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Show - . - - VI Photoj: Heitmaa from Monkmeyer J 'for I he woRti) will little note, nor long remember, what we say here; but it can never forget what they did here. Lincoln, of course, meant well, but he made the mistake of saying it too well. His immortal words at Gettysburg have long overshadowed . the great battle they were intended to immortalize. But there was a battle perhaps one of the greatest in historyand, for more than Lincoln's words, those who died there did not die in vain. The battlefield is a national shrine, annually attracting thousands of visitors, from casual tourists to serious students ol' the Civil War. Its carefully preserved acreage is accurately dotted with monuments and markers of every skirmish. And again this week as every year during the first week in July, when ' Gettysburg is greenest and even the valley of Pickett's charge is peaceful-patrio- tic groups will hold ceremonies recalling the anniversary of the classic conflict. Many who attend will echo the words of one visitor, "How could those men bear to fight in country as beautiful as this! v. , ; Descendants of Union veterans stand guard at "High Water Marie' northernmost point of Confederate penetration. Gettysburg R evisited Gettysburg's Fourth of July parade (see cover) includes military units, floats. 1 a Z--JF 0 -- r II II It I I i .1 r.t 'WWt.r2T I ( 1 nCTli A K' - UU !il!-V- 'Itll.'-II- I VI 'in J,i Vie, w from "Little Round Top" is typical of Gettys- burg: soft rolling hills, open fields," green trees, f Devil's Den, massive roclc formation, hands three times during bloody 3-d- ay changed battle. Leister House, which served as General Meade's Union headquarters, still shows bullet holes. Family Weekly, Juie 29. 1958 |