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This past week, we traveled to Gettysburg
Here are some pictures from our trip:
The visitor's center - with a huge museum
Canon at the museum - many of the canons on the battlefield are real
We heard a lot about John Burns - an older cranky local guy
The battlefield
a view between the rocks
Picket's Charge
The tree at the end of Picket's Charge
From the Union's side of Picket's Charge
We took a horseback tour of the battlefield
My horse was Grey and he was a bit of handful, especially at the end of the ride.
Inside a monument
A house in town with lots of bullet holes (painted white).
There was a sharpshooter in the window that they were trying to kill. I was surprised by the different bullets and explosives that were available at the time. I though they primarily used musket balls and cannon balls.
A bullet hole in the woodwork of a window in town
This is where the first shot of the battle was fired
A local tavern used by the solider - also after the war, like most buildings it was a field hospital
A gorgeous, covered bridge - used by some solders to escape Gettysburg
The Dobbin House Tavern is one of the oldest buildings in town. Lots of history here.
The napkin
This historic round barn is a country store with lots of goodies inside
At a local farm
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