Amid coronavirus, some seek inspiration at Gettysburg
by Salena Zito
| March 31, 2020 12:50 PM
GETTYSBURG, Pennsylvania — People began flocking to this tiny central Pennsylvania farm town after the three-day battle in July 1863, even before all of the dead had had a proper burial; some looking for mementos, others looking to help, others still looking to find some meaning in the war between the states that was collapsing our union before their very eyes.
It is a glorious Sunday morning here: The sun is high in the sky, and the clouds seem perfect, symmetrical, doing their slow dance over the visitors below who came to this sacred ground today in a time of crisis; to connect, reflect, and remember we as a country and a people have been through and survived calamity before.
M.J. Friday and her husband Eric sat at the pitch of Oak Hill. The Eternal Light Peace Memorial at Gettysburg National Military Park is towering behind them. The scenery in front of them is peaceful now, but on July 1, 1863, it was the site of a vicious and bloody struggle between the Confederates of Gen. Henry Heth’s division and the Union cavalry under Gen. John Buford. In the distance is McPherson's Ridge.
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