GDG- Retreat from Gettyburg - Williamsport, Maryland

[George F]

Williamsport Days - August 26-27 in Williamsport,
Maryland is a good opportunity to see where
elements of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia built
and held defensive positions after July 3 and
before July 14, 1863.  Williamsport Days takes
place throughout the town including the C&O Canal
Cushwa basin (NPS).  This is also near where the
ANV wagons and ambulances were parked and the
site of the Williamsport fording of the Potomac
River (July 13-14).  The site of the pontoon
crossing at Falling Waters is several miles
downriver (also NPS property).

If any questions about Williamsport Days or
retreat from Gettysburg sites in the area, feel
free to contact me directly off-line.

George F. Franks, III
ggatsby79 at yahoo.com
Daniel Donnelly House (1830)
Williamsport, Maryland

C&O Canal National Historical Park News Release

Release Date:  August 10, 2006
For Immediate Release
Kathy Sholl, Public Affairs Assistant,
301-745-5804


      C&O Canal & Town of Williamsport will Host
Williamsport Days on
      August 26 and 27

      Hagerstown, Md. ? Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
National Historical Park and the Town of
Williamsport will host Williamsport Days at the
Cushwa Basin and Byron Memorial Park on Saturday,
August 26 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Sunday,
August 27 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.  A celebration
through programs, music, and events will help
commemorate Williamsport?s heritage, the C&O
Canal, and the 90th anniversary for the founding
of the National Park Service on August 25, 1916.

      Festival highlights include two
performances by the Wildcat Regiment Band,
playing 19th century military music; canal era
music; guided walks; slide shows; lock
demonstrations; meet the C&O Canal mule; as well
as demonstrations by living history groups
representing the French & Indian War,
Revolutionary War, Civil War, and women?s
history. The Town of Williamsport will be hosting
a craft fair, food, music, raffles and an antique
car show at Byron Memorial Park.  For a minimal
fee, trolley service will be available for
visitors to travel back and forth between the
Cushwa Basin and Byron Memorial Park.

      The Williamsport Visitor Center at the
Cushwa Basin is located at 205 W. Potomac St.,
Williamsport.  For more information about
Williamsport Days, please call the visitor center
at 301-582-0813. The C&O Canal website is
www.nps.gov/choh.

      -NPS-

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