GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK First Day Cover postmarked from Freedom, ME on April 10, 2023. Color photo of statue printed on cachet #2741, of overview from higher Union positions by Alvin Eckert #9964 USCS.

Cover franked with 3 cent GAR stamp # 985 and a forever flag stamp (FDOI).

Gettysburg was a rural crossroads town of 2,400 that became the

accidental site of a major civil war battle on the first three days of July 1863.

About 50 thousand soldiers died in this epic battle!

The NPS offers a large new visitors center (2009) that includes a museum,

cafe, and bus tour terminal. The NPS has purchased most of the battlefield

lands and leases back the property for crops that were utilized in 1863. The

battlefield has many large monuments from veterans organizations and states.     

Cover prepared on an Archive Quality Envelope without gum on flap.

This year, it was over 160 years ago when the great battle was fought!

Seller has over 200 different National Parks covers. Also see seller's covers

for Ships named for Civil War Battlefields. Check out my other items!

These items make fine gifts when mounted on colored matte

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