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9. Page 1. Gettysburg Supt. Letter to Mrs. Carl Miller, Nov. 17, 1964.

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Gettysburg National Military Park Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325 D66 November 17, 1964 Mrs. Carl W. Miller R. R. #5, Box 58 Vicennes, Indiana Dear Mrs. Miller: It was good to receive your letter of November 9 and to know that legislation will be introduced at the next session of the General Assembly of Indiana for a state memorial to be placed at Gettysburg. The State of Maine[ ]placed an equestrian statue to a native son, General O. O. Howard, in 1932 and its cost was $50,000. Pennsylvania’s memorial, erected in 1913, has bronze statues of President Lincoln, Governor Curtin, Generals Meade, Pleasonton, Birney, Gregg, Hancock, and Reynolds. In addition there are 78 bronze plaques on the memorial with the names of all the Pennsylvania soldiers who were present with their commands during the battle. This memorial cost approximately $300,000. New York placed a large memorial about 1913, which cost $60,000. Within the past two years a number of states have placed smaller memorials on the Park, Their costs were: Florida- $20,000; South Carolina- $20,000; Georgia- $5,000; and Texas- $1,400. Others were: Alabama- $12,000 in 1933; North Carolina- $50,000 in 1929; Virginia- $50,000 in 1917; and Vermont- $11,750 in 1889. As suggested in our previous correspondence these state memorials, which honor al lsoldiers from a particular state who fought here, are usually distinguished from the numerous regimental memorials here by their greater artistic quality and larger size. Usually state legislation for a memorial also authorizes the Governor to appoint a commission to select the site, select a design, and contract for the production and installation.

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