Gettysburg Travel Blogs

After the battle most of the troops who got killed were buried at the cemetery of Gettysburg. This is also the sight of one of the most famous speeches ever in US history - the Lincoln Gettysburg Address. When the cemetery should be dedicated to the memory of the soldiers Lincoln held this spee…

Well, we underestimated this place! We thought that we could do this on one day with the Amish country! What a mistake! We were here for the hole day. The Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the Civil War, the Union victory in the summer of 1863 that ended General Robert E. Lee's second a…

I was up by around 7 AM and was ready for the BIG day.  I went to the kitchen area of the hotel where they served the free continental breakfast.  Got ourselves some tea, banana muffins, mini bagels and fruits and brought it back to our room.  Yes, this is one of the big plus of this…

Gettysburg, PA is the culmination point and decisive point of the American Civil War.  From the early skirmishes between the Union Cavalry and the arriving Confederate forces, through the defeated Pickett's Charge, and the 20th Maine holding the far left flank with no ammunition on Little Roun…

There are two reasons that people visit Gettysburg, PA.  1)  For it's rich civil war history and 2) Boyds Bears.  My brother and his girlfriend of the time were expecting their first child so we chose the latter option as our reason to visit Gettysburg.  On our previous trip we …

My first road trip of 2009 was to Pennsylvania. Originally I had just planned to hit Philadelphia and see what all it had to offer, but the more I researched the area the more I decided to check out some of the other places in that part of the state. So ended up being in Hershey one day, Philadelphia the next, Amish country the following day and ending it all with a day long tour of the battlefields and cemetery in Gettysburg.

Our trip was coming to an end.  The last place to be visited was the Gettysburg Battlefield and Cemetery.  If anyone in another part of the world is reading this and you don't understand the significance of this sacred spot, read a history book about The War Between the States.  AKA:…

Summary of my travels since starting to travel for work in 2004. Three continents and three jobs later, this blog is an ongoing work in process. All locations are entered through present, will be adding descriptions and pictures as I have the opportunity. Please let me know if you see an entry without info you would like me to upload pictures for and I can take care of adding that location's items sooner.

Miles Traveled: 307                                 Roads Traveled: I-271S/I-(4)80E/I-76E/US 30E       …

Not far from Hanover is another Civil War town of much greater historical significance:  Gettysburg. It’s here where the Southern army reach their highwater mark.  It’s here where the tide of the war turned in favour of the North… This was the beginning of the end of the war.  …

On the drive to Gettysburg Google Maps sent me on some two lane highways that went up and over and through the hills. These winding highways with an occasional farm or house along the side of the road. While driving around a turn, there was a red car not too far in front of me. Suddenly something w…

Our son took a job in Philadelphia for the summer, so naturally, mom wants to visit and see that he is eating healthy, getting his sleep, the whole maternal thing. I convinced her we needed to stop at the various historic sites along the way since I teach American History. I had not had the opportunity to visit some of these places till this past summer. Here are my observations....

Well it is September and we headed to the North East for this years vacation.

My trip to Gettysburg

Back in 2005 a chance opened up for me to visit the east coast of the United States, including the nation's capitol. I gladly accepted.