“Men in pursuit of justice must never despair.” Those were the words of Thaddeus Stevens and the title of the new statue that was dedicated in Gettysburg on April 2.
On behalf of the Civil War Round Table of Gettysburg, I want to congratulate the Thaddeus Stevens Society on the really wonderful statue unveiled earlier this month in front of
Fans of Thaddeus Stevens, Lancaster s Civil War-era Congressman who fought for civil rights and public education, gathered around his tomb in Shreiner-Concord Cemetery Friday afternoon to observe the 230th anniversary
THE ISSUE: Thaddeus Stevens was born nearly 230 years ago, on April 4, 1792, in Danville, Vermont. He was, in the words of the Gettysburg-based Thaddeus Stevens Society, “the most