Saturday, September 23, 2017

Gettysburg, Part II, PA

After throughly exploring the battlefield, we did a walking tour of Gettysburg and visited the Knob Hall Winery tasting room and then popped over to the Battlefield Brew Works for a nice IPA!




Lincoln Gettysburg Address Memorial located near where he gave the speech at the cemetery 


Soldiers National Monument in Gettysburg Cemetery , on the actual spot of Lincolns Gettysburg Address


Indiana Monument


the Eternal Light Peace Memorial


Tennessee Memorial

North Carolina Memorial, American sculptor Gutzon Borglum (Mt Rushmore)

Virginia Memorial


Florida Memorial

Louisiana Memorial


Mississippi Memorial

very touching memorial showing brothers on opposite sides dressed in their respective uniforms helping each other after the battle

note the upright cannon, headquarters marker, to the back right.  this house was Lee's headquarters

the train station in Gettysburg where Lincoln arrived to give the Gettysburg Address





Several buildings still bear reminders of the war
with projectiles imbedded in walls and scars
from rifle shots

Note the projectile under the window


Below, the side of the Farnsworth house was
riddled with bullet holes, all the little white
specks you see


David Willis house, you can see the room Lincoln stayed in the night before giving his 3 minute speech


Many of the building in Gettysburg are originals from the Civil War era

1 comment:

  1. we enjoyed Gettysburg. Did you go to the visitor center and follow the 3 days of war. That really helps before doing the road tour.

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