Many of the monuments on the field at Gettysburg National Military Park have been there for over a century.  It is easy to imagine that after over a century of weathering many are in need of maintenance. As of Jan. 27, 1999, the Foundation has made arrangements to sponsor several monuments through the Gettysburg Monument Preservation Project.  Coordinated through Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Harry A. Readshaw's office, the program allows the 11th P.V.I. Preservation Foundation to provide care through maintenance and endowment funding for several monuments.  Maintenance funds are used for any immediate needs to repair or prevent structural damage to the the statuary.  An endowment fund is a trust fund in which principal is invested with accrued interest being used for care needed in the future.

Listed below are several projects being worked on.

	145th Pennsylvania Infantry located on Brooke Avenue at Rose Grove $850 maintenance $3,000 endowment
Mustered in at Erie, PA, Sept 5, 1862, the 145th was organized from the counties of Crawford, Erie, Mercer, and Warren.  During the battle the unit fought in the deadly area known as the Wheatfield.  At the sight of today's monument they formed a firing line where they were subjected to severe fire from Confederates.  During the battle they suffered 45% losses.  The monument was dedicated on September 11, 1889.
	6th Cavalry also known as "Rush's Lancers" and "70th Volunteers" located at General Meade's Headquarters near Leister house $380 maintenance Mustered in October, 31, 1861, the 6th cavalry was organized mainly from Berks County and Philadelphia.  This  monument represents companies E and I, which were detached to army headquarters as orderlies and aides.
149th PA (Bogus Bucktails) located on West Confederate Avenue $310 maintenance Co. D, 149th PA Volunteers  Presented in memory of two men killed or mortally wounded on this spot
	John White Geary Portrait Statue located on North Slocum Avenue $500 for masonry work Prior to the War, Geary established the postal service in San Francisco, and served as its first mayor.  In 1856 was appointed as territorial governor of Kansas.  After the War he served as Governor of Pennsylvania for two terms.  The statue is located in the area where his division fought on the morning of July 3, 1863.  His troops were important in repulsing the rebel troops that had gained a foothold on Culp's Hill the night before.

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