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of the PA National Guard used 95 acres (0.38 km) in McMillan Woods and the Trostle, Klingel, Sherfy, McPherson, and Codori farms for the encampment through July 16. Maneuvers were conducted from
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6 shallow dish-shaped depressions in ground. 2' deep, 7'11" diameter. Overgrown & filled w/ decomposed leaves. Located ca 20' form E edge of McMillan Woods, 60' from West Confederate Ave.
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1 of 35 Site ID Tablets by War Dept's … Designer … Cope, E. B. … Painted raised letter and border inscription tablet, 2'1"x1'8". Mounted on fluted post, 3' high.
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The cast iron site identification tablet for the woods was placed in 1920, and the woods is the site of a youth campground.
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The McMillan Woods CCC camp was to be abandoned after becoming the 1st under an "all colored staff" in 1939.
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The site of the former POW camp was used for the camporee of the Black Walnut Boy Scout district.
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Boy Scout summer camps formerly held at Pardee Field began at McMillan Woods.
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had opened in McMillan Woods (Charles Heilman was the 1936 commander).
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Adams County
Pennsylvania
United States
Northern Piedmont ecoregion
Gettysburg Battlefield
Battle of Gettysburg
camps after the American Civil War
a CCC camp
WWII POW camp at Gettysburg
Zeigler's Grove
Devil's Den
Mount Gretna's
CCC camp NP-2
McMillan Woods CCC camp
Gettysburg WWII POW Camp
Cope, Emmor
"McMillan Woods Rifle Pits (Structure number MD15, LCS ID 006988) & Earthworks (Structure number MD16)"
the original
"List of Classified Structures"
United States Department of War
Cope, Emmor
"Pitzer Woods - Cast Iron Site ID Tablet (ID52)"
United States Department of War
the original
"An Imaginary Battle Fought at Gettysburg"
Reading Eagle
"Camp Information for NP-2-PA"
the original
"Out of the Past: 50 Years Ago"
McMillan Woods Youth Campground

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