My daughter and I attended for the first time. We also attended the Original Civil War Ball. It was a fantastic experience! We are descendants of two Union veterans. Thanks so much and we hope to attend again sometime in the future.
I was in Gettysburg today, really jammed, I have never seen the town this busy as it was today, and I have been going there for over 25 years. Unfortunately I was busy trying to clear some land over on Marsh Creek Road but I caught some of the parade and tried to have lunch at the Dobbin House Tavern but it was a 45 minute wait. Even Gettysburg Eddies had a 40 minute wait. Great to see the town this busy.
I've been to Gettysburg a few times and have never been able to get a seat at the Dobbin house. This last time we didn't even get Mr. G's - the sign said that they were open but nobody came to the window. Hunts and Tommy's great as always though! 😊
How do you tell the difference in an American Northerner from that of an American Southerner? Without a Uniform? .... You Can't! And neither could Abraham Lincoln. Many of the Wealthy American Southerners knew War was imminent by 1859. They moved North of the Mason Dixon Line. Many of them leaving their Plantations and Properties in the care of their Slaves. And they waited out Abe Lincolns' UnCivil War up North... And they stayed invested in the South and in the North both, during the War. They created Havoc for Abraham Lincoln. They are Americans and they bet on both sides. There is nothing like a good WAR in making money. What did the NORTH TRULY WIN? They maintain they "Freed the Slaves." But the Slaves never even got the 40 acres and a mule, the Northern Union had promised them! 160 years later the descendants of the Slaves are still screaming for "Freedom!"
@@savanahmclary4465 How do you tell the difference in an American Northerner from that of an American Southerner? Without a Uniform? .... wait for one of them to speak. If the accent didn't give it away immediately, the content of their speech would do it for sure. What did the NORTH TRULY WIN? The north didn't win anything. The single, sovereign nation that was the United States in 1860 won its solidarity as a single nation, instead of the fractured, scattering of selfish little fiefdoms known as states the south was bidding for. Freeing the slaves was indeed a side-effect of the war, not an aim. The "screams of freedom" you refer to, had a lot more to do with decades of hideous Jim Crow laws, segregation and active suppression of the civil rights of those same descendants of slaves, that didn't even BEGIN to go away until 1964...then any screaming about the victory of the Federal government. The Feds may have dropped the ball on '40 acres and a mule', but they had nothing to do with generations of Jim Crow subjugation, KKK voter intimidation/lynchings and separate but equal nonsense. In hindsight maybe they should have.
Don't forget, Stephen Lang also played Ike Clanton in Tombstone. He is a member of The Actor's Studio. Although perhaps unnoticed by some, his television and theatre credits on and off Broadway proceed him. He has depth; he can make you love him or hate him. I consider him to be one of the finest actors of the day.
I am from Venezuela. I like to learn about civil wars, regardless of where they occurred and at what moment in history. In all of them, it is preferred to forget about them, not to discuss them, due to unhealed wounds. The special thing about the American Civil War is that people, regardless of which side their ancestors fought & their hearts, common people talk about it, with respect and affection, people buy replicas of uniforms and weapons, the ladies dress with typical costumes of that time, sing those songs of that era and want and enjoy participating in events such as this parade
What would be cool is if a movie were made showing the virtual viewpoint of a soldier from the beginning of the Civil War to the end, kinda like that movie by Sam Mendes where we see the viewpoint of a soldier during World War 1. If American Battlefield Trust hired Steven Speilberg or a big director to direct the movie The Trust could make Millions towards preserving some Civil War Battlefields and rebuilding some historic sites. Just a thought.
Would love it ... if Robert Redford and Ron Maxwell made the movie together. And tell the TRUTH about what the Americans' did. Don't care for Speilburg, I want FACTUAL history.. Not fantasy.
Brothers of Jeremiah Smith #1 Camp of the SUVCW and Sisters of Sallie Peacheater Tent #18 of the DUVCW commemorated Remembrance Day this afternoon in Oklahoma City. It was an honor to participate in that ceremony.
