Tammany at Gettysburg

Every day is Memorial Day at Gettysburg National Military Park. No visitor can fail to appreciate the near-incomprehensible sacrifices made here in July 1863, thanks to the over 1,300 monuments, plaques, and other memorials set up across the battlefield. Among the more striking is the monument to the 42nd New York Infantry Regiment. It features a massive bronze sculpture of an Indian standing in front of a tepee. The Indian is Tamanend, the mythical namesake of Tammany Hall, which raised the 42nd New York.