Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
4-5-2012
Department 1
Civil War Era Studies
Abstract
Monday night, I took my class out on the 'battlefield.' I know some of them are taking my class because, "it's Gettysburg College and I should take a Civil War class before I leave." I couldn't resist the siren call to show them where they have lived for four years and transform the meanings of that ground for them. So we went on a campus tour, the battlefield they walk everyday when they go to class or dinner or out to party on a Friday night. [excerpt]
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Recommended Citation
Rudy, John M., "Once Upon a Time in Gettysburg: Sometimes It Works" (2012). Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public. 143.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/interpretcw/143
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Comments
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public is written by alum and adjunct professor, John Rudy. Each post is his own opinions, musings, discussions, and questions about the Civil War era, public history, historical interpretation, and the future of history. In his own words, it is "a blog talking about how we talk about a war where over 600,000 died, 4 million were freed and a nation forever changed. Meditating on interpretation, both theory and practice, at no charge to you."