Battle Lines The Official Newsletter of the Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association

Spring 2007

Christmas Tour - December 9, 2006

 

The aroma of Christmas cookies was in the air, the needles were busy threading cranberry and popcorn garlands, the window sills were decorated with pine and the table was set with the silver and best china as we entertained guests at the Daniel Lady Farm for the Annual Inns of Gettysburg Christmas Tour which allowed the public to get a close look at how homes were decorated for the holidays during the 1860s. While it is not used for public lodging, the Lady farmhouse was included in the tour because of the intense public interest in our two-story stone residence, which dates back to the 1820s and was used as a Confederate field hospital during the 1863 battle.

Civilians of the 88th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry provided a Christmastime living history tableau for hundreds of visitors who got their first look inside -- the Christmas theme juxtaposed with wood floors still stained by the blood of wounded and dying Confederates.

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