GDG- Electric Map

[George F]

I have not seen the electric map since my first
visit to Gettysburg in 1963 at age 7 (when I got
hooked on the study of the battle and the war).

I have been back to Gettysburg many, many times
since then. And never viewed the electric map
again.

What is the value of the electric map?

I think it is an historic element of
Gettysburgania (?).  Like veterans encampment
memoribilia, early battlefield visit gifts and
such.  From that perspective it should be saved -
and displayed in that context.

But as a tool for telling the story of the
Gettysburg Campaign, technology allows much
better ways to do it now. And they wont just
speak to 7 year olds but most people under the
age of - hmmmmmm - lets say 42 (my brother is a
decade younger and a true gen-X-er so I use him
as a barometer).

Let's keep a perspective on the best ways to
interpret the events of June-July 1863 to ALL vs.
getting wrapping up in the warm fuzzy
sentimentalism of how this was done (for all the
right reasons) by earlier generations.

Respectfully,

George F. Franks, III
Daniel Donnelly House
Williamsport, Maryland


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