On October 3rd we arrived in Gettysburg and settled into a pretty good park nearby. The Drummer Boy RV Park ... hey I didn't name it ... was a really good park, even though we were in the deep woods. Then we headed off for the memorial. This place is awesome!

We have never been here and it is a must see for any American. We first headed for the visitor center where they have movies and a superb museum ... with its own movies. It is all brand new and very well done. We spent about an hour getting the perspective on this conflict that pitted us against each other with over 300,000 being killed in the process.

After the museum and visitor center we headed out for the driving tour which took about an hour. There are several hundred monuments and the vistas are preserved for you to imagine the view for either Grant's or Lee's forces on that fatal battlefield. I have read a lot about the war but until you are here and look at the actual battlefields, can you appreciate the logistics and command view of the battle. Here is Lee's view of Seminary Ridge as he ordered Longstreet and Pickett to attack. Between here and the single trees in the distance 4,000 men died and over 12,000 were wounded, many who would die later.