Videos

Gettysburg’s Eternal Peace Light Memorial with CJ

by fifer1863 on July 16, 2011

Here is a video of my son CJ teaching us about one of the more popular sites in Gettysburg, the Eternal Peace Light Memorial. This monument is located on Oak Hill in Gettysburg. Confederate forces marched toward Gettysburg and the Union lines from behind the monument where CJ is sitting. The base relief is said to represent Peace and Good.

Here is a photo of the Peace Light Memorial

Here is a photo from the NPS showing the dedication ceremony

CJ is reading from THE COMPLETE GETTYSBURG GUIDE by JD Petruzzi

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Learning about the “Trough Rock” in Gettysburg with CJ

by fifer1863 on July 14, 2011

Here is a video of my son CJ teaching us about one of the less popular sites in Gettysburg known as the “Trough Rock”. This rock is located in the “Slaughter Pen” or “Valley of Death” near Devil’s Den.

Here is the photo of the horse drinking from the rock:

Here is a photo taken by Rob Shenk of the Civil War Preservation Trust (used with permission from Flickr)

CJ is reading from THE COMPLETE GETTYSBURG GUIDE by JD Petruzzi

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Unknown Graves in the Soldiers National Cemetery

by fifer1863 on June 5, 2011

Here is a video of my son Josh learning about the the 979 Unknown Soldier’s National Cemetery in Gettysburg

Sarah is reading from THE COMPLETE GETTYSBURG GUIDE by JD Petruzzi

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Gettysburg Soldier’s National Cemetery

June 3, 2011

Here is a video of my daughter Sarah (aka @civilwarsallie) learning about the Soldier’s National Cemetery in Gettysburg Sarah is reading from THE COMPLETE GETTYSBURG GUIDE by JD Petruzzi

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Gettysburg Generals Hancock and Reynolds

June 1, 2011

Here is a video of my son CJ learning about the monuments to General Hancock and Reynolds in Gettysburg CJ is reading from THE COMPLETE GETTYSBURG GUIDE by JD Petruzzi

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Civil War historians video collection

February 28, 2011

Just a quick post to provide you with a link to a great collection of videos related to the Civil War. The Teaching Future Historians website has a wide range of videos that you can download and use in your classroom. The topics of the videos range from Abraham Lincoln to Civil War era religion [...]

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More on Using Blogs to Teach the Civil War

February 8, 2011

I have talked about Eric Langhorst’s Speaking of History podcast and blog in the past. While searching TeacherTube recently, I came across this video that he created about how he is using Web 2.0 technologies to teach a book that deals with the Civil War called Guerrilla Season by Pat Hughes. Be sure to check [...]

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Lecture on the Civil War

November 10, 2010

The Foreign Policy Research Institute held the Teaching about the Military in American History: A History Institute for Teachers on March 24-25, 2007. One of the great aspects of this is that the lectures are available as streaming video from their website. Click on the link above to go to the institute website and then [...]

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Gettysburg Rock Carvings with CJ

September 27, 2010

During a recent trip to Gettysburg with my sons, we took along my copy of The Complete Gettysburg Guide and went searching for some rock carvings on the battlefield. The following is a collection of videos of my son CJ telling us about the carvings that we found. Part 1: Big Round Top Part 2: [...]

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Watch Gettysburg Battlefield walks on PCN

July 2, 2010

The Pennsylvania Cable Network (PCN) will be showing it’s annual coverage of ranger led battlefield walks on July 1 – 5. These shows can also be watched live using the PCN Online Link from their website. The complete list of walks is available at: http://www.pcntv.com/battlewalks2010pr.html Additionally, you can also view clips from previous years’ walks [...]

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