Address delivered by the Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President of University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, June 29, 1963 #454, 1963/0629

Item

Identifier: CPHS 141/20.03

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

"Our ceremony began this morning with the blessing of a new plaque attached to the old statue of Father William Corby, one of Notre Dame's distinguished Presidents, standing on a rock raising his hand in eternal absolution on a battlefield now empty of the troops who once stood before him on that fateful July 2nd morning, one hundred years ago, except for those who rest forever beneath this hallowed soil."

Same as (UDIS H1/40.02).

Gettysburg - Yesterday and Today

Address delivered at the Battle of Gettysburg Centennial Observance

With the address a printed program: "Gettysburg Centennial" by Rev. Thomas J. O'Donnell, C.S.C., General Chairman, 1 page. Also enclosed a pamphlet "Notre Dame at Gettysburg, 1863-1963, Centennial Field Mass" printed by Ave Maria Press.

Event sponsored by The Alumni Association of the University of Notre Dame and in the program referred to as "Notre Dame Remembers Gettysburg."

2nd copy corrected and annotated by Father Hesburgh

Dates

Creation: 1963/0629

Language of Materials

English, Spanish, French, Latin, Italian.

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