Gettysburg National Park

Gettysburg National Park took us a full day to see and appreciate.  It takes a lot of concentration, driving, walking, and for us,.....155 pictures.

If you go, you should go when the weather is agreeable.  I would not want to go there in the heat or the very cold.  Unless you are a Civil War buff, we would suggest two hours at least in the visitors center.  The Cyclorama exhibit should not be missed.  The history and restoration of the Cyclorama was very interesting itself.   After the visitors center we did the Auto Tour.  You can buy or rent audio tapes to listen to while driving.  Here's the National Park site for Gettysburg.   http://www.nps.gov/gett/

Alex and I were going to try and go through some of the pictures and explain each one in regards to the battle, however for your sake, we are going to post the best pictures and leave it at that.  Our hope is that if you haven't been there, the pictures will make you want to.   If you have been there, or you're a Civil War buff, then you will recognize some of the monuments and areas.  Keep an eye out for pictures of Little Round Top with Big Round Top next/behind it.  For those that don't know, Little Round Top is where the battle was decided and you will see pictures of those two hills.  Of course Little Round Top is the smaller.

Alex had gone to Gettysburg with his class when he was at Command and Staff School in Quantico back in the 80's.  They marched around and were given a close up tour and instruction of the battlefield.  I appreciated his explanation of the battle.  It was very sad and moving at times.  

As usual, click the link, select slide show, hit F-11 to enlarge.
http://picasaweb.google.com/ChrisTorrance/Gettysburg?authkey=Gv1sRgCM7x5YTOl72UqwE#