GDG- Re: A Sad State of Affairs

[keith mackenzie]

Be wary of the olives.
  K.

"Margaret D. Blough" <mdblough1 at comcast.net> wrote:
  Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:


Actually, Steve, the McClellan Pub at the Gettysburg Hotel has nothing to do with Gen. George McClellan. That was the name of the hotel that was on the site of the current Gettysburg Hotel in 1863. It was called the McClellan House Hotel after the two brothers who owned it, John H. and George (who were 55 and 57 respectively in 1863 &, so far as I know, no relation to the famous George McClellan, who turned 37 on December 3, 1863). One thing that is ironic in having a pub bearing the McClellan brothers' name is that, according to "Firestorm at Gettysburg: Civilian Voices" by Jim Slade & John Alexander, it was said that some called the McClellan House Hotel "the temperance hotel" because the local temperance society held its meetings there. Also, according to "Firestorm at Gettysburg," in the aftermath of the battle, the McClellan House Hotel gave its parlor over to the Sisters of Charity from Emmitsburg who slept on the parlor floor when not nursing the wounded.

I don't drink so I can't vouch for the McClellan Pub, but you can consume its products without fear of historical inaccuracy.

Regards,

Margaret

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> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:29:35 -0500 (GMT-05:00) 
> From: Molly and Walter Wells 
> Subject: RE: GDG- a sad state of affairs 
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> My wife and I stay regularly at the Travelodge - will do so this Friday - 
> and I pointed out this discrepancy to the manmager, in a jovial way. He just 
> stared at me for a bit and said: "Oh, right." and walked away. Sigh 
> indeed.................. 
> 
> Walter 
> 
> Walter, 
> 
> Main reason why I have also never stopped by the McClellan Pub on the 
> square. Bad enough I have to deal with Sickles when in Gettysburg, but to have 
> a 
> beer there would be bad luck, IMHO..:) 
> 
> Hope all is well. 
> 
> Regards from the Garden State, 
> 
> Steve Basic 
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