Template:On this day/July 3

Copy the 3-5 most noteworthy events from the corresponding date page. Please change to past tense and bold the key article. You may also include a relevant photo, sized between 100-140px wide and aligned right.

July 3:

• 1863 – United States soldiers successfully defended Cemetery Ridge against a final assault by Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia at Gettysburg. Colonel John Bowie Magruder led the 57th Virginia Infantry in what became known as “Pickett’s Charge.” This defeat forced Lee to abandon his position the following day and begin a long retreat back across the Potomac River into Virginia.
• 1976 – Commemorative brick laid in front of the fountain at Central Place during the dedication ceremony of the Downtown Mall.