Too funny, leave it to Lixy :p

Holy schnikies!!!!! I hate when I spell speech as speach (see above pic of Washinton's opening speech).......I don't know why I do that! So sorry for the brain fart folks!

Glad you are enjoying flutelady!

Might I say, Lil? That man's got some balls!

OOPS! I digress! :D :D :D :D :D

On with the show!

Abe was roped off, but had an interesting say none the less! I couldn't go sit on his lap...but you all know I wanted to...right? LOL!

*wink*... George Washington could only wish to get so lucky!

Sorry to say...I didn't have a cigar to give to Bill Clinton and then have our picture taken...so I decided to save my camera space for something else...:D !

Upstairs, in this museum, they had an exhibit of all the first ladies in their inaugural gowns. Being a seamstress, I was in awe of the detail of the work involved!

I wasn't even aware (I say this as an ashamed American) that not all first ladies weren't the wives of the presidents they represented! In the earlier years of our country, some of the first ladies were the sister's of said presidents. I'm guessing as the years progressed, that "we the people" preferred his/her leader to have a stable life in marriage.

Anyway...on with the picture show!

One of the monuments in the cemetary at Gettysburg...

Just to show you the scale of some of the monuments...this is Grumble at the base of the one above...

As we figured out...driving the acres was a better way to see the park. Along the road, we could drive on the left (Ian felt at home this way) and if you wanted to stop and read about a particular battle or person depicted by a memorial or statue, you pulled to the right and stayed out of the way of oncoming traffic. This entire town is a monument...and yet people live and work here...so, between all the daily goings on...they've cut a road into history!

It sounds like you guys had a great time! Thanks for keeping us updated and sharing the pictures!:D

And...did I mention they had a shit load of cannons? Holy geezzzzzz! We kept saying to one another..."Oh, look! We finally found a fuckin cannon"! LMAO...guess you had to be there...but take my word for it...cannons, cannons everywhere and not a one of them went KABOOM...(that day, anyway!)

We sure did...and TYSVM huntersgirl!

We climbed a tower to view some monuments. This one is one of the most vandalized in the park! I can't explain why someone (immature or otherwise) would feel a need to destroy a part of history! Someday, those who vandalized these memories will regret it...but how can you tell them that now?

This was taken from another tower on the auto tour. It's an occupied farmhouse right in the middle of what was a battlefield! I ran out of camera space (didn't have a chip in the camera) and didn't get a pic of Eisenhower's retreat (farmhouse)...but Ian has one and I hope he'll post it for you when he get's to a CD burner (I don't have one)...or whenever he has a chance!

What wonderful pics and such wonderful memories you will have to look back on...thanks so much for sharing.