Yesterday we spent the day at Gettysburg. I had never been there before and was blown away by the experience. We did an auto tour with some CD's in our car. The tour was three hours but once you get out of the car and look around and take pictures...you've added another hour or two to the trip. And the visitor center is brand new...and it's like a Smithsonian Museum. We could have spent days in there...reading about so many men, watching videos on Gettysburg and looking at all the articfacts. It was amazing!!
Look at the general...he was really rough but kind.
Jeremy loved looking over the countryside, imagining what had happened during the three day battle at Gettysburg. This was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War with 51,000 soldiers dead, wounded or missing.
Different monuments have been set up all over the town of Gettysburg to represent different battle groups and where they had some of their charges. I think this one above is the Pennsylvania Memorial which has the name of every Pennsylvanian that died in this battle written on the metal plaques along the base of the memorial. One third of all those who died at this battle were from Pennsylvania.
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Spell check has turned me into a speller who couldn't pass an alphabet soup quiz. Anyway, I just wanted to let you guys know that I loved to see the pictures and read about the things you did, the places you visited and the fun you had. The pictures are awesome and so are the descriptions.
Love you guys,
Shawn
I love all your touring pictures. It's so fun to see everything there and hope someday to go there. Reading about your pictures made me feel like I almost had been there. And you know, I just love, love, love the flowers out there.
I can't believe that you can get away with wearing a short sleeved shirt and capris. Right now I am wearing a jacket, long pants, socks, and my feet are still cold. I hope that I will be able to feel some warmer weather soon. It looks like you had lots of fun.
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