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Identification:
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Preferred Structure Name:
| Act of Congress Tablets
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Structure Number:
| CM10
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Other Structure Name(s):
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Other Structure Name(s)
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| No records. |
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Park:
| Gettysburg National Military Park
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Park District:
| GETC Gettysburg National Cemetery
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Historic District:
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Historic District
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| No records. |
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Structure State:
| Pennsylvania
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Structure County:
| Adams
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Region:
| Northeast
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Cluster:
| Chesapeake
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Administrative Unit:
| Gettysburg National Military Park
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LCS ID:
| 080632
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Historical Significance:
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National Register Status:
| Entered - Documented
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National Register Date:
| 03/19/1975
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National Historic Landmark?:
| No
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Significance Level:
| Contributing
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Short Significance Description:
| Two tablets erected in National Cemetery to inform visitors. Tablets commerate establishment & protection of National Cemeteries. Said Act was enacted in February of 1867.
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Construction Period:
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Construction Period:
| Historic
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Chronology:
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Physical Event
| Begin Year
| Begin Year AD/BC
| End Year
| End Year AD/BC
| Designer
| Designer Occupation
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1.
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Built
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1890
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AD
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1900
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AD
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Function and Use:
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Primary Historic Function:
| Monument (Marker, Plaque)
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Primary Current Use:
| Monument (Marker, Plaque)
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Other Functions or Uses:
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Other Function(s) or Use(s)
| Historic or Current
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| No records. |
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Physical Description:
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Structure Type:
| Outdoor Sculpture
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Material(s):
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Structural Component(s)
| Material(s)
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1.
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Superstructure
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Cast Iron
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Short Physical Description:
| 2 tablets placed along Cemetery Loop at north & south ends, approx. 3'x4'. Mounted at a slant on a tubular pedestal, approx. 3'H. Inscribed tablet details section 3 of Act, enabling misdemeanors & fines for destruction, etc. of National Cemeteries.
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