http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Pennsylvania/Gettysburg/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Pennsylvania , Gettysburg en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:44:39 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:44:39 UTC Paul Jim and I drove to Gettysburg to see the new visitor center. It is much larger than the old one and covers US history from before the Civil War until the Civil Rights era. I hope you enjoy the photographs. We did not have time to tour the entire battlefield so we concentrated on the High Water Mark and the Devil's Den. I am always amazed that Pickett's men actually reached the stone wall an http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Pennsylvania/Gettysburg/blog-330263.html Next morning we went to a pancake breakfast there at the camp and while the kids finished up and went to the park I tore the truck and trailer apart and cleaned it all up while looking for the kids.....found them where 3 of the kids had already looked. we packed everything up and drove into Gettsyburg. We found the visitor center a few battlefields and the Cemetery. Also the sight of the Gett http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Pennsylvania/Gettysburg/blog-326801.html We are currently sitting in my cousin's condo in Quebec City after spending a few days at the family camp on Lake Memphremagog in Southern Quebec. But let's go back to last week and Gettysburg where I left off before we entered internetless land.As we approached Gettysburg last week the houses and landscape became more and more historic. We passed open fields and wooded areas with homes and f http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Pennsylvania/Gettysburg/blog-306309.html We have arrived in St. Johnsbury Vermont and have hit our first rain and cool weather in three weeks. We should be complaining but are actually rejoicing since we have been baking since we left BC. I haven't wriitten in here for a few days since I have not had access to the internet because of technical difficulties. In the last few days we have come from DC to Plattekill New York to Gettysbu http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Pennsylvania/Gettysburg/blog-303956.html After traveling about 500 miles and a one night stop over in New York we arrived in Gettysburg PA. What a drive It's just mountains fields barns and cows for most of the way. I never knew how rural New York state is WHOA We spent the day at the Gettysburg National Park Visitors Center. This is a brand new stateoftheart building. The building is very impressive and enormous Jim and I k http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Pennsylvania/Gettysburg/blog-296267.html Gettysburg http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Pennsylvania/Gettysburg/blog-294168.html The next stop on the itinerary is Gettysburg the place that played host to the three day battle between the Southern Confederates and the Northern Unionists from July 1st 3rd 1863. The war started solely because southerners wanted to keep their way of life using slaves to work on their farms and plantations. The people up North were in favour of freeing the slaves and using factories and trade http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Pennsylvania/Gettysburg/blog-266488.html Obfuscator writes We left the place of which we shall not speak as quickly as their decrepit laundry would allow. Our destination was the greener pastures of Harrisburg and nearby Gettysburg. We drove for a while to get there as the route we had chosen between the great cesspool and Harrisburg was chosen not for speed but for not being a major highway. Harrisburg was much as I remembered it http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Pennsylvania/Gettysburg/blog-218861.html Sep 13 2007City official name GettysburgFounded date Location Pennsylvania StateElavation ft mArea Approximately square miles km.Facts Gettysburg is a borough 38 miles 68 km south by southwest of Harrisburg in Adams County Pennsylvania USA of which it is the county seat. As of the 2000 census the borough's http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Pennsylvania/Gettysburg/blog-212543.html Harper's Ferry is a National Park with the most historical significance of our trip so far...it's not all about the natural rock formations or the wildlife but about the events that occured there. Harper's Ferry saw the beginning of great industry in the US it was the home of the first successful railway it was where John Brown made his famous attack on slavery where the largest surrender off http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Pennsylvania/Gettysburg/blog-183601.html G'day All hope things are well back home. The latest installment in our travels was a trip to Washington DC. Once a year the Australian Embassy get all the Army guys posted to the States together at DC for briefs and a bit of a social gathering Navy and Air Force do the same on different weeks. I decided I would head up a couple of days before Fiona to participate in the social aspects of the w http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Pennsylvania/Gettysburg/blog-156043.html It was sad but so interesting. The tour was a little over 2 hours and I'm pretty sure there was a screw loose in the tour guides head... he was nice at least. It was pretty interesting to be right there where it all happened I had family who faught there so... it was just cool overall haha. http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Pennsylvania/Gettysburg/blog-138875.html