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22. W. R. Buster to John R. Earnst, March 26, 1975.

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Commonwealth of Kentucky Kentucky Historical Society Old State House Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 William R. Buster, Director March 26, 1975 Mr. John R. Earnst Superintendent, Gettysburg National Military Park P. O. Box 70 Gettysburg, PA 17325. Dear Mr. Earnst: Mr. Robert B. Kinnaird of Louisville has discussed your letter of January 13, 1975, with me concerning the erection of a Kentucky monument at Gettysburg. In accordance with your request for design details, I am forwarding under separate cover the design proposed by for this monument. As you know, Mr. Kinnaird and I visited Gettysburg last fall and talked at length with officials there as to site, location and possible date for the formal dedication ceremony. The date of November 19, 1975 was tentatively agreed upon as being. Particularly appropriate, as our monument was to honor Lincoln and the delivery of his immortal address on that date. I hope that with the approval of our design that the site and date can also be confirmed. We regret the delay in the submission of this design, but we had to rely upon the good offices of one of our members who is an expert in the field and a very busy man. I deeply appreciate the courtesy and spirit of cooperation that has been extended to us by the National Park Service representatives both at Gettysburg and Shiloh in our efforts to rectify the sin of omission that has denied Kentucky participation in memorializing our sons of these two historic sites. Thank you for your personal interest and help. I shall look forward to meeting you soon. If there is any other information necessary or desired, please let me know. Sincerely, W. R. Buster Director

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