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We usually go for the battle anniversary because it falls on my wife’s birthday. It was least people I ever saw. Sad it looked dead. Many businesses were closed permanently. Sad and really shocking.
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Only been there once. Lot's of history. Informative to drive and follow the battle as it unfolded.
I hope many of the monuments erected to remember the Confederate soldiers haven't been removed.
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We usually go for the battle anniversary because it falls on my wife’s birthday. It was least people I ever saw. Sad it looked dead. Many businesses were closed permanently. Sad and really shocking. Snowflakes don't even know it exists.
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Gay flags were popular in some businesses. Put money in a meter and it expired, 40 dollar ticket.
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Wow.
That's about 4 x the max I'd expect.
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Burgers and beer lunch cost 100 bucks with the ticket. We usually go in august for peaches and a couple days. Really thinking someplace else. Bedford also has good peaches.
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We visited two weeks ago. We usually spend a couple days every summer, but last year they had most things shut down because of the scamdemic, so we skipped it. The trip kinda sprang on me, and I didn’t have time to hunt my books up, and I was pretty miserable with a pinched nerve in my back. Between not having my guides and being crippled up, I just wasn’t firing on all my cylinders. I love to walk around, and we usually go on a ghost walk, but it killed me trying to walk. I more or less just drove around and told her the stories off the top of my head. I’m evidently rubbing off on her, because she loves the place too! Actually, I thought the town itself seemed sorta crowded, and as usual, Little Round Top & Devil’s Den was lousy with people. General Pickett’s Buffet was closed temporarily, The Avenue Restaurant is now Mia’s House of Noodles, and a large number of people have no clue how to go through a traffic circle! For crying out loud, they were two and three cars wide! They scared me, and I used to race on dirt tracks! Hopefully, we’ll be able to hit it again once the crowds die down and the weather is cooler. Unfortunately this trip wasn’t up to snuff. 7mm
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Like I said, there’s a couple books that I try to take on every visit. Stories of Men and Monuments . A handy tool full of information and stories about all the Monuments placed on the Battlefield. Silent Sentinels . If you’re a gun nut like me, you’ll love this book/guide to the artillery guns that populate the field. I bet you a coffee or a beer that they’ll make the next visit better. 7mm
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Awesome place to see-- hope they don't screw it up
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I don't live too far away so I go there quite a bit. I do try to avoid July 1, 2, and 3 though
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On my list of things to see. When I was a kid my grandmothers cousin lived just up the road and was in his 90s. Still sharp and I loved listening to his stories about the old days. Didn't find out until a few years after he died that his dad was in Picketts charge. Would have loved to have gotten a 2nd hand account
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We usually go for the battle anniversary because it falls on my wife’s birthday. It was least people I ever saw. Sad it looked dead. Many businesses were closed permanently. Sad and really shocking. Snowflakes don't even know it exists. If the South would have won there, the “Woke” snowflake crowd would be calling for it to be bulldozed, nowadays. Guess I’ll never make it back to that part of the country. I regret not going there when I was close. Lost some family members there.
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On my list of things to see. When I was a kid my grandmothers cousin lived just up the road and was in his 90s. Still sharp and I loved listening to his stories about the old days. Didn't find out until a few years after he died that his dad was in Picketts charge. Would have loved to have gotten a 2nd hand account
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On my list of things to see. When I was a kid my grandmothers cousin lived just up the road and was in his 90s. Still sharp and I loved listening to his stories about the old days. Didn't find out until a few years after he died that his dad was in Picketts charge. Would have loved to have gotten a 2nd hand account That would have been cool. My paternal Grandmother’s Grandfather was there. Lost his leg there. She said he never spoke of it.
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2 of my great great grandfathers were there july 3 19th va infantry Garnett’s brigade Pickett’s charge both made it back some how they can tear down all the statues they want to but if either of them hadn’t made it back across that field I wouldn’t be here today and that I am proud of ironically they both had the same first and middle name William Henry
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On my list of things to see. When I was a kid my grandmothers cousin lived just up the road and was in his 90s. Still sharp and I loved listening to his stories about the old days. Didn't find out until a few years after he died that his dad was in Picketts charge. Would have loved to have gotten a 2nd hand account That would have been cool. My paternal Grandmother’s Grandfather was there. Lost his leg there. She said he never spoke of it. I imagine most didn't talk about it. I knew grandpa was in the pacific in wwii but he never talked about battles, just guys he knew and the camaraderie. Year a two ago my son had to do a school report on a veteran so we researched his ship and found out it was sunk and they spent several days in life boats. Pawpaw never mentioned that
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Only been there once. Lot's of history. Informative to drive and follow the battle as it unfolded.
I hope many of the monuments erected to remember the Confederate soldiers haven't been removed. If the woke crowd goes after the battlefield memorials that will be a real travesty. I have a lot of great memories wondering Gettysburg and Antietam. I liked wondering Antietam a bit more. So many miles spent there!
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Being from the west I didnt have much exposure to the Civil war and all its history. Was in WV on a business trip and took wife along, that was about 15 years ago. We went up and visited Gettysburg and it was really impressive. Also on one of my business trips visited DC and all the memorials. Arlington was really a sobering visit to see graves as far as you could see in any direction.
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On my list of things to see. When I was a kid my grandmothers cousin lived just up the road and was in his 90s. Still sharp and I loved listening to his stories about the old days. Didn't find out until a few years after he died that his dad was in Picketts charge. Would have loved to have gotten a 2nd hand account That would have been cool. My paternal Grandmother’s Grandfather was there. Lost his leg there. She said he never spoke of it. I imagine most didn't talk about it. I knew grandpa was in the pacific in wwii but he never talked about battles, just guys he knew and the camaraderie. Year a two ago my son had to do a school report on a veteran so we researched his ship and found out it was sunk and they spent several days in life boats. Pawpaw never mentioned that The one I mentioned above lost two older brothers there. One of my Grandfather’s hit the Beach at Omaha. Never mentioned it once.
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