Get-to-Burg

As we drove along one of the ten roads heading into Gettysburg we had no idea this civil war town would hold a charm that belies the tragic events that took place here 150 years ago. Here are some must do's in this town:

*visit the Heritage Centre to re-live what it must have been like to hunker in the cellar for three days of fighting (and ponder some more recent examples of besieged communities)
* walk around the first Soldier's National Cemetery (and think about how many more cemeteries there are today)

Civil War Battlefield Site

*drive to one of the many battlefield sites (and contemplate what it must have been like to go up and down the hill five or six times on the hottest day of the year in 1863)
*take photos of statues with men on horses (and remember the symbolism of the horse's legs - 2 in the air died in battle, 1 in the air died later from wounds, all 4 on the ground lived to see another day and died later)

History in the Street

*Think about the Gettysburg Address (and why so few words in the pre-Twitter age were so powerful)

Downtown Gettysburg

* check out the pretty streets (and marvel at the antiquities on sale)

* dine at Dobbin House, built in 1776 (and chew on that fact for a while).