Across the Isthmus Panama First Vessel Passes Canal
A narrated voyage aboard an ocean liner as it traverses the Panama Canal from Atlantic to Pacific. Passages describe entering Colon, Gatun Lake, the Gatun dam, Culebra cut, Pedro Miguel and Miraflores locks, and final emergence into the Pacific with views of Balboa, Naos and the Tivoli hotel.
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Colon, C. Z
Panama Canal
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific
Atlantic
Great Canal
Panama
Ujyon
Porto Bello
Colon
Mediterranean
Margarita Island
Toro Point
Colon Harbor
Bay of Limon
Washington Hotel
Uncle Sam
United States
Europe
Latin America
Cristobal
Columbus
Eugenie
San Blas
Limon Bay
Gatun
Gatun Lake
Tiger Hit
Lion Hill
Chagres
Bohio
Frijoles
Chagresito
Tabernilla
Juan Grande
Panama Railway
Gamboa
Culebra
Gold Hill
Miraflores
Pacific Ocean
Ancon Hill
Balboa
Canal
Tobago Island
Japan
Ocean Channel
Gettysburg reunion honors blue and gray veterans
Fifty years after the Battle of Gettysburg a big tent reunion brought together Union and Confederate veterans. Gray and blue soldiers pledged friendship and remembrance while six aging former schoolgirls sang the wartime song to moving crowds. Mrs Longstreet praised General Sickles, whose troops were honored in a dramatic, tearful moment at the gathering.
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Blue
Gray
Gettysburg
Buford
Wheeler
Meade
Boarh
Longstreet
Sickles
The World’s Gate Gibraltar Grand Sieges Through Centuries
A historical survey recounts Gibraltar as a sacred rock to Mars and a recurring siege site across 500 years. It traces Arab, Moorish, and Christian campaigns from 1309 to the War of the Spanish Succession, noting key leaders, battles, and shifts of control.
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War
London
Rock of Gibraltar
Calpe
Abyla
Ceuta
Britain
Massilia
Gaul
Gibraltar
Mars
Africa
Gebel al-Futahh
Gebel Tarik
Tarik
Tarik ibn-Ze
Nand IV
Isma’il ben-Ferez
Vasco Paez de Meira
Mahammed IV
Alfonso XI
Abdul Melek
Granada
Spain
Morocco
Algeciras
Europe
Castile
Yusuf III of
Enrico de Guzman
Niebla
Alonso de Arcos
George Rooke
Gettysburg Blue and Gray Reunite in Memorable Camp Scenes
Veterans from both sides recount odd meetings at the Gettysburg reunion. I D Munsee of Erie details a near escape during Sherman’s march to the sea while a guard fell. A Georgia camp tale follows two former foes swapping uniforms on the platform amid crowd interest.
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Gettysburg
I. D. Munsee
Erie County
Pennsylvania
111Th Pennsylvania
Peachtree Creek
Sherman
Munsee
Georgia
A. T. Dice
Reading Railway
Oregon
New Orleans
Dice
Louisiana
South
Grandson of Key Visits Town In Frail Health
John Francis Key, eighty two, of Pikeville Maryland and a veteran of the Second Maryland Infantry Confederate Army, arrived in town in a gray suit and frail condition declaring he would see Gettysburg on this occasion or die.
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Francis Scott Key
Veteran Captain W H Fleig of Houston Aged Ninety
One of the oldest veterans in the big camp is Captain W H Fleig of Houston Texas who turned ninety on February 23. He served with distinction in the marine department of the Confederate navy during the war and remains active and well preserved compared with younger veterans.
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W.H. Fleig
Houston
Texas
Marine Department
Fleig
Gettysburg Veteran Recalls Civil War Escape Incident
James H. Lansberry of St. Louis recalls the 1863 opening Confederate capture at Gettysburg. He aided a wounded officer to the seminary, endured days as a prisoner, trekked 50 miles barefoot, and returned to Gettysburg to care for the wounded through August.
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James H. Lansberry
St. Louis
Third Indiana Cavalry
Madison
Ind
Gettysburg
Gettyburg
Reunion Fife and Drum Corps Delights Confederate Camp
A fife and drum corps in blue uniforms paraded through the Confederate section of the camp. They halted at the tents to play, greet occupants, and exchange warm embraces. The group visited nearly all the red tents, sharing hearty welcomes for hours.
Lost and found bureau in camp yields many items
The last and found bureau under the big tent held everything found on the grounds. About 100 crutches were piled there with many claimants failing to identify them. a wooden leg, several sets of false teeth, and numerous missing articles were turned in or unclaimed.
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Thovsands
Dance by Blind Pupils at Overbrook School
More than a hundred students of the Pennsylvania School for the Blind and alumni took part in a commencement day event at Overbrook. Despite complete blindness among dancers and musicians, the gym floor performance flowed with waltz tunes as two steps were barred.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania School For the Blind
Overbrook
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Battle OF Gettysburg
George G. Thorne
State Department
Harrisburg
Thorne Garden
Seminary Ridge
Thorne
John Carson
Burlington
N. J
N. C
Jersey Carson
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