Gettysburg at Arlington Part 45: Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Rich Kohr
March 12, 2012
Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Rich Kohr is the host for our series on Arlington National Cemetery. He is at the top of Gettysburg’s Cemetery Hill along the Taneytown Road. The Gettysburg National Cemetery is in the right background. The site of the old Electric Map Visitor Center is out of sight on the left. This image was taken facing north at approximately 11:00 AM on Wednesday, February 8, 2012.
Arlington National Cemetery, overlooking Washington, D.C., has many connections to Gettysburg and to the Gettysburg Campaign. There are many more connections than to only Robert E. Lee’s residence, and John F. Kennedy’s grave. Almost every row in the older sections have someone buried there who had a link to Gettysburg.
Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Rich Kohr shows us the individuals connected to Gettysburg who are buried at Arlington.
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Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Rich Kohr shows us the grave of George F. Robinson, and explains how Robinson was connected to two figures who were present at Gettysburg in 1863, Lewis Powell/Lewis Paine and William Seward.
This map shows us the locations taken of videos for our Gettysburg at Arlington series. Videos #1-#116 were shown in our previous Arlington posts. Video #117 was taken at the top of Cemetery Hill near the Taneytown Road entrance to the National Cemetery. This map was created facing north at approximately 2:45 PM on Friday, February 17, 2012.
This map shows us the locations taken of videos for our Gettysburg at Arlington series. Video #118 was taken at Arlington National Cemetery at the grave of George F. Robinson. This map was created facing north at approximately 2:45 PM on Friday, February 17, 2012.
Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Rich Kohr is on Cemetery Hill across the street from the Taneytown Road entrance to Gettysburg’s Soldiers’ National Cemetery. This view was taken facing east at approximately 11:00 AM on Wednesday, February 8, 2012.
In Video #117 (Videos #1 – #116 were shown in our previous Arlington posts) Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Rich Kohr is on Cemetery Hill and discusses the presence in Gettysburg of two individuals: Lewis Powell/Lewis Paine and William Seward. This view was taken facing north to east to northeast at approximately 11:00 AM on Wednesday, February 8, 2012.
Licensed Battlefield Guide Rich Kohr is resting by the headstone of George F. Robinson in Arlington National Cemetery. The monument at the top of the hill in the right background is to Brigadier General Horatio Wright who commanded a division in the Sixth Corps at Gettysburg. This view was taken facing northwest at approximately 1:30 PM on Sunday, January 29, 2012.
In Video #118 Licensed Battlefield Guide Rich Kohr explains who George F. Robinson was and how he helped to save the life of Secretary of State William Seward on the evening of April 14, 1865. This view was taken facing northwest at approximately 1:30 PM on Sunday, January 29, 2012.
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