A New Post About an Old Trip : Gettysburg Pennsylvania
Seeing Gettysburg in a New Light I have loved the history and ghost stories surrounding Gettysburg Pennsylvania since I was twelve years old. I revisited this August and was able to switch my focus from the battlefield to the town and the National Cemetery. Visiting the town allowed me to better understand not only what the town was like then but what is like now. A good friend and I stayed overnight in order to see as much as we possibly could and yet there was still a great deal we did not see. The town is rich in history and local charm, so rich in fact that it can be overwhelming. T-Shirt shops, restaurants, museums, ghost tours, hotels, all crowd the streets beckoning visitors inside to explore. Even when we were in the planning stages, we were surprised how much Gettysburg had to offer. We both made lists of things we’d like to see and do but centered our focus on where we would stay the night since we wanted to book the room a