In 1863, the property was part of the historic Harman and Abraham Spangler farms where Confederate Brigades advanced and retreated during an attack on the Union positions on McPherson and Seminary Ridges, according to the National Park Service. The National Park Service has long tried to add the tract.
Ninety-five acres of farm land where young men in blue and gray fought and died during the epic Civil War battle is being added to Gettysburg National Military Park, federal officials said.
Sunday’s debut of the Nintendo 3DS, a hand-held game system with a 3-D display that doesn’t require special glasses, isn’t just the culmination of several years of research and development for one product.
It could be a milestone for a company that’s spent decades refining three-dimensional technology, only to be met with resistance from consumers.
Playing games in 3-D “is something that we’ve been continually testing and working on at Nintendo,” said Hideki Konno, who has directed or produced some of Nintendo’s most prized franchises and was a key person in the 3DS’s development, through an interpreter.
