#the gettysburg museum of history

[pastlivesandpurplepuppets]

One highlight was meeting Ronald Speirs for the first time since the end of the war. Standing in yellow rain slickers on the Normandy coast, the two veterans, all smiles, embraced for photographs. Privately, Winters frowned on Speirs’ shooting of six German prisoners on D-Day, and felt his leadership style was based in part on the men’s fear of him. Yet Speirs, Winters felt, was a top-notch combat soldier and a fine officer, who led his men competently and always did what was asked of him, giving “110 percent to the company.”

~ Larry Alexander

“Above all, kill ’em! We can’t be dragging a lot of prisoners around with us at night. “You know where they are and what to do with them: the officers’ mess and billets and Company of infantry at St. Marie du Mont, the platoon on the gun batteries at St. Martin de Varreville, and all the others. “Go down there and get ’em and kill every last sonofabitching German you find.”

~ David Kenyon Webster (speech/orders that apparently an unnamed captain gave them before D-Day jump)

[evidenceof]

Major Richard D. Winters. 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division

Sources: Gettysburg Museum of History, Major Dick Winters Collection; Biggest Brother The Life of Major Dick Winters by Larry Alexander; Hang Tough the WWII Letters and Artifacts of Major Winters

[lupoteodoro]

A new Lewis Nixon & Dick Winters photo posted by The Gettysburg Museum Of History

[heavenlybackside]

Union Blue And Confederate Gray Veterans Reunite At Gettysburg In The Year 1913 — Standing By “The Bloody Angle” Where Pickett’s Charge Took Place 50 Years Earlier And Over 3,000 Soldiers On Both Sides Lost Their Lives — Now They Clasp Hands Over The Stone Wall As Brothers

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[fictionadventurer]

Very cool! Thank you!

If you want to know what the inside looks like, I did get a picture of Springfield's re-creation of Lincoln's box (complete with only-semi-terrifying wax figures!)

@fictionadventurer

Since you're posting Lincoln artifacts, I thought you'd appreciate the pictures of Ford's theater and the house that Lincoln died in from the last time I went to D.C (November)

Unfortunately I didn't have time to go inside either building. Maybe next time!

[bleedingcoffee42]

^ Dick's D-Day Diary via Gettysburg Museum of History

^From Beyond Band of Brothers

Page 6 ends with Dick drinking cider and tanks arriving. Page 7 would be where Nix arrives with the tanks. Dick said that their friendship was really cemented in Normandy

[baura-bear]

I miss my car and I’ve decided that when I get home I’m gonna drive to Gettysburg simply to see the Dick Winters collection in their history museum 😇

[onefootin1941]

A Confederate and Union Veteran at the 1938 Gettysburg reunion exchanging stories. Original photo from The Gettysburg Museum Of History archives. www.GettysvburgMuseumOfHistory.com

[moghedien]

ok so I'm trying to offload my sister's funko pop collection (I know) for her and selling them on ebay in lot auctions and I was looking at an account that was bidding on a lot of Captain America Civil War figures and it was the Gettysburg History Center

and so I was like....did they accidentally bid on this? was this a mistake because America and Civil War are in the title?

but no they paid immediately and the address I'm shipping to is to an actual History Museum in Gettysburg so. idk what's the deal with that but ok

[the-technicolor-whiscash]

There’s a little like local museum also dedicated to space program history that I saw in a documentary about the space shuttle so I might go there next weekend cause I love little museums like that. Museums run by like four people who do it for fun who have a bunch of crazy specific artifacts most of which are from normal people kept in display cases and a cash-only gift shop. When I went to Gettysburg I went to a museum like that which had a ton of artifacts just from like regular soldiers and at their gift shop they sold a bunch of civil war bullets and minie balls that people had just like dug out of the ground and anyway that’s why I have a couple of civil war bullets

[evidenceof]

erik dorr and jared frederick have to answer for their crimes, i.e. give the actual provenance of the engraved winnix sykes fairbairn fighting knife and the (seemingly) unpublished war correspondence that referenced said knife

haven’t pulled a “dick winters is insane <3” quote in a while. feels good. feels organic.

[jthume]

Going Cross Country

The podcast is back after a two-week hiatus due to JT driving to the East Coast and back. Today's episode is all about that eleven-state tour (NV, UT, WY, NE, IA, IL, IN, OH, PA, MD, DE, and back). For those scoring at home, JT drove over 5,500 miles.

Also: Visiting the Gettysburg National Military Park What's the one color you'll see from coast to coast? Happy 41st Anniversary!

Gettyburg is a must-see for the history nerd (guilty). If you can't get there, Juston Scarred from Randomland does a great job outlining the museum and battlefield.

We'll get back to a true writing podcast next week. Have a listen and enjoy!

https://carsonhume.com/2023/06/04/going-cross-country/

[terafied-heart]

🌊🧞‍♂️👒 For the random asks

🌊 Dream vacation? I'm torn between the realistic, achievable dream, and reaching for the stars on this one. I'd love to visit the Disney park in Florida again. I've also always wanted to visit Salem, MA. Gettysburg, PA, is a popular hot spot for people who love history and the paranormal, so it scratches two itches at once, and I've been there twice as a kid but I'm dying to go again. Of course, if I'm gonna shoot for the stars, a vacation to somewhere pretty in the U.K. or a trip to Japan would be ideal. I also just really want to go on a road trip and visit all sorts of tourist spots for paranormal and cryptid enthusiasts, i.e. the Mothman Museum in West Virginia.

🧞‍♂️ What's something you're excited for? I'm such a "negative nancy," I admittedly have trouble looking forward to anything about the future. ...Okay, we'll start small—I'm looking forward to warmer weather and hopefully the fun activities that will come with it. Fingers crossed for some good yard sales. 🤞🏻

👒 Do you have a skincare routine? I try to keep up with it somewhat. I like to switch between an exfoliating facial wash and a gentle moisturizing one, and I rub facial moisturizer on after my shower. I generally stay out of the sun and I don't smoke at all or drink much alcohol, so I'm sure that helps lol.

[chadswifey]

#6

I am a history buff, and it's a really close tie between D.C., Philadelphia, Gettysburg, and Plymouth, but there is one that is a closer second to Boston that I love. Salem, Massachusetts. Our generation needs to learn all about our history so that none of it repeats itself. When you read into what happened at Salem or visit, you learn it was just a whirlwind of lies that spread from one little girl.

Salem has so many neat places to explore and so much to do. My personal favorite is the cemetery and the Salem Witch Museum.

I believe that they recently cleaned all the headstones off and made them all more legible, but we didn't go back to the cemetery the 2nd time in Salem. Also, there is a neat wax museum that you need to check out. At the witch museum, it's probably not suitable for smaller kids, they have a play that goes into pretty explicit detail and it has scary lights and screaming, but as they get older this is definitely knowledge that needs to be taught. Take a stroll through Salem and visit some great little gift shops too. Fantastic people and places! I believe there is a tour that you can do in the city on an app on your phone. We did one similar to it in Gettysburg, but didn't have a whole lot of extra time to check it out in Salem.

[boundlessexpeditions]

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[bleedingcoffee42]

Gettysburg Museum of History video on Speirs with artifacts and an old interview with him at the end.