I’m hoping the American Trust will see value in keeping the south’s Confederate statues on our battlefields. There was people that didn’t want statues in there cities because they had to pass by them everywhere and they think it was supposed to suppress them but on a battlefield is where they really belong. Tourist would love to see them there. It’s history!
To inform this generation: There is a totally different "Truth," abouth the Civil WAR that is being intentionally NOT told, for the indoctrination to these younger generations RACIAL DIVISION AGENDA! For if the FACTUAL TRUTH was to be told...You would understand what many of the "Statues and Monuments," "significance" is. And why they were placed where they are and by who and WHY! The STATUES and Monuments have a larger, significant importance... than just an Statue or monument... Many of Them are decoded markers, of what the War was truly about.. The 19th and 20th century people were totally different than 2021. Today IGNORANCE is BLISS. In, short... Their IGNORANCE is shooting themselves in the foot.
@@MN-mt3hx they have and are removing anything that is about the South and the UN Cvil War on battle fields and States property and private CEMETERYs . I was at Gettysburg in 2004 and many of the Southern Statues and monuments had already been removed. ALL WARS are about money and wealth and who gets to control it. Same is TRUE about the American Civil War. They were NOT States.. they were SOVEREIGN "Common Wealths." Governed and economical and Financially backed by "SOVEREIGN and INDEPENDENT" North American Extended Families... in which, many of them had signed the "Declaration of Independence." That made a "Collaboration," between the North American Sovereign Extended Families...There was NO Federal government anything. Until after the Civil War and with the Rewriting of the Constitution: To accomadate the changes determined by the War. Even the individual "Common Wealths," Representatives were usually a member of that's Common Wealths Extended Families.. or a Family Friend, or Attorney. And some of the Common Wealths Representatives had Common Family Representatives... In earlier days of the Civil War... It was even referred to as a "Family Feud." This used to be in School books, 50 + years ago. Abraham Lincoln wanted to "Consolidate" all the North American Extended Families Wealth into ONE "Pot." But to be only controlled by the Northern Common Wealths Extended Families. Abraham Lincoln was USURPING the Constitution and was going by a DEMOCRACY, of 50 - 50 Majority RULE VOTE, on Bill's and making law...Fully knowing that the NORTH would always be the MAJORITY! The Constitution is a "REPUBLIC!" Where All 100% of the "Common Wealths' Representatives have to participate... And for a "BILL" to become "LAW," 63% of the 100% Common Wealths Representatives have to VOTE the SAME WAY. Also referred to as the 2/3rd VOTE.... The Fore FATHERS wrote the Constitution this way to even cover the MINORITY Common Wealths had a "VOTE" a "VOICE," in their GOVERNMENT. Abraham Lincoln and the Northern Common Wealths Representatives had been DENYING the Southern Common Wealths had been doing their "Democracy," 50 - 50 Majority RULE VOTE since Andrew Jackson days. There was NO One USA CURRENCY circulated throughout the entire USA. There were many different individual, Common Wealth extended Family backed currencies being exchanged, before the war. (French CURRENCY the "Dix ," in plural "Dixie" Louisiana. Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia.) The Northern "Common Wealths Representatives, voted into Law on their Majority RULE VOTE of who ever the Representatives were present 50 - 50 "VOTE." They ntroduced into Circulation a USA CURRENCY and maintained that is was backed by ALL the Common Wealths Extended Families.. When they Southern Common Wealths Representatives had not been considered. The Southern "Common Wealths" Extended Families Representatives by introduced a "COUNTERFEIT," CURRENCY into the Northern Common Wealths Representatives CURRENCY.... into Circulation, diluting it and making ALL the CURRENCY WORTHLESS! This is what started the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln came to the House Floor and told the Southern Common Wealths Representatives that "HE and his NORTHERN COMMON WEALTHS REPRESENTATIVES WOULD OWN EVERYTHING THAT THESE SOUTHERNERS HAD BEFORE HE WAS THROUH!" War was on Lincolns' name was not on the BALLOTS in the Southern "Common Wealths" to VOTE for, or against him. The "Common Wealths," even had different geographical boundaries and borders. (Louisana Purchase 1804 by a Virginia Thomas Jefferson )
“I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the interests of the South. So fully am I satisfied of this, as regards Virginia especially, that I would cheerfully have lost all I have lost by the war, and have suffered all I have suffered, to have this object attained.” - Robert E Lee 1865 “All I think that can now be done, is to aid our noble & generous women in their efforts to protect the graves & mark the last resting places of those who have fallen, & wait for better times.” - Robert E. Lee
I wonder if they were reenact ors representing the Pennsylvania reserves and I am asking because in the ranks of Company k of the first Pennsylvania reserves infantry regiment was my 4x great uncle George E Kitzmiller and what’s really interesting is that company K was raised in Gettysburg
Remembrance Day at Gettysburg is something every CW history buff should experience. My first one was in the 1990s, and I couldn't believe all the reenactors, thousands - both soldiers & citizens (including families). The access is very liberal. It's a hoot! Commentary on this video is amateur and sophomoric. Come on, guys...this is Gettysburg!
