(written before the shut-down post)This year is the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. Between visiting on a weekend, during an anniversary year, and the fact that 3,000 Boy Scouts were visiting the park (you can see them at the visitors center and walking the paths), the place was incredibly busy. That made it difficult to find parking and just walk around. But a highlight was seeing this snake in a tree. OK, this shouldn’t be a highlight but it was cool.
I
could show all these very historical things, but I thought this was funny. The poor guy’s nose is shiny with all the
people rubbing his nose when they walk past.
The
view from Little Round Top where the battle was on the 2nd of 3 days
(July 1-3, 1863). There were more
casualties in this battle than another other battle within the United States.
Monument
for Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. The
cemetery was dedicated on November 19, 1863.
After the first speaker spoke for two hours, President Lincoln gave this
address and took just two minutes. A speaker I would enjoy!
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