Battle of Gettysburg ended today; here are my photos from the 100th Anniversary

[Louis of PA]

I took these photos on June 3, 1963. My family and I were home from overseas for less than a month, and were invited by an Army buddy I'd served with stateside and overseas for over two years. Gettysburg was his home town.

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[Louis of PA]

[Louis of PA]

This park looks so tranquil and well tended, nothing like the hell on earth it must have been at the time.

When visiting there on several occasions, it's occured to me that a more vivid and lasting education would be given if, for every soldier casualty, and every horse killed or lamed over those three days, a stuffed manaquin would be positioned, lying on these grounds about where they fell.

Then people would see, not merely a sanitized and well manicured park, but a glimpse of what actually happened here when we were at odds with our fellow Americans, brave men all who deserve to be honored.

Regards,
Louis of PA

The wall at the high water mark, July 3, 1963

[jjroth]

at night under a full moon.
A whole new an appreciative experience.

[Harlan (Deceased)]

I took these after sunset at an old cemetery I located by mistake on the 'bad' side of town.
These are not parts of the large memorial cemeteries and there was nobody there.

[JB White]

Great photos. Thanks for those. A Confederate reenactor at Gettysburg educated me and let me fire a muzzleloader my first time in 1967. No ball of course, but the loading along with the noise and smoke had me hooked.

The CW sesquicentennial is fast approaching. Does anyone know of any major events in the planning stages?

[jjroth]

best contact the NSSA. I know for the 2003 everything was NE of Gettysburg and you had to be authorized to be there. Nothing doing on the National Park!
Visitors were handled differently.