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SUMMARY:General Meade's Statue in Gettysburg
DESCRIPTION:\r\nWhat a fine General he was.\r\nVictorious over that Da
 stardly General Lee at Gettysburg, General George Gordon Meade was a f
 ine General and a fine Philadelphian.  After the Civil War, Meade hel
 ped create Fairmount Park and would ride his horse Old Baldy through i
 t almost daily.\r\n\r\nMeade's equestrian statue in Gettysburg was ded
 icated on June 5 1896, 125 years ago.\r\n \r\n-======================
 =====-\r\n \r\nThe picture used here is of his equestrian statue in P
 hiladelphia located in Fairmount Park near the Please Touch Museum.\r\
 n \r\nThe statue in Fairmount Park is notable for being the work of A
 lexander Milne Calder - who made the statue of William Penn that stand
 s atop City Hall.  ( The son and grandson of Calder have works of art
  in and around the Phila Museum of Art.)\r\n The one in Fairmount park
  is older, unveiled on October 18th, 1887 with 30,000 people in attend
 ance.  \r\n \r\nAlso, the citizens of Philly and the nation were so g
 rateful for his service that they gave him and his family a house in P
 hiladelphia.\r\n\r\nhttps://www.associationforpublicart.org/artwork/ma
 jor-general-george-gordon-meade/#\r\n\r\nhttps://www.loc.gov/item/0100
 6345/\r\n\r\nMore information is always at hand at\r\n(you got it) the
  General Meade Society of Philadelphia \r\nhttps://generalmeadesociet
 y.org \n\nFor more information visit https://agilephilly.ning.com/eve
 nts/general-meade-statue
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CATEGORIES:meeting, crossposting, historical, meade, old, baldy
LOCATION:Gettysburg Battlefield
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ORGANIZER:Old Baldy's friends https://generalmeadesociety.org
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ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="John Vor
 is, Lead Coordinator":https://agilephilly.ning.com/profile/JohnVoris
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