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    HIKE THE FOUR HILLS

    Nov 26, 2019 2 minutes

    1. WIDOW LEISTER HOUSE Built at the foot of Cemetery Hill, this house was Maj. Gen. George G. Meade’s headquarters. The Widow Leister, who had six children, returned home after the battle to find dead horses littering her property and the adjacent Taneytown Road.

    2. Climb Cemetery Hill and enjoy the restored landscape: You won’t be able to tell that the former

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