After 1865 the US gov had to make a strategic decision. The US was in the process of consolidating her nation from Atlantic to Pacific. The US needed a united country and must find a way to gently bring the defeated southern states back into the fold because it was in their strategic interest to do so. Unlike other nations, the US gov allowed the former Confederate states to honor their rebel generals and soldiers who died for what they believed in. During the Spanish American War, US troops had to move thru the southern states to Florida in order to embark for Spanish Cuba. Care was given not to inflame the southern states as they moved US troops thru the south. It was not necessary but the US gov understood it was prudent to do so even it proven later not necessary because the southerners supported the US war effort. It was not perfect because black rights were delayed in order for this unity to occur. The American gov of that time understood how to handle the situation with careful thought. Today we do not have this. Many intellects and ruling elite decide to declare ALL southern icons are evil and racist and have embarked on a campaign to purge it from the public square, names for streets and installations. It would have been prudent to let these old sentiments fade away over time, but their abrupt method fueled by outrage has made the situation worst when it could have been left alone because the racist sentiments and slavery has all but faded in the southern US. The US has one problem, it is a young country. It never been conquered, lost their status in the world nor faced adversity where hardheaded common sense decisions have to be made in order to survive. Today's generation never faced adversity, so when educated by a misguided education and college, these young people embarked on mindless outrage without any context to history. Result is what we see today, an angry ideological mob smashing everything.
Thank you, for putting this on You Tube. You made my day! If I had known this was being presented, before hand: I would have loved to attended and brought Indianas' "Freemans' Artillery" Re enactors, made it a day, or week end. And taught FACTUAL History! But many aspects, lead up to the Civil War, before and after... Quit Glorifying Abraham Lincoln... If Abraham Lincoln would have just "NEGOTIATED," in the CONGRESS.... In the USA ... "Republic!" Per the "Constitution Protocol," of 100% of the States Representatives were "REQUIRED," to participate: These three days at GETTYSBURG would NEVER have occurred! Instead, Lincoln "Raised an Army against his own people!" The Civil War cost the "AMERICANS" over a million and three hundred thousand of LIVES in blood. (Civilian Casualties are never counted!) And at least six years in USA "Commerce Productivity," if NOT more. Threatening the "INDEPENDENCE and SOVEREIGNTY," of the USA meant nothing to Abraham Lincoln... or human Life. For ALL WARS are about MONEY and Who owns and CONTROLS IT! Same is "TRUE," about the American UnCivil War. Furthermore, Tell the TRUTH about Robert E. Lee! America feeds EVERDAY off of his Sacrifice and His Engineer skills and his teams' ACCOMPLISHMENTS! WE OWE HIM! Daily! Thank you...Throughly enjoyed your Video.
The parade was very neat.the commtary was very informative. There is just one thing. Kris White mentied they were used to carry the flags. I always thought that they were worn by musicians and NCOS to hold their swords and scabberds.
