Any one who lives in the Gettysburg area who hasn’t visited the park would greatly understand the magnitude of the sacrifice. 50,000 died in a day! Pictures of our young and old piled up to be buried in a shallow grave temporarily until placed in a row at the cemetery in an “unknown”, marked grave. 1000’s unknown. 75,000 Americans standing against 50,000 Americans. Lincoln did his famous speech on that hill. “Four score”. What most don’t know is on that day in July the south under General Lee was winning. Battle after battle his troops push further and further north. Women and children displaced. Battlefield hospitals where nearly all died either from injuries or infections. Men lying outside on the ground by the thousands suffering. Thousands of children tagging along behind looking for scraps of food. All of YOUR PROPERTY now belongs to an enemy army made up of your own countrymen. We would have that AND foreign invaders!!
Any one who lives in the Gettysburg area who hasn’t visited the park would greatly understand the magnitude of the sacrifice. 50,000 died in a day! Pictures of our young and old piled up to be buried in a shallow grave temporarily until placed in a row at the cemetery in an “unknown”, marked grave. 1000’s unknown. 75,000 Americans standing against 50,000 Americans. Lincoln did his famous speech on that hill. “Four score”. What most don’t know is on that day in July the south under General Lee was winning. Battle after battle his troops push further and further north. Women and children displaced. Battlefield hospitals where nearly all died either from injuries or infections. Men lying outside on the ground by the thousands suffering. Thousands of children tagging along behind looking for scraps of food. All of YOUR PROPERTY now belongs to an enemy army made up of your own countrymen. We would have that AND foreign invaders!!