Monday, August 30, 2010

Gettysburg Visitors Center

We started the day at the Visitors Center.   There we watched a movie, the Cyclorama Theatre and then visited the museum.

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A peak at the Visitors Center as we drive.

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It is a beautiful day out....

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Manuel is inside the museum and takes a picture of us sitting outside on a bench.  Autumn is in the air here.

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We sit by Abraham Lincoln who is right outside the center.

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The Lambes pose with Lincoln.                      Manuel imitates Lincoln.....

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  Here is a little about the Cyclorama.   I had never seen a movie in one of these.   This was a circular theatre.  So neat.

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Pictures while the movie was playing...

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Then on to the museum within the complex.....a look at what the pay used to be back then.

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Then on to lunch at the complex....

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I had relish with my hotdog.....went to pour the relish and it all came out of the bottle....

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The molds of statues as they were being made...

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The area is beginning to look so beautiful.

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Abraham Lincoln and The Gettysburg Address...We remember having to memorize this in high school.

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Back outside and heading out to the driving tour of the Gettysburg Battlefield.

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This was a wonderful historical tour at the Visitors Center.   More to come.

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