Canton Zouave
03-04-2004, 05:09 PM
Some of us in Ohio & Gettysburg have been looking forward to the restoration of the Fourth Ohio Monument on East Cemetary Hill. However, once again another driver strikes and destroys a piece of our Civil War Heritage.
Plans are currently in the works to restore the 4th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Monument on East Cemetary Hill. This will include the stabilization of the base, installation of an support armature for the inside of the monument and re-installing the original obelisk shaped top with Soldier.
This monument is made form a zinc alkloy that is cast to resemble carved stone.
Now, March 4, 2004, yet another inattentive driver comes along and plows into another precious Gettysburg monument. I have attached infomation sent to me released by the GNMP showing photos and information in reference to this most recent "Automobile Vs. Monument" crash. (There are no such things as accidents when it comes to motorized vehicles) The only saving grace, if there is one...is the fact that the driver only struck the right flank marker of the 4th Ohio...as opposed to the main monument.
Here is a look at the article:
March 4, 2004
For Immediate Release
Katie Lawhon 717 334-1124 x452
Pickup Truck Hits Gettysburg Monument and Granite Posts on East Cemetery
Hill
At approximately 2:30 p.m. March 4, 2004, the driver of a Ford pickup truck
collided with a civil war monument and two granite fence posts on the
Gettysburg battlefield at East Cemetery Hill.
The driver was travelling northbound on Baltimore Pike and lost control of
the vehicle in front of the Evergreen Cemetery. The truck swerved off the
east edge of the roadway, continued approximately 150 feet in a northerly
direction and struck the Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry Right Flank Marker
and two granite fence posts within Gettysburg National Military Park. The
1887 monument is about 2 feet high, is composed of a zinc alloy cast to
resemble carved stone, and was severely damaged. Two granite fence posts
were uprooted from their concrete anchors but received minimal damage.
The driver had no passengers and was not injured. Preliminary National Park
Service cost estimates for the damage are between $5000 and $10,000,
including a complete recasting of the zinc monument which cannot be
repaired. Gettysburg Borough Police Department is the investigating
agency and charges are pending.
This is the third time since October 2003 that a vehicle has struck and
damaged a monument or cannon carriage within Gettysburg National Military
Park.
-NPS-
Photos attached
(See attached file: broken4thOhio.JPG)(See attached file: crack4th ohio
with vehicle.JPG)
Credit: Gettysburg National Military Park
EXPERIENCE YOUR AMERICA
The National Park Service cares for special places saved by the American
people so that all may experience our heritage.
(See attached file: broken4thOhio.JPG)(See attached file: crack4th ohio
with vehicle.JPG)
Plans are currently in the works to restore the 4th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Monument on East Cemetary Hill. This will include the stabilization of the base, installation of an support armature for the inside of the monument and re-installing the original obelisk shaped top with Soldier.
This monument is made form a zinc alkloy that is cast to resemble carved stone.
Now, March 4, 2004, yet another inattentive driver comes along and plows into another precious Gettysburg monument. I have attached infomation sent to me released by the GNMP showing photos and information in reference to this most recent "Automobile Vs. Monument" crash. (There are no such things as accidents when it comes to motorized vehicles) The only saving grace, if there is one...is the fact that the driver only struck the right flank marker of the 4th Ohio...as opposed to the main monument.
Here is a look at the article:
March 4, 2004
For Immediate Release
Katie Lawhon 717 334-1124 x452
Pickup Truck Hits Gettysburg Monument and Granite Posts on East Cemetery
Hill
At approximately 2:30 p.m. March 4, 2004, the driver of a Ford pickup truck
collided with a civil war monument and two granite fence posts on the
Gettysburg battlefield at East Cemetery Hill.
The driver was travelling northbound on Baltimore Pike and lost control of
the vehicle in front of the Evergreen Cemetery. The truck swerved off the
east edge of the roadway, continued approximately 150 feet in a northerly
direction and struck the Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry Right Flank Marker
and two granite fence posts within Gettysburg National Military Park. The
1887 monument is about 2 feet high, is composed of a zinc alloy cast to
resemble carved stone, and was severely damaged. Two granite fence posts
were uprooted from their concrete anchors but received minimal damage.
The driver had no passengers and was not injured. Preliminary National Park
Service cost estimates for the damage are between $5000 and $10,000,
including a complete recasting of the zinc monument which cannot be
repaired. Gettysburg Borough Police Department is the investigating
agency and charges are pending.
This is the third time since October 2003 that a vehicle has struck and
damaged a monument or cannon carriage within Gettysburg National Military
Park.
-NPS-
Photos attached
(See attached file: broken4thOhio.JPG)(See attached file: crack4th ohio
with vehicle.JPG)
Credit: Gettysburg National Military Park
EXPERIENCE YOUR AMERICA
The National Park Service cares for special places saved by the American
people so that all may experience our heritage.
(See attached file: broken4thOhio.JPG)(See attached file: crack4th ohio
with vehicle.JPG)