Reflections

There are times when you travel around the battlefields and you want to know the hows and the whys of what happened there. Sometimes you are so busy taking in the sights and listening to accounts, that you loose yourself in the din and just wish for some quiet reflection. I've found some times and places that show you that you need to get away from the emotional overload and just sit and reflect what your senses are engulfing you with. A few examples are below.

If you happen to be on the field just before the sun comes up , you might see this.

I'm not one much for fanfare, but that's what it took to light up the Pennsylvania Monument, which is quite a rare sight (there are no lights on any of the monuments at Gettysburg).

You can come and stay awhile, look out over the fields, remember what happened here and take the memory with you when you leave, preserve it for future generations.