This silver (or at least silver color) charm bracelet is still on its original card, labelled in blue: “HIGHLIGHTS OF GETTYSBURG” at top, and then left to right beneath the suspended charms: ETERNAL LIGHT PEACE MEMORIAL; THAT THESE DEAD SHALL NOT HAVE DIED IN VAIN; HIGH WATER MARK OF THE REBELLION; ‘FOUR SCORE AND SEVEN YEARS AGO’ A. LINCOLN; JENNIE WADE HOUSE; and PENNSYLVANIA STATE MEMORIAL.  The reverse of the card shows Lincoln at left, some soldiers and a cannon firing, crossed US and CS flags, a battlefield barn, and Eisenhower at right. This could date to the 1950s, when Eisenhower bought his farm here, or even the centennial, with Eisenhower simply paired with Lincoln as the two Presidents best known in association with the town. The charms show the three memorials, the Jennie Wade House, a cannon, and a version of Lincoln (for lack of a better way of describing it) reading from a scroll in one hand. Measures 7” in overall length.

How Gettysburg is portrayed and remembered in popular culture is a study in itself. The juxtaposition of a miniature cannon with the profound sentiment, “that these dead shall not have died in vain. . .” seems particularly awkward—again, for lack of a better way of describing it.  [sr][ph:L]

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