Today Nancy and I visited Gettysburg National Military Park. It's hard to believe that this was the site of the largest loss of American lives on American soil. The monuments and Bronze sculptures proudly depicted the participants of the battle.
The museum had thousands of war time artifacts, which brought the history to life.
There were nearly 175,000 men that converged on this little town on July 1,2 &3, 1863. After walking around the Cemetary and battlefield, you can see how much of the fighting was to capture or maintain a tiny little place of high ground.
This is also the place that President Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address.
We walked about 5 1/2 miles and drove several more to take in the history. Hundreds of cannons lined the Park. Most of the Memorials and bronze sculptures were placed in the area where those soldiers actually fought. Walking and seeing the land where the battles took place definitely made the history more real.
Each States contributions was depicted in a State Memorial. At the Cemetary, the soldiers memorials were grouped by the the State from which they came from.
About 50,000 Americans were lost in 3 days, including 1 civilian that was killed by a stray bullet in her home.
In addition to visiting Gettysburg, we traveled many rural Pennsylvania roads. The barns, silos and brick homes are amazing.
Marines who have fought for our
Country in Afghanistan
The Marines above back story
Memorials at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Mike is standing next to the Pennsylvania Memorial that has stairs to the top
so you can look at the battlefield.
(See pictures below)
Cannons lining the roads
View of the battlefield from
The Confederate Military perspective
Views from the top of the
Pennsylvania Memorial
Views from the Union Military's "High ground"
looking towards some of their Memorials
Rural roads and Highways
In Pennsylvania
