Our trip to Gettysburg was another "Great Adventure" Part of the tour included the cyclorama - circular theater with a mural depicting all stages of the war. With lights and sound, the action of the battle of Gettysburg came to life on the walls around the dome of the theatre. Neat!!!
Abe Lincoln greeted all visitors to the museum. Many artifacts along the bus tour route. This National park has over 200 of the original 400+ canons used in the battle at Gettysburg strategically placed throughout the battlefield.
And the fields where the fighting took place. This was the turning point of the Civil War. There were over 40,000 men who took part in this war. It was most evident seeing it on the cyclorama which was painted in the late 1800's, has been moved 3 times...and was restored when the new museum was built . The war was known to many as 3 days in July...1863. July 1,2, and 3.
The Union army had a great advantage as they we positioned on the Little Round Top...General Meade statue "appraising" the situation in the fields before him.
And Jean got to put her hands on a real Civil war gun. Woohoo!!!
The dead from the war were not officially buried until several months after the war. Lincoln's famous Gettysburg address was delivered at the Dedication of the Gettysburg Cemetery on Nov 19, 1863.
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