Since we live in Gettysburg, we usually don't pay any attention to the historical significance of the landmarks around us. We drive past amazing monuments and through battlefields that are still visited by military personnel this day to learn from what happened here 150 years ago.
One particular portion of the vast battlefield, which covers a good bit of the country on all sides of town, is famous for being the location of Pickett's Charge. A last-ditch, all-out effort by the Confederates to defeat Union troops in their own backyard. Many thousands of lives were lost that day on both sides.
On a day off, we decided to play tourist and do something we have never done before-- walk the famed one-mile of ground covered by the Confederates on July 3, 1863. This somber day in October was still and quiet, but we felt the effect of what happened here so long ago. This is what we saw.
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| Part of the "Lee" monument at the top of Seminary Ridge. |
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| I'm really glad the cannons are empty these days! |
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| The Pennsylvania Monument |
The next several pictures were taken from the vantage point of the top of the Pennsylvania monument.
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