These photos are posted beginning with our last steps in Gettysburg though to our first steps in Pennsylvania. I chose to post photos in this fashion for a reason. As Carl and I were walking to our car from the Civil War Museum, though we were three-quarters of the way across the street, a truck forced his way between us and our car. One might think that people would be humbled after leaving a Civil War museum and remember that the Civil War was fought to end slavery and thus reflect on equal rights and how important they are. Not only are they important, but respecting the rights of others is respecting the lives that were lost in the name of freedom. Of all places, the parking lot of a Civil War Museum is the last place one should express racism. Let these photos remind those who have racist tendencies (and all forms of bigotry), especially the old man in his truck, remember that the path to the present is connected through occurrences in the past. To respect the present and all people in it, you will respect the past and the people who lost their lives protecting your freedom, your children's freedom, and my freedom. Freedom is not guaranteed, you have to fight and protect it daily. Remember to do this next time you think of expressing yourself in this fashion, old man.
Leaving the cemetery
Headstones of those who lost their lives in Gettysburg.
Location of the Gettysburg address given by Abraham Lincoln, 1863.
Photo of the full monument
The gravestones have numbers, not names of those who died in July, 1863.
For those who lived through the Civil War and lived to fight in other wars, there was a special section for each to lie in peace.
For those New Yorkers who died in the Civil War.
Though we call this a cannon, the correct name is rifle when discussing the Civil War.
A wall of photos. Let them not be forgotten.
I love that the Northerners (Union) maintained the stars on the flag that represented the six states who joined the confederacy.
Emancipation Proclamation
Brave man, Dred Scott.
A sad reality.
Cycloramma painted in 1884 by French artist Paul Philippoteaux, restored 2003- 2006.
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