Presented by John Linton, February 16, 2025
Part 1: David Wills and the creation of the Gettysburg National Cemetery and Soldiers’ National Monument; David McConaughy and the creation of the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association; the formation of the Grand Army of the Republic and its lobbying of state legislatures to fund their regimental monuments; and the bid process focusing on the Smith Granite company and their agent W.B. Amringe.