@@perseuslove1335 I beg your pardon! In the civil war the Confederacy won more battles than the Union ever did. And with 1/3, or more less men. And some times, insome battles... it was 50% less men. But what WON the UNION supposedly the War... The Confederacy had lost to many men...because the South had less population and to replenish their ranks. Unlike Grant at Cold Harbor...Or Abe Lincoln 1863 Concription Act.. and the Emancipation PROCLAMATION was used to replenish his RANKS at gun POINT . And By the Union Army at the New York Harbor...never knowing their names. And Bombing New York city, to get him what he wanted. Over a million three hundred thousand DEAD AMERICANS.... You hear that WORD... AMERICANS! .. .That Abe REFUSED to NEGOTIATE because he held the MAJORITY in the REPUBLIC! That brought the USA PRODUCTIVITY and ECONOMY to a dead stand still, for over FIVE YEARS. NOT to mention the USA in devastation and STARVATION...Fighting for FOOD ..Way to go ABE! YOU FED THOSE SLAVES YOU SUPPOSEDLY FREED TODAY? ... And 160 years later, their descendants are still begging for FREEDOM. And Today you are after more of their money...
@@savanahmclary4465 Also I’m not after anyone’s money lol. I’m just a huge history fan. The Union had the vast majority of railroads and factories in the country at the time. Their victory was honestly inevitable.
Whoever made the parade route is not my friend. It was awful, cut off 90% of South Gettysburg for Hours! Instead of cutting off all of Gettysburg and making it a nightmare to live or work there, why not have most of the parade route ring out of the south battlefield, so the detour can go around one main road instead of cutting off 4! major routes??
Interesting,...BUT 90% of them are too over weight and too old. The over weight impression "takes the cake" (no pun intended). Spending all that money on gear when it would be better spent on conditioning and presenting a more accurate impression. I have been to many reenactments...and that is the biggest beef (again..no pun intended) of the crowd. However, I do appreciate their zeal for history. BTW, Gary has about the right build for a believable reenactor.
My daughter and I attended for the first time. We also attended the Original Civil War Ball. It was a fantastic experience! We are descendants of two Union veterans. Thanks so much and we hope to attend again sometime in the future.
Thank you for posting this. I truly want to thank the people of Gettysburg for the love and support they show for the history of the Civil War.
I was in Gettysburg today, really jammed, I have never seen the town this busy as it was today, and I have been going there for over 25 years. Unfortunately I was busy trying to clear some land over on Marsh Creek Road but I caught some of the parade and tried to have lunch at the Dobbin House Tavern but it was a 45 minute wait. Even Gettysburg Eddies had a 40 minute wait. Great to see the town this busy.
I've been to Gettysburg a few times and have never been able to get a seat at the Dobbin house. This last time we didn't even get Mr. G's - the sign said that they were open but nobody came to the window. Hunts and Tommy's great as always though! 😊
God bless soldiers from both sides,and Greetings from Scotland.
How do you tell the difference in an American Northerner from that of an American Southerner? Without a Uniform? ....
You Can't! And neither could Abraham Lincoln.
Many of the Wealthy American Southerners knew War was imminent by 1859. They moved North of the Mason Dixon Line. Many of them leaving their Plantations and Properties in the care of their Slaves. And they waited out Abe Lincolns' UnCivil War up North... And they stayed invested in the South and in the North both, during the War. They created Havoc for Abraham Lincoln.
They are Americans and they bet on both sides. There is nothing like a good WAR in making money.
What did the NORTH TRULY WIN? They maintain they
"Freed the Slaves." But the Slaves never even got the 40 acres and a mule, the Northern Union had promised them! 160 years later the descendants of the Slaves are still screaming for "Freedom!"
@@savanahmclary4465 How do you tell the difference in an American Northerner from that of an American Southerner? Without a Uniform? .... wait for one of them to speak. If the accent didn't give it away immediately, the content of their speech would do it for sure.
What did the NORTH TRULY WIN? The north didn't win anything. The single, sovereign nation that was the United States in 1860 won its solidarity as a single nation, instead of the fractured, scattering of selfish little fiefdoms known as states the south was bidding for. Freeing the slaves was indeed a side-effect of the war, not an aim. The "screams of freedom" you refer to, had a lot more to do with decades of hideous Jim Crow laws, segregation and active suppression of the civil rights of those same descendants of slaves, that didn't even BEGIN to go away until 1964...then any screaming about the victory of the Federal government. The Feds may have dropped the ball on '40 acres and a mule', but they had nothing to do with generations of Jim Crow subjugation, KKK voter intimidation/lynchings and separate but equal nonsense. In hindsight maybe they should have.
