GDG- FW: Nov. 29 - Statement regarding display of the Rosensteel Plaques at Gettysburg National Military Park

[Robert Lawrence]

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Subject: Nov. 29 - Statement regarding display of the Rosensteel Plaques
at Gettysburg National Military Park


National Park Service
 

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 Interior                      National Military     Gettysburg, PA
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Gettysburg Park Media Statement

For Release: November 29, 2007
Contact: Katie Lawhon
Phone: 717/ 334-1124 x 452


           Statement regarding display of the Rosensteel Plaques


                   at Gettysburg National Military Park


                  By Park Superintendent John A. Latschar



 After further discussions with the Rosensteel family and Congressman
Todd

Platts, Gettysburg National Military Park is announcing that the
Rosensteel

plaques will be displayed in a prominent public area at the main
entrance

to the new exhibit galleries in the park's new Museum and Visitor
Center.



The family and the National Park Service have agreed that this location
is

an appropriate space in which to honor the Rosensteel family legacy at

Gettysburg and their generous donation of their artifact collection
which

even today makes up the majority of the battle-related artifacts at

Gettysburg National Military Park.



The Gettysburg Foundation's "Campaign to Preserve Gettysburg" is raising

$125 million to build the new facility and rehabilitate portions of the

battlefield. The partnership is nationally recognized and will solve

long-term preservation problems, enhancing our ability to educate the

American public about the sacrifices and meaning of the Battle of

Gettysburg and its aftermath.



We look forward to the April opening of the new facility so that park

visitors from near and far can experience powerful new museum exhibits

illustrated so well with artifacts from the Rosensteel donation, and see

these plaques as a reminder of the family's legacy.



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(See attached file: rosensteel plaque display.pdf)



GRAPHIC ATTACHED SHOWING FLOOR PLAN AND DISPLAY LOCATION.  Courtesy of
the

Gettysburg Foundation.