Shriver House Museum

[[{"type":"media", "view_mode":"media_large", "fid":"771", "attributes":{"class":"media-image alignleft size-full wp-image-891", "typeof":"foaf:Image", "style":"", "width":"125", "height":"193", "alt":"Widow cover 3 125"}}]]UPDATE: This give-away is now closed. Thanks to everyone who entered, the winner is Anissa Meyer! Since a picture is worth a thousand words, I thought I'd let my snapshots from my recent trip to Gettysburg do most the talking in this blog post. Though we took hundreds of photos, I'm mostly just sharing scenes that relate to my latest release, Widow of Gettysburg, with a few "just for fun" shots thrown in. Please enjoy these glimpses, and be sure to scroll to the end for the Gettysburg Grand Give-away! We start with the building that is shown on the novel's cover. (Captions are included with each photo. You may click on the images to see them larger.) 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I've teamed up a couple of very talented ladies to bring you a remarkable give-away! Here's what we have for one lucky winner: A handmade baby quilt in patriotic colors, reminiscent of Liberty Holloway's baby quilt in Widow of Gettysburg. Only this one is color-coordinated and pinwheel-patterned. This is courtesy of my author friend Ann-Margret Hovsepian! (Connect with her on Facebook here.) A handmade doll modeled after Liberty Holloway, courtesy of another author friend, Pat Iacuzzi, who creates historical dolls like this one for museums. (Psst- Pat is running a concurrent give-away of a 15-inch Charlotte Waverly doll, plus Godiva chocolate, a silk fan, and a Currier & Ives print, so hop on over to her Hope Inspired Stories blog here! Charlotte is the heroine of Wedded to War, book 1 in the Heroines Behind the Lines series.) I'm throwing in two books: Farms at Gettysburg (self-explanatory) and The Civil War Sewing Circle, which not only has Civil War quilt patterns in it, but also photos and letters from Civil War couples that are sure to touch your heart regardless of whether you quilt. [[{"type":"media", "view_mode":"media_large", "fid":"973", "attributes":{"class":"media-image aligncenter wp-image-1574", "typeof":"foaf:Image", "style":"", "width":"614", "height":"614", "alt":"Gettysburg give-away final"}}]] To enter, please leave a comment sharing either 1) which photos you enjoyed the most from this blog post, or 2) something from your own trip to Gettysburg. For extra entries, you may: Share this blog post via Facebook, Twitter, and/or Pinterest. Here's a short link: http://wp.me/p1bLl3-pi "Like" my FB page Visit my Gettysburg Trip Scrapbook album on my Facebook page here and "share" one or more photos. (One point for each photo you share, so let me know how many you've done!) Sign up for my newsletter in the footer of this Web site The drawing will close at 11:59pm on Monday July 29. A winner will be selected using random.org. Good luck!