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Pennsylvania State MemorialPhoto: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Stop 7 of 9 · Gettysburg Battlefield Driving Tour

The Governor's Hall That Became an Arch

Pennsylvania State Memorial, Gettysburg

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You're on Cemetery Ridge now, along Hancock Avenue, and the granite building in front of you is the Pennsylvania State Memorial, the largest state monument on this battlefield.

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  1. McPherson Ridge1

    McPherson Ridge

    Old Comrades on Opposite Sides
    Photo: Henry Kirke Bush-Brown (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
  2. Eternal Light Peace Memorial2

    Eternal Light Peace Memorial

    Twenty-Five Years to Light a Flame
    Photo: Pke88026, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  3. Seminary Ridge3

    Seminary Ridge

    The Men Who Waited in the Trees
    Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  4. Little Round Top4

    Little Round Top

    The Hill Nobody Was Holding
    Photo: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  5. Devil's Den5

    Devil's Den

    Snakes, Sharpshooters and a Borrowed Body
    Photo: Alana Iesu, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  6. The Wheatfield6

    The Wheatfield

    The Field Nobody Could Keep
    Photo: Muhranoff, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  7. Pennsylvania State Memorial7You're here

    Pennsylvania State Memorial

    The Governor's Hall That Became an Arch
    Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  8. The High Water Mark8

    The High Water Mark

    A Small Clump of Trees, Made Famous
    Photo: See below, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  9. Soldiers' National Cemetery9

    Soldiers' National Cemetery

    A Few Appropriate Remarks, and 979 Unknowns
    Photo: David Dugan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Written from public sources, every claim checked against them, narrated by a synthetic voice.

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