GDG- Triangular Field
Linda J. Guy
lindajguy at embarqmail.com
Sun Dec 2 12:07:12 CST 2007
Thank you Margaret and Terry! At least I no longer feel I was crazy that
day. I have been back several times since then, and have spent much of
the time in the cemetery with no feelings like that particular day.
Terry wrote:
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
> I agree, Margaret! Long before I knew the significance of that little plot
> of land, I went there with my now husband. He was taking on a tour of the
> battlefield0. We stopped at dusk on a June day in 2004. I could not stay
> long for some reason as a profound sadness came over me. No reason for it,
> we were happily touring the battlefield. I couldn't stay there.
>
> Terry Brasko
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com [mailto:gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com]
> On Behalf Of Margaret D. Blough
> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 11:06 AM
> To: GDG
> Subject: Re: GDG- Triangular Field
>
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
> To me, what you experienced and the whole "ghost story" industry are two
> different things. I don't believe in ghosts, in the ghost industry sense.
> I really believe that men who gave their lives for their country believed
> in, deserved, and received a far better eternal reward than being shills to
> attract tourists. On the other hand, I believe in what you experienced and
> that it is best explained in the moving speech that Joshua Lawrence
> Chamberlain gave at the dedication of the 20th Maine monument at Gettysburg
> on October 3, 1889:
>
>
>>> In great deeds something abides. On great fields something stays. Forms
>>>
> change and pass; bodies disappear, but spirits linger, to consecrate ground
> for the vision-place of souls. And reverent men and women from afar, and
> generations that know us not and that we know not of, heart-drawn to see
> where and by whom great things were suffered and done for them, shall come
> to this deathless field to ponder and dream; And lo! the shadow of a mighty
> presence shall wrap them in its bosom, and the power of the vision pass into
> their souls.<<
>
> Regards,
>
> Margaret
>
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: "Linda J. Guy" <lindajguy at embarqmail.com>
>
>
>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>>
>>
>> But Nesbitt comes out with more books, I think there are four now. Is he
>> getting the stories the guides are making up and then copyrighting them?
>> That wouldn't be fair.
>>
>> On another note, I am sensitive to these things, and I had such a
>> feeling of depression in the cemetery at the 135th re-enactment that I
>> had to leave it. There was so much going on there at the time I really
>> wanted to stay and see it all, but couldn't. The rest of Gettysburg was
>> fine with me. Weird!
>>
>> Bob Vary wrote:
>>
>>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>>>
>>>
>>> As of 2002 tour guides were still being told not to use any stories that
>>>
>
>
>>> appeared in Nesbitt's books. The feeling, at that time at least, was
>>>
> that
>
>>> as long as Nesbitt is allowed to copyright his printed presentations the
>>>
>
>
>>> tours do not want their guides using those stories out of fear of
>>> litigation. It's better to make up stories for the tours and avoid
>>>
> having
>
>>> issues with publishers of printed material.
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com
>>>
> [mailto:gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com]
>
>>> On Behalf Of Margaret D. Blough
>>> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 7:57 PM
>>> To: GDG
>>> Subject: Re: GDG- Triangular Field
>>>
>>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>> One reason for that is that all of the stories in the various Ghosts
>>>>>
> of
>
>>> Gettysburg books have been copyrighted and cannot legally be used by the
>>>
>
>
>>> ghost tours without permission.<<
>>> Actually, that's not correct. It probably was the understanding, though,
>>>
> at
>
>>> the time that your son gave tours, but it hasn't been the case since
>>>
> 2001.
>
>>> In 2000, Mark Nesbitt sued the owners of the Farnsworth House ghost
>>>
> tours
>
>>> for copyright infringement. In 2001, Judge Sylvia Rambo ruled that with
>>>
> one
>
>>> exception (a story in which Nesbitt admitted an error was made in the
>>> printed version), the stories were in the public domain and, thus, their
>>>
>
>
>>> content could not be copyrighted. She ruled that Nesbitt could validly
>>> copyright his printed presentation of the stories, though.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Margaret
>>>
>>>
>>> -------------- Original message --------------
>>> From: gburg74 at comcast.net
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> My son used to give ghost tours in Gettysburg. He can tell you for a
>>>>
> fact
>
>>> that
>>>
>>>
>>>> many, if not most, of the ghost stories have been made up in recent
>>>>
> years.
>
>>> One
>>>
>>>
>>>> professor at the college has even admitted making up one of the more
>>>>
>>>>
>>> famous of
>>>
>>>
>>>> them. Guides are also encouraged to make things up. One reason for that
>>>>
> is
>
>>>
>>>> that all of the stories in the various Ghosts of Gettysburg books have
>>>>
>>>>
>>> been
>>>
>>>
>>>> copyrighted and cannot legally be used by the ghost tours without
>>>>
>>>>
>>> permission.
>>>
>>>
>>>> On the other hand, I was seriously spooked one evening at dusk in the
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Triagular
>>>
>>>
>>>> Field when I swore I heard footsteps right in back of me as if walking
>>>>
>>>>
>>> through
>>>
>>>
>>>> the high weeds. But nothing was there. Probably the wind, or deer in
>>>>
> the
>
>>>> woods, but it sure sent a bit of a shiver down my spine.
>>>>
>>>> Back to lurking with the other ghosts.
>>>>
>>>> Bob
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> ysburg/
>>>
>>>
>>>
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