Twenty-sixth Reunion of the |
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Gettysburg, PA - September 18 - 22, 2021 |
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Gettysburg Battlefield Tour |
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| A beautiful new Visitor Center since were last there in 1997 | |||
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| A nice display of Civil War weapons | |||
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| The old Cyclorama painting has been beautifully resorted and displayed | |||
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| Cyclorama Scene | |||
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We began our Battlefield tour with a visit to the Peace Flame Monument |
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| The Eternal Flame Monument | |||
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| We were quite lucky to have Les Fowler, head of the Certified Battlefield Guide Association, as our guide for our excellent tour. | |||
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| The Virginia Monument to Robert E Lee | |||
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| The Virginia Monument to Lee has him looking eastward across where Pickets charge was made. To the left of the Codori barn is the copse of trees and a little further to left of it is a white spire marking the "high-water mark" of the Confederate charge. | |||
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| The New York Battery Monument | |||
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| Les talks at a stop at the peach orchard | |||
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the Peach Orchard |
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| Every effort has been made to make the landscape look as it did in 1863. | |||
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Looking up at Little Round Top from below |
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The Devil's Den from Little Round Top |
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General Warren on Little Round Top |
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A mile across the fields in the small gap in the trees is the Virginia
Monument. From those trees on seminary ridge Pickett's charge crossed all this open
space under very heavy artillery fire. From the road and fence to the
stone wall in the foreground they also faced very intense musket fire. |
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the Codori barn near the High Water Mark - the furthest advance of the
Confederates |
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Caissons used to pull Cannons |
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The High Water Mark |
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| The Pennsylvania Monument has the name of every soldier from Pennsylvania who fought at Gettysburg | |||
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The Soldiers National Cemetery |
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| The Historic 1776 Dobbins House | |||
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Dinner at the Historic 1776 Dobbins House in Gettysburg |
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Dinner at the Historic 1776 Dobbins House in Gettysburg |
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USS Cabildo (LSD-16) Association Web site - Last Revision April 30, 2022 |
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