FRI July 23
A moving place and I enjoyed seeing places that I had heard of in histories I had studied and movies I had seen.
I started as usual at the Visitors Center talking to a Ranger and setting how I wanted to see the Park. The Ranger said they had guided tours that took over 4-hours and full driving tours that took about 3-hours. I decided to do a shortened driving tour and it still took me a full 2-hours. I visited Little Round Top where the movements of Confederate troops were seen and passed to the Federal commanders. I stopped briefly at The Wheatfield where 4,000 soldiers were either killed or wounded. I also went to Cemetery Ridge that was the center of the Union’s position and where a lot of the Union artillery was positioned.
I was very surprised when I visited the National Cemetery that although they had designated a memorial location to the Gettysburg Address it really wasn’t where Lincoln gave it and there was no public access to the actual location. I was told President Lincoln gave his address somewhere over near a mausoleum that is in the fenced area.
If anyone is going to visit the Gettysburg National Military Park I have a good DVD that I’ll lend you. And do not bring your metal detector, here they have signs posted saying “No Relic Hunting”.
A moving place and I enjoyed seeing places that I had heard of in histories I had studied and movies I had seen.
I started as usual at the Visitors Center talking to a Ranger and setting how I wanted to see the Park. The Ranger said they had guided tours that took over 4-hours and full driving tours that took about 3-hours. I decided to do a shortened driving tour and it still took me a full 2-hours. I visited Little Round Top where the movements of Confederate troops were seen and passed to the Federal commanders. I stopped briefly at The Wheatfield where 4,000 soldiers were either killed or wounded. I also went to Cemetery Ridge that was the center of the Union’s position and where a lot of the Union artillery was positioned.
I was very surprised when I visited the National Cemetery that although they had designated a memorial location to the Gettysburg Address it really wasn’t where Lincoln gave it and there was no public access to the actual location. I was told President Lincoln gave his address somewhere over near a mausoleum that is in the fenced area.
If anyone is going to visit the Gettysburg National Military Park I have a good DVD that I’ll lend you. And do not bring your metal detector, here they have signs posted saying “No Relic Hunting”.
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