We spent 3 nights at a really nice RV park about 20 min drive outside Gettysburg. It is a Thousand Trails park, Outdoor World Gettysburg Farm Campground. It is a working farm. There are animals for the kids to feed and pet. They have about 150 full hook up sites and 100 electric and water along the river, but they run a free honey wagon everyday. The park was very clean and staff friendly. Saturday they had a chili cookoff by the staff and then free chili, cornbread, lemonade dinner at 5:30pm. There were all kinds of activities during the day.
On Sunday we spent the day in Gettysburg. We went to the The Gettysburg Museum of the Civil War first. We saw the film, "A New Birth of Freedom", narrated by Morgan Freeman and then the restored Gettysburg Cyclorama, which depicts the final fury of Gettysburg- "Pickett's Charge". The next hour we spent wandering through the Gettysburg Museum of the Civil War, featuring items from one of the largest collections of Civil War relics in the world, We had lunch in the cafe and then took the auto tour of the Gettysburg National Military Park. The tour was about 2 hours with 16 stops. There are monuments, plaques, etc all over the battle field area. If you are interested in Civil War History it was very interesting.
Monday was a rainy, cold day. We decided to stay an extra day. Got laundry done and just relaxed for the day.
The flags carried into battle on July 1. The 47th NC Infantry carried the Confederate flag and the 149th PA Infantry carried the American flag
McPherson Ridge - The Battle of Gettysburg began just beyond the barn on July 1, 1863
Light Peace Memorial, dedicated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, July 3, 1938,
North Carolina Memorial- On July 2, 1863 the Confederate army held position on this spot
Beside the Virginia Memorial. Nuns were touring the Battle field also.
Virginia Memorial. On top is General Robert Lee on his horse.
Little Round Top - Union soldiers defended this hill
Trostle Farm, notice the cannon ball damage on side of barn
Pennsylvania Memorial on Cemetery Ridge held by the Union artillery
Looking up to Little Round Top
High Water Mark = "Pickett's Charge" final battle
The field where the final battles took place on 3 July
Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, A Seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. On July 1, 1863, the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, the campus became a battleground and then the center of the Confederate line for two days. The cupola of the Old Dorm served as an observation tower. The rest of the building served as a hospital for the wounded from both sides for two months following the battle.
Soldiers National Cemetery
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