Eternal Light Peace Memorial - Gettysburg, PA
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N 39° 50.900 W 077° 14.600
18S E 308077 N 4413332
An eternal flame to promote peace in the years after the Civil War in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Waymark Code: WM14ZWC
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 09/19/2021
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Taken from Wikipedia, "The Eternal Light Peace Memorial is a 1938 Gettysburg Battlefield monument dedicated on July 3, 1938, commemorating the 1913 Gettysburg reunion for the 50th anniversary of the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg on July 3, 1913. The natural gas flame in a one-ton bronze urn is atop a tower on a stone pedestrian terrace with views from the terraced hill summit over about 400 sq mi (1,000 km2), and the flame is visible from 20 mi (32 km) away."
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