The official site for the Gettysburg National Military Park is Here. These are pictures I took as we drove around the enormous battlefield. As you look out, today, on the beautifully green, grassy area, it's hard to imagine that 51,000 soldiers died or went missing or captured here. Above the valley is Seminary Ridge, spoken of in many battle accounts. It's a quiet Lutheran Seminary campus now, and I have pictures to show that. People live along streets overlooking the battle sites. 6000 acres of the old battleground were set aside for the park, but the actual battlefield was even larger. Until you stand there and see the monuments detailing which companies, battalions, regiments, states, were fighting there, it's impossible to really picture how large an area this 3-day battle encompassed.
More than 1400 monuments line the 26 miles of roads built to take visitors to every accesible point. No more will be built, we overheard a guide say, because everyone who was there already has a monument declaiming the fact. Certainly, there are a lot of them. Valley Forge filled me with quiet pride and joy. Gettysburg filled me with sorrow. So, here is what I saw. | |
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