Looking for a new way to display your love of Gettysburg history? Gettysburg Sentinels’ newly redesigned shadow boxes are the perfect piece for any Civil War enthusiast! These displays combine relics with collectibles while telling a story of the battle.
Each shadow box is a tangible connection to the battle that changed the course of history.
Included in each display is imagery related to the activities that occurred near the tree, an engraved sample of the wood, an uncirculated 2011 Gettysburg Commemorative U.S. Quarter and an authentic Civil War bullet.
Current shadow boxes include:
The Lincoln and Reynolds shadow boxes have been especially popular; the Lincoln box displays a piece of sycamore that witnessed the fighting in town and Lincoln’s march to Cemetery Hill to deliver the Gettysburg Address, while the Reynolds box contains a piece of wood located where he died on the first day of fighting.
Some of the other boxes display more obscure pieces of trees that were standing in 1863, such as a piece of an English walnut Witness Tree located in the entrenched Confederate position during the Battle of Falling Waters. Or the Coster shadow box that contains wood that once stood on the land that was John Kuhn’s brickyard, where Col. Coster led a delaying tactic against the Confederates. Or the piece of reclaimed wood that witnessed the Battle of Hanover from a tree that still stands on the campus of the Eichelberger Performing Arts Center in Hanover, Pennsylvania.
And we’re happy to share that smaller-sized boxes are in the works, as are shadow boxes containing a few different pieces of Witness Tree wood whose stories are intertwined to capture a snapshot of the battle.
Visit gettysburgsentinels.com to learn more and purchase yours today!