@@savanahmclary4465 You don't know much about the American Civil War, do you?
Don't forget, Stephen Lang also played Ike Clanton in Tombstone. He is a member of The Actor's Studio. Although perhaps unnoticed by some, his television and theatre credits on and off Broadway proceed him. He has depth; he can make you love him or hate him. I consider him to be one of the finest actors of the day.
I do too.
I was there, miss marching, great day and parade. God Bless America !
I attended this parade twice, 2007 and 2008. Such great memories!
I am from Venezuela. I like to learn about civil wars, regardless of where they occurred and at what moment in history. In all of them, it is preferred to forget about them, not to discuss them, due to unhealed wounds. The special thing about the American Civil War is that people, regardless of which side their ancestors fought & their hearts, common people talk about it, with respect and affection, people buy replicas of uniforms and weapons, the ladies dress with typical costumes of that time, sing those songs of that era and want and enjoy participating in events such as this parade
It was an honor to be a part of the parade this year as a member of the GAR living history society!
I was absolutely BLOWN AWAY by the pure number of INCREDIBLE GAR impressions. Congratulations.
As a drafted disabled Republic of Vietnam combat veteran '68, I had gg grandfathers fighting on both sides. Well done. Eaglegards...
I’m a Vietnam Vet USMC 1968/69. My Ancestors were Confederates. God Bless all who fought.
Felt good to be there & remember. Good patriots. God bless America protect us from the current evil.
God Bless America and the Union and the Confederate soldiers!
Was there this year. Was amazed at how many people marched. What a wonderful experience!!
Thanks guys…
Love to be there one year.
What would be cool is if a movie were made showing the virtual viewpoint of a soldier from the beginning of the Civil War to the end, kinda like that movie by Sam Mendes where we see the viewpoint of a soldier during World War 1. If American Battlefield Trust hired Steven Speilberg or a big director to direct the movie The Trust could make Millions towards preserving some Civil War Battlefields and rebuilding some historic sites. Just a thought.
Omniverse experience...it’s coming
Would love it ... if Robert Redford and Ron Maxwell made the movie together. And tell the TRUTH about what the Americans' did.
Don't care for Speilburg, I want FACTUAL history..
Not fantasy.
@@savanahmclary4465 I agree totally! We need true red blooded Americans to do it not SpielBERG!
@@vanguardactual1
Cheap shot.
Thank You for this.....sad thing is that today it’s not appreciated as this should be!👍
Eating cupcakes, watching the Remembrance Day Parade!! What could be better!!! Go Garry!!
Brothers of Jeremiah Smith #1 Camp of the SUVCW and Sisters of Sallie Peacheater Tent #18 of the DUVCW commemorated Remembrance Day this afternoon in Oklahoma City. It was an honor to participate in that ceremony.
This is the kind of stuff that gets me excited!!! Thank you for posting, I love it!
I visited Gettysburg in 2011 - very very nice! Greetings from Gummersbach, Germany
There was a kid who was playing the banjo live during the parade!! He was great!!
Seems as though the people had a capital time. My gratitude for sharing this.
Hello. Thanks for upload. Greedings from Germany.
28:51 would that be Doug Wilson of the 140th Pennsylvania?
I’m hoping the American Trust will see value in keeping the south’s Confederate statues on our battlefields. There was people that didn’t want statues in there cities because they had to pass by them everywhere and they think it was supposed to suppress them but on a battlefield is where they really belong. Tourist would love to see them there. It’s history!
I just say people who want them gone are full of ignorance. It’s a part of history just because you remove it doesn’t mean it’s gone
👍
To inform this generation: There is a totally different "Truth," abouth the Civil WAR that is being intentionally NOT told,
for the indoctrination to these younger generations RACIAL DIVISION AGENDA! For if the FACTUAL TRUTH was to be told...You would understand what many of the "Statues and Monuments," "significance" is. And why they were placed where they are and by who and WHY!
