A group takes a tour along Hancock Avenue in this 2008 file photo of the Gettysburg Battlefield. (FILE PHOTO)
The Gettysburg National Military Park has a challenge for you - to visit one lesser-known spot along the battlefield each week in 2013. Dubbed the 52 Footsteps Facebook Challenge, the program will encourage visitors to broaden their knowledge of the Battle of Gettysburg in anticipation of its 150th anniversary.
Each week the GNMP will post a story onto its Facebook page about a unique person involved in Gettysburg's history. It will then ask visitors to find the spot where that particular person once stood, snap a picture of themselves standing there, and then post it to the GNMP Facebook page.
Some of the featured stories will include Thaddeus Stevens, the abolitionist who lived in Gettysburg from 1816 to 1842, Elizabeth Thorn, caretaker of the Evergreen Cemetery who carried out some of the first burials while six months pregnant, and Federico Cavada, a Cuban immigrant who fought with the 114th Pennsylvania Infantry near the Peach Orchard.
For those who don't live in Gettysburg, the GNMP will also offer photo challenges in areas throughout the country. For example, in the week that features John Cassidy, a soldier who was killed by a bullet after it traveled through a Bible and into his heart, participants can either snap a picture at the Angle on Gettysburg's Cemetery Ridge or at his burial site in Philadelphia.
The first challenge will be posted on the GNMP Facebook page on Wed. Jan. 2. To participate,
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