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Central NJ
Before Thanksgiving I went to pick up my son from school. Since I had some time to kill before his last class ended, I went out to the battle field and took some pictures...
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Looking towards the Devil's Den from Little Round Top
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"The Angle" on Cemetery Ridge
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The view from the battle line of the 20th Maine towards the Cofederate line of advance
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20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Monument

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Toronto, Ont. Canada
(This post was last modified: 12-13-2017, 08:12 PM by Mickey Oberman.)
This is a wonderful memorial. It can be just the beginning of a long, extraordinary and historically meaningful thread. A recounting of a historically glorious and painful segment of US history

Mickey

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SE NH
(This post was last modified: 12-14-2017, 02:24 PM by PhilNH5.)
(12-13-2017, 07:14 PM)RetLEO-07 Wrote: Before Thanksgiving I went to pick up my son from school. Since I had some time to kill before his last class ended, I went out to the battle field and took some pictures...
Very nice photos.

My wife and I visited there and had a lovely an informative time.

There is a surreal atmosphere. Even if you know nothing of the history you can tell "something" happened there.
My wife and I both had this feeling. It was neither scary nor creepy just somber. The feeling made you feel respectful.

The feeling is what I remember most about our day there.

That and a plaque describing how a sniper with a muzzle loader and brass site tube killed a Union officer whilst the officer shaved.

Phil


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