The STATUES and Monuments have a larger, significant importance... than just an Statue or monument... Many of Them are decoded markers, of what the War was truly about.. The 19th and 20th century people were totally different than 2021. Today IGNORANCE is BLISS. In, short...
Their IGNORANCE is shooting themselves in the foot.
I'm curious about your thoughts on the GAR Post 88 Resolution of 1889.
@@MN-mt3hx they have and are removing anything that is about the South and the UN Cvil War on battle fields and States property and private CEMETERYs
.
I was at Gettysburg in 2004 and many of the Southern Statues and monuments had already been removed.
ALL WARS are about money and wealth and who gets to control it. Same is TRUE about the American Civil War.
They were NOT States.. they were SOVEREIGN "Common Wealths." Governed and economical and Financially backed by "SOVEREIGN and INDEPENDENT" North American Extended Families... in which, many of them had signed the "Declaration of Independence." That made a "Collaboration," between the North American Sovereign Extended Families...There was NO Federal government anything. Until after the Civil War and with the Rewriting of the Constitution: To accomadate the changes determined by the War.
Even the individual "Common Wealths," Representatives were usually a member of that's Common Wealths Extended Families.. or a Family Friend, or Attorney. And some of the Common Wealths Representatives had Common Family Representatives...
In earlier days of the
Civil War... It was even referred to as a "Family Feud." This used to be in School books, 50 + years ago.
Abraham Lincoln wanted to "Consolidate" all the North American Extended Families Wealth into ONE "Pot." But to be only controlled by the Northern Common Wealths Extended Families.
Abraham Lincoln was USURPING the Constitution and was going by a DEMOCRACY, of 50 - 50 Majority RULE VOTE, on Bill's and making law...Fully knowing that the NORTH would always be the MAJORITY!
The Constitution is a "REPUBLIC!" Where All 100% of the "Common Wealths' Representatives have to participate... And for a "BILL" to become "LAW," 63% of the 100% Common Wealths Representatives have to VOTE the SAME WAY. Also referred to as the 2/3rd VOTE....
The Fore FATHERS wrote the Constitution this way to even cover the MINORITY Common Wealths had a "VOTE" a "VOICE," in their GOVERNMENT. Abraham Lincoln and the Northern Common Wealths Representatives had been DENYING the Southern Common Wealths had been doing their "Democracy," 50 - 50 Majority RULE VOTE since Andrew Jackson days.
There was NO One USA CURRENCY circulated throughout the entire USA. There were many different individual, Common Wealth extended Family backed currencies being exchanged, before the war. (French CURRENCY the "Dix ," in plural "Dixie" Louisiana. Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia.)
The Northern "Common Wealths Representatives, voted into Law on their Majority RULE VOTE of who ever the Representatives were present 50 - 50 "VOTE." They ntroduced into Circulation a USA CURRENCY and maintained that is was backed by ALL the Common Wealths Extended Families.. When they Southern Common Wealths Representatives had not been considered.
The Southern "Common Wealths" Extended Families Representatives by introduced a "COUNTERFEIT," CURRENCY into the Northern Common Wealths Representatives CURRENCY.... into Circulation, diluting it and making ALL the CURRENCY WORTHLESS!
This is what started the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln came to the House Floor and told the Southern Common Wealths Representatives that "HE and his NORTHERN COMMON WEALTHS REPRESENTATIVES WOULD OWN EVERYTHING THAT THESE SOUTHERNERS HAD BEFORE HE WAS THROUH!"
War was on
Lincolns' name was not on the BALLOTS in the Southern "Common Wealths" to VOTE for, or against him.
The "Common Wealths," even had different geographical boundaries and borders. (Louisana Purchase 1804 by a Virginia Thomas Jefferson )
I see me marching with the Artillery Reserve I'm the one holding the regimental colors.
65th remembrance! Hope for another 65.
31:26 the guy with the bucktail on his hat marching with the cane and big puffy white beard is my grandfather. lookin good granddad.
Fanstatic, they for your podcast, Iam glad community is alive God Bless you all .
