Civil War Hero Edward Blake

Amelia Blake Crazy Quilt
Amelia Blake Crazy Quilt

2013 EXHIBITS: MAY 26 – JULY 7. During the sesquicentennial commemoration of the battle of Gettysburg, the Judge Eghart House celebrated one of Port Washington’s best known Civil War heroes, Edward Blake.  Photographs and memorabilia of his life were on display.  This modest and fearless young man saved his regiment’s flag during “one of the fiercest fights of the whole war”.