Thanks to Skip Higgins [gg grandson of Benjamin Franklin Demmon of Company H, 136 NYSV] for pointing us to this web site�about the 136 NYSV's training grounds at Letchworth State Park in New York State.

Here's a link to a New York State site with more information on the 136th New York Infantry.

Gettysburg National Military Park was selected for the 1999 edition of the National Parks and Conservation Association's 10 most endangered national parks. Could it be-- "Special interests are trying to thwart a proposal for a new museum and visitor center?" As reported in the Sept./Oct. 1999 issue of NPCA's magazine-- On June 22, the Today Show featured Eileen Woodford, NPCA's Northeast regional director. To quote Ms. Woodford, "The current Gettysburg Visitor Center is a disgrace to the memory of the men who fought and died there, and it's a disgrace to the public." NPCA supports the construction of a new center.

More information on the park's management plan is available at the Gettysburg National Military Park Web site.

A organization worth joining is the Friends of the National Parks at Gettysburg. They had a very supportive article to our cause in their Spring 1999 newsletter including the photo on this page of the regiment.

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