I was part of the pioneer unit that marched by at the 18:00 minute mark.
awesome work dude love seeing that kind of stuff coming into the reenacting community with more vigor
@@dylan4964 thank you so much. My unit wanted to do something unique instead of our standard infantry impressions.
Thanks for the coverage!
“I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the interests of the South. So fully am I satisfied of this, as regards Virginia especially, that I would cheerfully have lost all I have lost by the war, and have suffered all I have suffered, to have this object attained.” - Robert E Lee 1865
“All I think that can now be done, is to aid our noble & generous women in their efforts to protect the graves & mark the last resting places of those who have fallen, & wait for better times.” - Robert E. Lee
I wonder if they were reenact ors representing the Pennsylvania reserves and I am asking because in the ranks of Company k of the first Pennsylvania reserves infantry regiment was my 4x great uncle George E Kitzmiller and what’s really interesting is that company K was raised in Gettysburg
Thank you for sharing! Hope we participate one day! We remember!
31:30 general grants great great great grandson
Wow! TY for letting us know!
Watching this in July of 2022. Guess I'm going to have to attend that this year
Marched in this Parade Many times.
Would have loved to attend this...
God Bless
why they guy at 34:18 is holding an Europeunionflag?
34:21 what is this flag ?
Can anyone identify the song playing at 16:53? The one with the fifes?
Garryowen a cavalry tune here in the us
I hope the cupcake was good, Garry :)
Just curious.... would that old Sycamore tree be old enough to be there at the end of the war?
Getting to march at the end of the parade is like getting a participation trophy. Fitting.
i was here in this parade
why don't they do this in July when it actually happened? why do it late Nov.?
18:90 here comes my battalion, making a big show as always
National Regiment?
Remembrance Day at Gettysburg is something every CW history buff should experience. My first one was in the 1990s, and I couldn't believe all the reenactors, thousands - both soldiers & citizens (including families). The access is very liberal. It's a hoot! Commentary on this video is amateur and sophomoric. Come on, guys...this is Gettysburg!
Missed this by a week.
After 1865 the US gov had to make a strategic decision. The US was in the process of consolidating her nation from Atlantic to Pacific. The US needed a united country and must find a way to gently bring the defeated southern states back into the fold because it was in their strategic interest to do so. Unlike other nations, the US gov allowed the former Confederate states to honor their rebel generals and soldiers who died for what they believed in. During the Spanish American War, US troops had to move thru the southern states to Florida in order to embark for Spanish Cuba. Care was given not to inflame the southern states as they moved US troops thru the south. It was not necessary but the US gov understood it was prudent to do so even it proven later not necessary because the southerners supported the US war effort. It was not perfect because black rights were delayed in order for this unity to occur. The American gov of that time understood how to handle the situation with careful thought. Today we do not have this. Many intellects and ruling elite decide to declare ALL southern icons are evil and racist and have embarked on a campaign to purge it from the public square, names for streets and installations. It would have been prudent to let these old sentiments fade away over time, but their abrupt method fueled by outrage has made the situation worst when it could have been left alone because the racist sentiments and slavery has all but faded in the southern US. The US has one problem, it is a young country. It never been conquered, lost their status in the world nor faced adversity where hardheaded common sense decisions have to be made in order to survive. Today's generation never faced adversity, so when educated by a misguided education and college, these young people embarked on mindless outrage without any context to history. Result is what we see today, an angry ideological mob smashing everything.
Do you know why
Robert E. Lee lead the "Army of Northern Virginia" out of Virginia, into Maryland and into Pennsylvania, when he did?
Thank you, for putting this on You Tube. You made my day! If I had known this was being presented, before hand: I would have loved to attended and brought Indianas' "Freemans' Artillery"
Re enactors, made it a day, or week end. And taught FACTUAL History!
But many aspects, lead up to the Civil War, before and after... Quit Glorifying Abraham Lincoln...
If Abraham Lincoln would have just "NEGOTIATED," in the CONGRESS.... In the USA ... "Republic!" Per the "Constitution Protocol," of 100% of the States Representatives were "REQUIRED," to participate:
These three days at GETTYSBURG would NEVER have occurred!
