It is time to catch you up with our trip. We went to Annapolis a week ago. We decided to take a walking tour so we could walk the streets where our fore fathers walked. Our guide was dressed in colonial attire which reminded us of early American History. Annapolis was the city where George Washington resigned his military command. It is also the home of the Naval Academy. We were lucky to see the 1200 recruits march in formation to the Naval Band. We visit John Paul Jones crypt. We ended our day with a wonderful meal of Maryland Crab. It was delicious.We then headed to Gettysburg. We took a bus tour as there was so much to see and the battles in Gettysburg were spread out all around the city. We stood on the grounds of 
the different battles of the Gettysburg that occurred in a 3 day span in July 1863. It was amazing the number of men that were wounded and killed in those battles along with horses. There was so much death and destruction than that occurred there. Once the solders left, the town was left with the remnants of the battles. They had to bury the dead, take care of the wounded and destroy the dead animals which was a enormous task for a small town of 2,000 people. There is a new National Military Park Museum which was great. We spent hours in the museum with large displays of artifacts from the battles. There was a wonderful film that described the battles in detail. After the film we went into the cyclorama which is a light and sound show of a spectacular 377 foot painting. It was incredible. Gettysburg is also the location where Lincoln stood in front town circle giving the famous Gettysburg Address. So much history.
the different battles of the Gettysburg that occurred in a 3 day span in July 1863. It was amazing the number of men that were wounded and killed in those battles along with horses. There was so much death and destruction than that occurred there. Once the solders left, the town was left with the remnants of the battles. They had to bury the dead, take care of the wounded and destroy the dead animals which was a enormous task for a small town of 2,000 people. There is a new National Military Park Museum which was great. We spent hours in the museum with large displays of artifacts from the battles. There was a wonderful film that described the battles in detail. After the film we went into the cyclorama which is a light and sound show of a spectacular 377 foot painting. It was incredible. Gettysburg is also the location where Lincoln stood in front town circle giving the famous Gettysburg Address. So much history.We are now visiting family and will write more on that later.
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