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Show GETTYSBURG! EM 0 RIAL. The state of Pennsylvania has arranged to erect a suitable monument on the famous old battlefield of Gettysburg, where one of the greatest battles of the civil war was waged for three days. The memorial will be a massive double, arch, 100 feet j high, and eighty feet square, with steps of graruto leading up to a terrace, and will cost in the neighborhood neigh-borhood of $ir0.00O-if the monument is erected within the appropriation. , Figures- of Abraham Lincoln and Andrew G. Curtin. the "war governor"' of thf Keystone state, will Hank ono of the a relies, and appropriately . placed u round the monument will be bas-reliefs of J y artillery, cavalry, infantry and signal men. together to-gether with bronze tablets, upon which will be nigra ni-gra ved the namfs of every sou of Pennsylvania wlm took part in the great battle, whether as officer or ,j high private. The monument, it is expected, will be ready f-r dedication on the anniversary day of the battle ot Gettysburg. 1 0 1 0. and it is the intention to have a great gathering present at the unveiling. Already . there are several notable monuments on the site ot the battle, including a state monument by New York and a great many regimental monuments. Pennsylvania is thus doing honor to her heroes and at the same time ad. ling one more attractive feature to ground already hallowed and of intense historic interest to the people not only of Pennsylvania, Pennsyl-vania, but of the whole nation. |