What a great
two days it has been for riding the bike!!
We went back to Gettysburg this morning and stopped at the Soldiers
National Cemetery. There are about 6,000
soldiers from all wars buried there.
3580 are Union soldiers from the Civil War – half of them are
unknown. A stone marks the burial site
of each Unknown Soldier.
Lincoln gave
his Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Soldiers National
Cemetery. The site where he stood is now
marked by the Soldiers National Monument.
From the
cemetery we went into downtown Gettysburg to look around. Today was Farmer’s Market Day so the square
was packed. Our guide on the tour of the
battleground yesterday told us that Gettysburg normally has about 1.5 million
tourists through it in a typical year.
Since next month is the 150th anniversary, they are expecting
4-5 million in that month!! So, don’t
plan on getting anywhere near Gettysburg for a while.
All of the buildings
that were in Gettysburg at the time of the Civil War have a plaque on the front
We stopped
by the train station where Lincoln came into Gettysburg – guess I didn’t pay
enough attention in history class because I always thought he gave the Gettysburg
Address at the train station.
We stopped
for lunch at the Dobbin House. Dobbin
House is the oldest house in Gettysburg, built in 1776. They have fine and casual dining. We went for the casual Tavern which is in the
cellar of the house – we dined by candlelight. There was just enough light to be able to
appreciate the stone walls and wooden beams and to think about all of the
conversations that have taken place there over the years.
After lunch
we headed out to a round barn market
and the Adams
County Winery which is supplying the wine for the 150th anniversary
celebration in Gettysburg.
These are
our purchases today.
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