A shot of the highway while we were driving to Hershey PA. We were glad to be there. It stopped raining when we got to Dale and Paula Von Stein's house. It was late and we went and got a bite to eat it was so nice we had dinner out on a patio. Diggity and Doogie were all wound, there are a lot of rabbits in their neighborhood. We talked to Brian in western part of New York near Buffalo. Judy was ill and we needed to get back to Indiana. So we would make plans to see them another time. We planned our strategy for tomorrow, let Mike talk with Dale all night and Jim and I went to bed.
Dale and Paula VonStein in front of their lovely home. We are off to Hershey World.
Hershey World is a cool place. Mr. Hershey was an amazing man. He built his business and created a wonderful environment to live and work in. Created a school system for underprivileged children and many more things. What he accomplished after 6 business failures is inspiring
We drove on to Gettysburg.we went to the museum. They have a painting that is in the round. It is called Cyclorama. Paul phillippoteaux was commissioned in to paint this depiction of the battle of Gettysburg. It is 27 feet tall and 359 feet round and weighs four tons. It took him a year and a half to complete it.below are buttons off uniforms from Texas.
The next 3 photos are of some of the scenes from th cyclorama .
W could not easiest posing with Lincoln on this bench outside the museum.
We drove through the battlegrounds. There are monuments all along the roads. Most honor the different battalions,soldiers and generals who fought there. The roads covered the confederate and the union aside of the battle ground.
The fences were laid out like they were at the time of the battle.
I set the camera on the site of one of the cannons to see what the target would be.
Many tree covered lanes along the route.
A statue on the confederate side of General Robert E.Lee on his horse Traveler.,
A statue of General Warren. He positioned his troops here. He was able to watch a position his men for battle. It is written that he ws calculating to keep his losses and injuries down,
A shot from his point of view.
We drove till 9:00 and pulled off just outside of Pittsburg. On to Mentone Indiana tomorrow.
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