Gettysburg 2016: After Action Reports

Finally managed to read all the posts in this thread after returning from our US -trip in mid-October and wanted to say how much I enjoyed our reunion and meeting so many nice people! The tours were awesome and I have now a much better
understanding why Sickles and Ewell acted as they did!
I want to thank @FarawayFriend for posting my picture on Longstreet Tower, because this one and other pictures
posted by different people - sadly - are the only ones to remind me of our reunion, because me dear husband
inadvertently deleted all our Gettysburg pictures!:cry: We have been to Gettysburg before so we have plenty of
battlefield pictures but non of that great weekend in September 2016....
I will post more pictures of the weekend activities .... stay tuned!
 
Finally managed to read all the posts in this thread after returning from our US -trip in mid-October and wanted to say how much I enjoyed our reunion and meeting so many nice people! The tours were awesome and I have now a much better
understanding why Sickles and Ewell acted as they did!
I want to thank @FarawayFriend for posting my picture on Longstreet Tower, because this one and other pictures
posted by different people - sadly - are the only ones to remind me of our reunion, because me dear husband
inadvertently deleted all our Gettysburg pictures!:cry: We have been to Gettysburg before so we have plenty of
battlefield pictures but non of that great weekend in September 2016....
Oh how sad! I'll see if I have any others of you!
 
I will post more pictures of the weekend activities .... stay tuned!

I'll do these in small groups of mostly the people! Phil Musketts tour firstly.
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Thank you, @PeterT ! Seems Dirk is in a lot of them. He quite often makes a fun of posing in the background of other people's photos, but in this case he was genuinely interested.
@sarladaise you are very welcome and I think if you download these here you will have plenty of good photos.
It was a pleasure meeting you there and the two of you where the last ones we saw at Gettysburg, at Friendly's. I hope your further trip went well, we have thought of you quite often. I so hope we all might meet again!
 
An ode to a beloved statue: this one has been sitting in my files for a bit, as it seems a bit goofy to go soft over a statue, but here it is:


Civil War: 90th Pennsylvania Monument

Petrichor. I love the sound of the word and I love what it means: The smell of the air when it rains after a long period of hot dry weather. I always try to associate another happy memory with this fragrance, and today’s reminiscence was a particularly happy one.

I arrived in Gettysburg at the tail end of a particularly hot spell, so that the air still had a bit of the burn in it. Fortunately for me, with autumn fast arriving, the evening would cool down just enough for a light dew to form, lending to the night that “just rained” scent. My first excursion onto the battlefield was going to be under the cover of night, a slightly misty moonlit one, so that the silhouettes of the monuments would still be visible, be we would remain anonymous.

My initial encounter with “it” was rather startling: a large monolith that not only seemed out of place at first glance, but it did not seem of this world, altogether! Nothing prepared me for a monument shaped like a tree trunk, nor would I suppose that I would likely see one again. Since I am comfortable in the dark, I set out to “see” the monument as I have learned to do with limited vision: with my fingers. To my delight, it “felt” just like a tree, as the surface had been contoured to feel like bark. I discovered a sack, pouch and what felt to be a rifle, too. It was a solo experience, but intensely satisfying, nonetheless.

I was fortunate enough to visit what I learned to be the 90th Pennsylvania Infantry monument two more times in the daylight, and each time was just as delightful as the one before it. I am not a collector of chachkies, but in this case I would make an exception and proudly display a replica of this unique statue.

PS I already have an itinerary for June2017 that includes a reunion with this beloved statue:smile:
Are you planning another Gettysburg pilgrimage for June 2017?
 
Thanks again, @PeterT !!
We did not attend this one, something I do regret now. But as we had to check out that day and the tour lasted longer than check-out time, we would have had to pack our stuff, have breakfast, pack the car, check out and be at the meeting point all until 8:30 . We felt that this was too early for us. But if I look at the group now, I wished we had sacrificed two hours of sleep to be with you all and listen to @Eric Wittenberg once more...
 
Eric Wittenberg's Dan Sickles tour ......

Views from the Longstreet Tower

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Little Round Top and Big Round Top
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Eric explains why Sickles original position was not a good one
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@War Horse is deep in thought
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I'm sure everyone is listening to Eric! I think @LoriAnn it was who mentioned that we appear to not be listening to him
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Several of these look like those mannequin mob posts
 
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I should add that I usually look at photos from a slightly odd perspective. Unless the photo is a very concentrated visual on something specific (a friend just posted a gorgeous shot of snowflakes on a tree branch), I will tend to notice something in the background, or like in the case of Peter's photo, I will take the entire shot in a totally different way than it was intended.

That's why my daughter has me go through her 800+ photos after a day of shooting. She misses a lot because she concentrates on the original idea. I always find the dude accidentally posing in a lewd way in the background. :D I've saved her some aggravation!

So if I comment on anyone's photo in a comical way, it's not a critique on your shot. It's my brain being silly. (And believe me, I hold my tongue quite a bit on here!)
 
I should add that I usually look at photos from a slightly odd perspective. Unless the photo is a very concentrated visual on something specific (a friend just posted a gorgeous shot of snowflakes on a tree branch), I will tend to notice something in the background, or like in the case of Peter's photo, I will take the entire shot in a totally different way than it was intended.

That's why my daughter has me go through her 800+ photos after a day of shooting. She misses a lot because she concentrates on the original idea. I always find the dude accidentally posing in a lewd way in the background. :D I've saved her some aggravation!

So if I comment on anyone's photo in a comical way, it's not a critique on your shot. It's my brain being silly. (And believe me, I hold my tongue quite a bit on here!)
I know exactly what you mean, Lori Ann! Sometimes I burst out laughing about things that leave other looking at me like I just lost my marbles. Weird sense of humour, I guess. My tongue is often bitten to shred, or I embarrass myself thoroughly!
 
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