1913 Gettysburg Reunion Soldiers back 50 years later

== planning ==
In April of 1908 Henry S. Huidekoper proposed to Pennsylvania governor Edwin Sydney Stuart that on the 50th university of the Battle at Gettysburg there should be a reunion of soldiers, on August 26, 1912 U.S. War Department put 150K dollars ($4,702,994,845 in 2023) into the building a camp for the event including a tents facilities, and a U.S. post office.
== Events ==
=== June 28-29 ===
June 29, 1913 the event began with 6,000 vets arriving the first day with 53,407 soldiers arriving in total making it the largest Civil War Reunion but it suffered these first two days due to shortages which led to some leavening 
=== July 1 Veterans Day ===
This day was notable for including a speech from politician and religious civic John Wanamaker.
=== July 2 Military Day ===
This day included night parades, a reading of the Gettysburg Address, a review of the Virginia Division at Seminary Ridge, and a speech by an officer about the rising tensions in Europe which lead to WW1, a Southern man named W.B. Henry threw into a violent frenzy after hearing someone talking about Abraham Lincoln, during the frenzy a Union man threw a drink at him and Henry left. 
=== July 3 Civic/Governor's Day ===
On this day the veterans held a ceremony on a stone wall called Blood Angle, it was known as Blood Angle because it was the cite of Pickett's charge and in the night they held a firework show 
=== July 4 National Day ===
The last day was notable for having Woodrow Wilson deliver a speech and the Pennsylvania State Memorial was dedicated on that day to honor the dead, after these events the men began to left on 7,417 automobiles and the last man left on July 8th.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1913_Gettysburg_reunion