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Field Hospital Display by Amy (Maryland) Capt. Surgeon Robert Urban and Undertaker Tom Abbott This photo of members of the Pipe Creek Civil War Round Table was taken at the Carroll County Public Library’s Finksburg branch on April 24, 2010. This room featured a large display about field hospitals and how surgery and medicine improved […]

Share Your Favorite Gettysburg Visit My favorite Gettysburg visit is to have a picnic at the battlefield amphitheater area on a warm, sunny spring day when the trees are in bloom and birdsong fills the air. Then I’ll go shopping downtown until the sun is about to set, when I’ll head back to the battlefield […]

Dobbin House Tavern by Brenda (Finksburg, MD) My family group chose to eat lunch at the historic Dobbin House on Steinwehr Avenue. Lunches are served in the lower level of the building which has served as a tavern. The small room has a bar and tables. They do not take reservations so you are seated […]

The Historic Eisenhower Farm The Eisenhower Farm was purchased by President Dwight D. Eisenhower as a retirement property before he considered running for office. While he served at the White House, it was used as a weekend getaway since it is only 8 minutes away from Camp David by helicopter. Ike and Mamie Eisenhower entertained […]

Far From Home and Nowhere to Turn by Todd Jobson, II (Clinton Public School) In a land we all know Americans, even brothers fought side by side Some were foe.At the battlefields like Antiedam, the Confederate soldiers gallantly marched As the Union soldiers were extremely parched.All prisoner of a common enslavementThey thought of what their […]

Devils Den in Gettysburg The large stone outcropping of granite boulders known as Devils Den in Gettysburg is a well-loved tourist spot for ghost hunters and playful children, although Gettysburg national park regulations prohibit dangerous climbing. It always feels cool and damp there between the rocks, no matter how hot the day is, so it’s […]