Pennsylvania, Harrisburg - Monday, June 24, 2013 National Civil War Museum

The National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg is huge!!  There are areas of small grey and blue flags in the yard.

 

And, the amount of memorabilia they have from both the Union and Confederate sides must have taken years to accumulate.  They didn’t allow flash pictures in the museum so I only took one picture – it’s one of the many scenes they have set up, many with narrations as if they are coming from the civil war soldiers.  Even though I had my camera set for no flash it appeared to me that there was a flash, I didn’t want to get thrown out.

 

After the museum we headed into downtown Harrisburg to see the capital building.  We have got to remember to take change with us instead of dropping it in the change jar every night.  For the last two days we’ve driven around towns that had a parking meter at every available parking spot and we didn’t have a quarter between us.  We got lucky today and found one that had 58 minutes left on it – so we pulled in, ate the sandwiches we packed this morning and planned what to do next.

There is an island in the middle of the Susquehanna River in Harrisburg – called City Island (somebody gets extra points for creative thinking).  We went across to the island for a look.  It is home to the Harrisburg Senators baseball team.  Looks like a nice diamond.

 

We headed north of town to the Fort Hunter Mansion & Park that overlooks the Susquehanna River and was reported to have been a fort before it became a private residence which was then donated to the county.  Unfortunately, we found out that it is closed on Monday – so we walked around outside and took some pictures before heading back home.  It looked like storms were headed our way.

 

This evening Greg decided he needed a haircut.  I haven’t done that for a couple of years, but his hair is shorter and he still has both ears, so I think it was a success.

Tomorrow we are headed to Hershey.