menacingly towards far off Seminary Ridge and the Virginia, Tennessee and other southern state memorials to the Confederate dead. Fitting for the men whose valor remains in the memories of the people of the states that sent them here.
White Birch
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Emerging Civil War
The good folks at this site posted a photo I took this past weekend at Gettysburg. The link is attached along with an excerpt from Route 15 to Gettysburg.
Who knew that Gutzon Borglum, the guy who dynamited Mount Rushmore’s presidential faces, is the very same artist that sculpted the State of North Carolina monument which sits right off the park road on Seminary Ridge? Just across from that acorn strewn ground, the 110 foot pillared dome of the State of Pennsylvania Monument pays homage to that state’s leaders and its fallen sons. It, fittingly, is the largest monument on the battlefield and recognizes the Keystone State’s contribution to the Union victory. It’s large enough to identify flying overhead on a jetliner. On top of the monument stands a statue of Winged Victory, her sword pointed menacingly towards far off Seminary Ridge and the Virginia, Tennessee and other southern state memorials to the Confederate dead. Fitting for the men whose valor remains in the memories of the people of the states that sent them here.
Who knew that Gutzon Borglum, the guy who dynamited Mount Rushmore’s presidential faces, is the very same artist that sculpted the State of North Carolina monument which sits right off the park road on Seminary Ridge? Just across from that acorn strewn ground, the 110 foot pillared dome of the State of Pennsylvania Monument pays homage to that state’s leaders and its fallen sons. It, fittingly, is the largest monument on the battlefield and recognizes the Keystone State’s contribution to the Union victory. It’s large enough to identify flying overhead on a jetliner. On top of the monument stands a statue of Winged Victory, her sword pointed menacingly towards far off Seminary Ridge and the Virginia, Tennessee and other southern state memorials to the Confederate dead. Fitting for the men whose valor remains in the memories of the people of the states that sent them here.
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