National War Correspondents Memorial
The National War Correspondents Memorial, part of Gathland State Park, is a memorial dedicated to journalists who died in war. It is located at Crampton's Gap at South Mountain, near Burkittsville, Maryland, in the United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Monument
- Description: American Civil War monument in Crampton’s Gap, Maryland
- Also known as: “War Correspondent’s Memorial Arch” and “War Correspondents Memorial Arch”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gathland State Park.
Gathland State Park
Museum
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Gathland State Park is a public recreation area and historic preserve located on South Mountain near Burkittsville, Maryland, in the United States. The state park occupies the former estate of war correspondent George Alfred Townsend, who wrote under the pen name "Gath" during the American Civil War.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burkittsville and Gapland.
Burkittsville
Village
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Burkittsville is a historic village in Frederick County, Maryland, United States. The village lies in the southern Middletown Valley along the eastern base of South Mountain.
Gapland
Hamlet
Gapland is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States. Its population was 109 as of the 2010 census.
Brownsville
Hamlet
Brownsville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States, near Gapland in an area known as Pleasant Valley. Its population was 89 as of the 2010 census. Brownsville is situated 2 miles southwest of National War Correspondents Memorial.
National War Correspondents Memorial
- Category: historic site
- Location: Frederick County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.40575° or 39° 24′ 21″ northLongitude
-77.63926° or 77° 38′ 21″ westOpen location code
87F4C946+87OpenStreetMap ID
node 358240652OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q6979335
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