Friend to Friend Masonic Memorial
| Friend to Friend Masonic Memorial | |
| historic district contributing structure | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Adams |
| HD & NPS unit | Gettysburg HD & NMP |
| Borough | Gettysburg, Pennsylvania |
| Park District | Gettysburg National Cemetery |
| Parts | sculpture & base w/ plaque |
| Elevation | 591 ft (180 m) |
| Coordinates | 39°49′15.5″N 77°13′54.5″W / 39.820972°N 77.231806°WCoordinates: 39°49′15.5″N 77°13′54.5″W / 39.820972°N 77.231806°W |
| Sculptor Funding |
Ron Tunison Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania |
| Material | sculpture: polychrome bronze |
| Dedicated Designated |
August 21, 1993 January 23, 2004 (contributing structure) |
| Owner | National Park Service |
| Access | annex sidewalks |
| Inscription: Dedicated August 31, 1993 Edward H. Fowler, Jr., Right Worshipful Grand Master |
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Dedicated August 31, 1993
By
The Right Worshipful Grand Lodge,
Of The Most Ancient And Honorable Fraternity
Of Free And Accepted Masons Of Pennsylvania
And Masonic Jurisdiction Therunto Belonging.
Edward H. Fowler, Jr., Right Worshipful Grand Master
George H. Hohenshildt, R.W. Deputy Grand Master, Chairman
Edward O. Weisser, R.W. Senior Grand Warden
James L. Ernette, R.W. Junior Grand Warden
Marvin O. Speicher, R.W. Grand Treasurer
Thomas W. Jackson, R.W. Grand Secretary
The Friend to Friend Masonic Memorial is a Gettysburg Battlefield monument depicting the "Armistead-Bingham incident"[2] after Pickett's Charge in which Union Army Captain Henry H. Bingham assisted mortally-wounded Confederate Brigadier General Lewis Addison Armistead, both Freemasons. (It was said that "as he went down he gave a Masonic sign asking for assistance," although this is disputed.) Although Armistead's sword was captured and later returned in 1906, Armistead entrusted other personal effects (i.e., spurs, watch chain, seal and pocketbook) with Bingham after Armistead was shot twice. En route to a Union field hospital on the Spangler Farm, where he would die 2 days later, Armistead briefly met Capt. Bingham, and after learning that he was on the staff of General Winfield Scott Hancock, a Freemason as well, he asked Bingham to pass along the items with a message to Hancock (see below). Having been wounded at about the same time, General Hancock, who was a "valued friend" of Armistead's from before the war, when they served together in the Federal army, would not see Armistead before he died.[3]
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