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Gettysburg Battlefield
The site of the Civil War's bloodiest battle and Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, preserved as a 6,000-acre national military park.
21 km · about 25 min drive
Pennsylvania, United States · North America
Hanover is worth a stop: 20 minutes from New Oxford, 21km from Gettysburg Battlefield.
Hanover is a town located in Pennsylvania, United States. With a population of 15,496, it is an important destination in North America.
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The Picket (1905) is an equestrian sculpture by Cyrus E. Dallin in Hanover, Pennsylvania. The work is also referred to by the titles Cavalryman and The Sentry. The sculpture is made of cast bronze and sits on a granite pedestal measuring twelve feet by eight feet. The total height of both the sculpture and theRead more
pedestal is twenty feet or about six meters.
The sculpture was erected on September 28, 1905, having been paid for by the state of Pennsylvania. It stood in a roundabout in the middle of Hanover’s Center Square until it was moved in 1968; since then, it has stood north of the square outside 30 Center Square, Hanover.
The sculpture commemorates the Battle of Hanover, which took place on June 30, 1863. The Picket does not represent a particular participant in the Battle of Hanover; instead, it commemorates all of the unnamed cavalrymen whose names have been lost to history.
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Hanover is located in Pennsylvania, United States, North America. The coordinates are 39.8007 latitude, -76.9830 longitude.
Hanover has a population of approximately 15,496 people, making it a town in United States.
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The site of the Civil War's bloodiest battle and Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, preserved as a 6,000-acre national military park.
21 km · about 25 min drive
museum
The Antique Automobile Club of America's museum in Hershey displays classic cars in period street scenes and houses the world-class Tucker collection: fitting for the town of the famed fall swap meet.
58 km · about 65 min drive
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