<p>White paper with typed black text</p>
<p>Paul W. Danahy, Jr.
Attorney At Law
Tampa, Florida
April 11, 1963
Mr. Louis Simon,
Executive Director,
Gettysburg Civil War Centennial Commission,
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Dear Mr. Simon:
I notice that you are now arranging for ceremonies July 1st, 2nd and 3rd of this year commemorating the 100th anniversary of the battle.  I have a long time interest in the war and its surrounding events generally, and the battle which took place in your city specifically, and had the pleasure several years ago to tour the battlefield.  I have a direct lineal ascendant who served on that field with the 9th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers, and while I am informed from my family research that that regiment saw no great action during those days, I am nonetheless immensely interested in the battle with a view including family pride, but much more importantly, as an American living in these times who appreciates the heritage we derive from the heroic example of our ancestors.  
I am a proud citizen of the state of Florida, and during my tour of the battlefield, I noted with dismay that the troops from my state who served in Perrys’s Florida Brigade, but under the command of Col. Lang at that time, have no memorial on the field to commemorate their sacrifice during the battle.  It seems a great shame that future generations of Floridians who will view the battlefield will not have the advantage of seeing an appropriate monument, and I feel that the best chance of having one erected would be during the Centennial observance.  
I served as Legislative Assistant in our state capitol during the 1957 and 1959 sessions, and in research, noted that in 1907 the Legislature appropriated $15,000.00, and allowed the Governor to appoint a committee of five people to effect erection of a monument at Chickamauga in memory of the soldiers of Florida who took part in that battle.  Using that precedent as a background, I am preparing a bill for the current Legislature, which sits from now until June 1, 1963 to see whether monies might be appropriated and a committee appointed to see that a monument is erected at Gettysburg.</p>
<ul><li>Keywords: Gettysburg; Gettysburg National Military Park; Photography; monuments; memorials; virtual experience; battlefield</li></ul>
NPS
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://npgallery.nps.gov/">NPGallery</a>