Thursday, April 29, 2010

Battlefield Tour Day 1

John and I did an auto audio tour of the Battlefield. At the Gettysburg Visitor Center and Museum you can purchase a variety of audio discs that will give you a tour of the Battlefield - depending upon how long you'd like to spend. We purchased the Gettysburg Field Guide ($21.99). Total disc time is 2.5 hours - that obviously does not include how long you stop!





This monument marks the location of Major General John F. Reynolds death. He was the highest ranking Union officer to be killed at Gettysburg (and it happened the 1st day of battle).







These pictures are of the Eternal Light Peace Memorial dedicated by FDR on the 75th anniversary of Gettysburg. This memorial overlooks the site of the July 1st battle.







Gotta love NPS and how dog friendly they are.



I don't think we have any really good pictures of the fences that
cover the battlefield, but the way they are designed is fascinating.

















General James Longstreet (second in command to Gen Robert E. Lee during Gettysburg)

Louisiana Memorial



Texas Memorial (I grew up in Texas.)

1 comment:

Kathy Mocharnuk said...

How cool you could bring the dogs. That looks really neat.