Instead, Lincoln "Raised an Army against his own people!"
The Civil War cost the "AMERICANS" over a million and three hundred thousand of LIVES in blood. (Civilian Casualties are never counted!) And at least six years in USA "Commerce Productivity," if NOT more. Threatening the "INDEPENDENCE and SOVEREIGNTY," of the USA meant nothing to
Abraham Lincoln... or human Life.
For ALL WARS are about MONEY and Who owns and CONTROLS IT! Same is "TRUE," about the American UnCivil War.
Furthermore, Tell the TRUTH about
Robert E. Lee! America feeds EVERDAY off of his Sacrifice and His Engineer skills and his teams' ACCOMPLISHMENTS!
WE OWE HIM! Daily!
Thank you...Throughly enjoyed your Video.
may Godbless America again 🙏
That was great
To much comments.....Greets from good old germany
The parade was very neat.the commtary was very informative. There is just one thing. Kris White mentied they were used to carry the flags. I always thought that they were worn by musicians and NCOS to hold their swords and scabberds.
One thing for certain Abraham Lincoln would not have ever been at Gettysburg on
July 1. 2. 3 1863..
Leave it to the Confederates to outflank the Union Troops and sneak up on them from behind.
And leave it to the Union to STILL win the battle.
@@perseuslove1335 I beg your pardon! In the civil war the Confederacy won more battles than the Union ever did. And with 1/3, or more less men. And some times, insome battles... it was 50% less men. But what WON the UNION supposedly the War... The Confederacy had lost to many men...because the South had less population and to replenish their ranks. Unlike Grant at Cold Harbor...Or Abe Lincoln 1863 Concription Act.. and the Emancipation PROCLAMATION was used to replenish his RANKS at gun POINT . And By the Union Army at the New York Harbor...never knowing their names. And Bombing New York city, to get him what he wanted.
Over a million three hundred thousand
DEAD AMERICANS.... You hear that WORD...
AMERICANS! .. .That Abe REFUSED to NEGOTIATE because he held the MAJORITY
in the REPUBLIC!
That brought the USA PRODUCTIVITY and ECONOMY to a dead stand still, for over FIVE YEARS. NOT to mention the USA in devastation and STARVATION...Fighting for FOOD ..Way to go ABE! YOU FED THOSE SLAVES YOU SUPPOSEDLY FREED TODAY? ... And 160 years later, their descendants are still begging for FREEDOM. And Today you are after more of their money...
@@savanahmclary4465 The Union won the battle of Gettysburg. But yeah, they also won the war.
@@savanahmclary4465 Also I’m not after anyone’s money lol. I’m just a huge history fan. The Union had the vast majority of railroads and factories in the country at the time. Their victory was honestly inevitable.
We're is the confederate soldiers who were unlucky to loose the war
Grand Army of the Republic G.A.R. Huzzah!
I hope 🙏 all locked downs well end soon is about Heritage should forget this event , the War brutal and costly and lives lost.
I'm here to watch the crack troops of the Liberty Rifles march by
Lol, they were there???
Everything is a rich man's trick.
based boomers
Nice turnout for the confederacy I remember when thousands used to go
Ms.
Whoever made the parade route is not my friend.
It was awful, cut off 90% of South Gettysburg for Hours!
Instead of cutting off all of Gettysburg and making it a nightmare to live or work there, why not have most of the parade route ring out of the south battlefield, so the detour can go around one main road instead of cutting off 4! major routes??
Interesting,...BUT 90% of them are too over weight and too old. The over weight impression "takes the cake" (no pun intended). Spending all that money on gear when it would be better spent on conditioning and presenting a more accurate impression. I have been to many reenactments...and that is the biggest beef (again..no pun intended) of the crowd. However, I do appreciate their zeal for history. BTW, Gary has about the right build for a believable reenactor.
🤢 there is nothing sentimental about this carnage except in the minds of children who refuse to grow up
There might be to someone who lost an ancestor fighting there.
Never forget history.
@@bullhead900 yes, and never honor carnage...
@@carlalorch8650 yes, so honor the dead not the battle...
a leftist fool 🤣
What a sham!