Speakers Stand at the Blue and Gray Barbeque, Crawfish Springs, GA, September 20, 1889

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File Name	shades_ccnp_0001a.jpg
Creator	Unknown photographer
Title	Speakers Stand at the Blue and Gray Barbeque, Crawfish Springs, GA, September 20, 1889
Date	1889
Genre	Photographs
Description	Crowd shot taken from above the water wheel.
Historical note	This joint reunion of Union and Confederate veterans of the Battle of Chickamauga, at Crawfish Springs, Georgia, on September 20, 1889, set a precedent that ultimately resulted in the formation of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. Led by a committee of experts from both North and South, the Chickamauga project became a model for battlefield reconstruction. Over 50,000 visitors attended the dedication of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park in 1895.
Subject	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Battlefields
Theme	The Persistence of Memory
Story	Reunions and Tourism
Geographic Location	United States--Tennessee--Chattanooga; United States--Georgia--Chickamauga; United States--Georgia--Crawfish Springs
Time period	1880-1889
Language	Eng
Contributing Institution	Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia
Rights	Images reproduced on this website are intended for individual, educational use only. For research inquiries about specific objects or requests for high resolution images , contact the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Type	Still image
Format	image/jp2
Digital Publisher	Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Reference URL	http://content.mtsu.edu/u?/shades,35
Archival file	shades11/shades_ccnp_0001a.jpg

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