Carden on Little Round near Devil's Den
Union Army Monuments at Gettysburg
By Lexi Krueger
Yesterday we went to Gettysburg to see that amazing battlefield. As soon as we got there we went in and had lunch, because we had pre-ordered. After the lunch we went into a theater to see a movie that was an introduction to the whole park. As soon as the movie was over we exited and headed up to a large circular room. On the walls of the dome was a mural of the battlefield; it looked so real. After about 5 minutes of looking around, a voice came on talking about the battle that took three days. There were some cannons that boomed, and it was so hard to imagine that that was not even half of the noise that went on during those three days. After that presentation, each of the vans got a tour guide to take them around. We drove all around while the man was speaking, and sometimes we got out and looked around. It was freezing, unlike the real battle that took place in July! He showed us the spot where Robert E. Lee is supposed of sat during Pickett’s Charge, and the spot where General Mead sat. It is so hard to imagine being a battle, especially one in the heat of summer, in a cotton shirt, with hardly any water, the sound of dying men, cannons and guns, the smell of smoke, blood and dying horses and men and running though open fields being shot at. I cannot imagine what those brave men did for us, even the ones from the South. If any of you have the chance to go to Gettysburg, you should go, because it is a life changing experience. The hard part is trying to remember it wherever I go. I take so much for granted, and at the moment I am humbled, it goes away as soon as I am back at somewhere where I am comfortable.
Yesterday we went to Gettysburg to see that amazing battlefield. As soon as we got there we went in and had lunch, because we had pre-ordered. After the lunch we went into a theater to see a movie that was an introduction to the whole park. As soon as the movie was over we exited and headed up to a large circular room. On the walls of the dome was a mural of the battlefield; it looked so real. After about 5 minutes of looking around, a voice came on talking about the battle that took three days. There were some cannons that boomed, and it was so hard to imagine that that was not even half of the noise that went on during those three days. After that presentation, each of the vans got a tour guide to take them around. We drove all around while the man was speaking, and sometimes we got out and looked around. It was freezing, unlike the real battle that took place in July! He showed us the spot where Robert E. Lee is supposed of sat during Pickett’s Charge, and the spot where General Mead sat. It is so hard to imagine being a battle, especially one in the heat of summer, in a cotton shirt, with hardly any water, the sound of dying men, cannons and guns, the smell of smoke, blood and dying horses and men and running though open fields being shot at. I cannot imagine what those brave men did for us, even the ones from the South. If any of you have the chance to go to Gettysburg, you should go, because it is a life changing experience. The hard part is trying to remember it wherever I go. I take so much for granted, and at the moment I am humbled, it goes away as soon as I am back at somewhere where I am comfortable.
Robert E. Lee Memorial
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