There is an 1812 battlefield near me and in the history books it says the guns had a clear view of troop movements. An army could climb the same heights today and you would never even know they were there until they broke cover. Stand where the guns were and it's dense forest, can't see anything. Glad they are trying to restore the Gettysburg battlefield to the way it was historically.
I was there as a kid in 1997 and I remember the Devil's Den public restroom. Someone from my boy scout troop dared me to walk over there in the dark with no flashlight. Years later, I returned to Devil's Den as an adult and I was confused that the restroom was gone. There was no trace it was ever there. Now I see from the map in this video that it was removed in 2010. Looking forward to my next trip to Gettysburg. Very important that we preserve the park for future generations.
My favorite field trip in grade school. I’ve been back several times since including once to document a 10 mile hike on the battlefield. Check it out if you are interested.
I've watched a lot of videos that keep saying the same thing. In the woods you can't see as far as the days of the battle due to the lack of grazing farm animals. Cutting trees is a temporary fix. Livestock, of some type, should be reintroduced to gaze the woodlots and open fields. Hire a few farmers.
love what your doing,,,,,I wish we could move all the monuments to one field and put all the landscape back as it was in 1863....Thank you for what your doing
Many, if not most of the original monuments were placed there by the units that fought there. They did it to commemorate their participation in the battle. It was there blood and their comrades blood that was spilled there. In my view they had every right to want to place a monument on the battlefield.
WONDERFUL -- BUT I have mixed emotions regarding the statues and monuments. A well-meaning policy of freezing adding new monuments has been in place for decades now. A hurry-up effort resulted in a sad little statue of Longstreet being erected at Gettysburg "just in time" to beat the deadline. Today many statues of Confederate "heroes(?)" are being pulled down off of public grounds -- and well they should be. HOWEVER -- what is to become of them? A wonderful example is a statue of "The Last Meeting" which vanished as is????? Where???? PERHAPS it should be dusted off and placed on the spot where "the last meeting" between Lee and Jackson occurred. Now there is a sad little plaque on the Chancellorsville NBP and placing that statue there would enhance (I humbly believe) visitor's experience.
Outstanding work by these great people !! Unsung heroes of preservation at Gettysburg !!!
Thanks to everyone involved for everything you do
There is an 1812 battlefield near me and in the history books it says the guns had a clear view of troop movements. An army could climb the same heights today and you would never even know they were there until they broke cover. Stand where the guns were and it's dense forest, can't see anything. Glad they are trying to restore the Gettysburg battlefield to the way it was historically.
Great job capturing years of hard work and determination.
I was there as a kid in 1997 and I remember the Devil's Den public restroom. Someone from my boy scout troop dared me to walk over there in the dark with no flashlight.
Years later, I returned to Devil's Den as an adult and I was confused that the restroom was gone. There was no trace it was ever there. Now I see from the map in this video that it was removed in 2010. Looking forward to my next trip to Gettysburg. Very important that we preserve the park for future generations.
My favorite field trip in grade school. I’ve been back several times since including once to document a 10 mile hike on the battlefield. Check it out if you are interested.
I've watched a lot of videos that keep saying the same thing. In the woods you can't see as far as the days of the battle due to the lack of grazing farm animals. Cutting trees is a temporary fix. Livestock, of some type, should be reintroduced to gaze the woodlots and open fields. Hire a few farmers.
love what your doing,,,,,I wish we could move all the monuments to one field and put all the landscape back as it was in 1863....Thank you for what your doing
Many, if not most of the original monuments were placed there by the units that fought there. They did it to commemorate their participation in the battle. It was there blood and their comrades blood that was spilled there. In my view they had every right to want to place a monument on the battlefield.
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WONDERFUL -- BUT I have mixed emotions regarding the statues and monuments. A well-meaning policy of freezing adding new monuments has been in place for decades now. A hurry-up effort resulted in a sad little statue of Longstreet being erected at Gettysburg "just in time" to beat the deadline.
Today many statues of Confederate "heroes(?)" are being pulled down off of public grounds -- and well they should be. HOWEVER -- what is to become of them? A wonderful example is a statue of "The Last Meeting" which vanished as is????? Where???? PERHAPS it should be dusted off and placed on the spot where "the last meeting" between Lee and Jackson occurred. Now there is a sad little plaque on the Chancellorsville NBP and placing that statue there would enhance (I humbly believe) visitor's experience.
Pulled off public grounds "as they should be"??? Go to hell, Karl Marx!!!!!!!