Gettysburg, PA
The Keystone Inn Bed and Breakfast-- GORGEOUS!
During dinner the night we arrive in Gettysburg, there was a HUGE rainbow in the sky.
...the other half of the rainbow.
My mom had to stop and get directions from Abe Lincoln...
The house where Lincoln stayed before giving his Gettysburg Address.
Seth and I out to dinner.
The Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center.
Reynolds Woods is where Gen John Reynolds led his men into battle on the first day of the battle of Gettysburg, and where he died. He was the highest ranking officer killed in Gettysburg.
Monument marking the spot where Gen Reynolds fell.
Monument to Eternal Peace and Light on Oak Hill.
A line from The Gettysburg Address.
Seth and me on Oak Hill.
A farm where Confederate Sharpshooters hid as seen from the observation tower on Oak Ridge.
Seth and me in the Oake Ridge Observation tower with the mountains in the background.
The Lutheran Theological Seminary, where John Buford looked out and decided to hold the high ground with his dismounted cavalry before the rest of the Union Army arrived.
A monument to the men from North Carolina on Seminary Ridge.
A monument to the men of Virginia topped by a statute of General Robert E. Lee on his horse, Traveler. This is on Seminary Ridge where Lee ordered Pickett's charge.
The field across which Pickett led his charge-- his objective was the copse of trees visible in the distance (third small group of trees on the right).
Statue of General Pete Longstreet.
Confederate re-enactors on Seminary Ridge.
A demonstration in drilling and shooting.
My Dad and I with the Round Tops behind us in the distance.
The 3rd Brigade marker at Little Round Top.
A scene depicting Vincent instructing Chamberlain to hold his ground at Little Round Top "at all hazards" i.e. "until the last man dies" because he was the left flank of the entire Union Army.
Chamberlain's Right Flank.
The 20th Maine Monument. 38 men from the 20th Maine died defending Little Round Top from the Alabamians.
The 20th Maine Monument.
The hill down which Chamberlain led his fixed bayonet charge when the ammunition ran out.
Chamberlain's Left Flank.
View from the top of Little Round Top.
My mom and dad on top of Little Round Top, but below Seth and I who were on top of the monument to the NY Infantry.
On top of Little Round Top-- behind me is Devil's Den and the Slaughter Pen.
Breastwords built by the Union troops are still standing on top of Little Round Top.
I'm holding up a pretty big boulder in Devil's Den!
Seth pointing to something in Devil's Den.
Devil's Den
My Dad re-enacting the photo of a Confederate Sharpshooter in Devil's Den staged 6 days after the battle was over. I couldn't get him to lay down on the ground, which I feel like would have added to the authenticity.
The Wheat Field, where over 4,000 men died during the Battle of Gettysburg.
The Pennsylvania Monument.
The Copse of trees that was Pickett's objective-- the center of the Union Line.
The spot where Lo Armistead died-- he had almost reached his friend Hancock who had already been removed from the front line after suffering an injury earlier in the battle.
General George Meade on his horse on the Union line, directly across the field from the statue of General Robert E. Lee.
Seminary Ridge at dusk before our ghost tour. We didn't see any ghosts, well, except for Dad, but he was seeing ghosts every where all day.
Here we are on the porch of the B&B before we left Gettysburg-- what a good trip!!!!
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since the car wash didn't work, we're going to suffocate them! little stinging jerks!