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38.B. Robert B. Moore, July 1, 1986. "Gettysburg in Battle to Save Monuments."

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says Craven, “Sculptures valuable aesthetically in their own right. Some of the foremost sculptors in the late 19th and 20th centuries are represented (here), including John Quincy Adam’s Ward, Henry Kirk Bush-Brown, Gutzon Borglum, J. Massey Rhind, and Lee Laurie just to mention a few.” Erected by survivors of the Civil War – for the most part in the late 19th and 20th centuries – the monuments were meant to be permanent, figurative symbols of the sacrifices that the veterans and their fallen comrades had made during the battle of Gettysburg. They later came to serve as interpretive aids for the 1.5 million people who visit the Park yearly. For many, the monuments at Gettysburg. They signal one’s entry into the Pennsylvania community – greenish metal figures standing alone or in clusters in tilled cornfields and meadows. They tell the battle story now that the veterans are gone. The Pennsylvania Memorial Preservation Campaign began as a response to President Reagan’s call for involvement by the private sector in publicly-managed programs. The memorial’s preservation was financed largely through a $75,000 donation from the Pennsylvania Legislature and the campaign was chaired by the state’s governor, Richard L. Thornburgh. The remainder of the $135,000 needed for repairs came from private donations, a sum raised in less than four months once the monument’s plight became known. “The response was overwhelming to say the least,” says John Earnst, Park superintendent. “We had no idea we would raise the money that fast.” The publicity surrounding the campaign has attracted interest in the rest of the monuments and already over $50,000 has been donated to begin additional preservation projects. To date, money has been raised to complete North Carolina, Viginia and Mississippi state memorials and a host of smaller regimental monuments scattered throughout the Park.

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