Gettysburg in the Fall

[pamc153PA]

Today is nice and crisp, and has me thinking about what the leaves look like at Gettysburg. This is from last year at about this same time:

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Anyone else have autumn photos from the Gettysburg battlefield to share?​

 

[Rebforever]

Hope to be there on the 9th. of Nov. Any suggestions where to stay?
Leaves will just about be gone by then.

 

[alexjack]

Do you think it's a sad place and does the Fall make it seem even sadder?

 

[pamc153PA]

Do you think it's a sad place and does the Fall make it seem even sadder?

I don't know if I feel sad, exactly, on the battlefield. Reverent, maybe, especially at the places my gggg-uncle fought, like Barlow's Knoll, and where he was hospitalized after being wounded, at the Spangler farm. I think, having been fortunate enough to have gone there many, many times, I have begun to be aware of more than simply the battle, but the topography, the witness trees there, and the remnants of the beginnings of the park. That gives me a different sort of perspective. For all the death and dying that took place there over 150 years ago, it is very much a living park, for me, anyway. Fall itself signals a dying or ending time, but honestly, for me it doesn't feel any sadder than the other seasons, at least as far as the battlefield goes. I kind of like knowing that as we pass from the summer, I will have less other visitors to deal with when I am out there.

Do you think it's a sad place, then? I'd be interested to hear what you and others think.

 

[pamc153PA]

Hope to be there on the 9th. of Nov. Any suggestions where to stay?
Leaves will just about be gone by then.

Well, if you want to be close to the battlefield, there's the 1863 Inn on Cemetery Hill near the Jenny Wade house, or the Travelodge on Steinwehr Avenue. I always stay at either the Hampton or the Hilton Garden Inn out on route 30, which takes about 10 minutes to get into the battlefield. There is also a Super 8 and a Days Inn.

 

[alexjack]

I don't know if I feel sad, exactly, on the battlefield. Reverent, maybe, especially at the places my gggg-uncle fought, like Barlow's Knoll, and where he was hospitalized after being wounded, at the Spangler farm. I think, having been fortunate enough to have gone there many, many times, I have begun to be aware of more than simply the battle, but the topography, the witness trees there, and the remnants of the beginnings of the park. That gives me a different sort of perspective. For all the death and dying that took place there over 150 years ago, it is very much a living park, for me, anyway. Fall itself signals a dying or ending time, but honestly, for me it doesn't feel any sadder than the other seasons, at least as far as the battlefield goes. I kind of like knowing that as we pass from the summer, I will have less other visitors to deal with when I am out there.

Do you think it's a sad place, then? I'd be interested to hear what you and others think.

That's a great answer. I've been to many of the WWI battlefields in Belgium and France and on reflection, no, I didn't find them sad places even the cemeteries. I usually just felt proud of the people who fought and the dead who were buried there. I tend to think of your Civil War as a particularly poignant piece of history.

 

[Rebforever]

Well, if you want to be close to the battlefield, there's the 1863 Inn on Cemetery Hill near the Jenny Wade house, or the Travelodge on Steinwehr Avenue. I always stay at either the Hampton or the Hilton Garden Inn out on route 30, which takes about 10 minutes to get into the battlefield. There is also a Super 8 and a Days Inn.

OK. Thanks.

 

[Crazy Delawares]

I don't know if I feel sad, exactly, on the battlefield. Reverent, maybe, especially at the places my gggg-uncle fought, like Barlow's Knoll, and where he was hospitalized after being wounded, at the Spangler farm. I think, having been fortunate enough to have gone there many, many times, I have begun to be aware of more than simply the battle, but the topography, the witness trees there, and the remnants of the beginnings of the park. That gives me a different sort of perspective. For all the death and dying that took place there over 150 years ago, it is very much a living park, for me, anyway. Fall itself signals a dying or ending time, but honestly, for me it doesn't feel any sadder than the other seasons, at least as far as the battlefield goes. I kind of like knowing that as we pass from the summer, I will have less other visitors to deal with when I am out there.

Do you think it's a sad place, then? I'd be interested to hear what you and others think.

Pam, I'm more inclined to feel, like J Chamberlain, that G-burg is a place where humble souls performed extraordinary feats of valor. I think your term, reverent, is an excellent fit.

 

[JerseyBart]

Today is nice and crisp, and has me thinking about what the leaves look like at Gettysburg. This is from last year at about this same time:

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Anyone else have autumn photos from the Gettysburg battlefield to share?​

In a few weeks I will.

 

[JerseyBart]

Well, if you want to be close to the battlefield, there's the 1863 Inn on Cemetery Hill near the Jenny Wade house, or the Travelodge on Steinwehr Avenue. I always stay at either the Hampton or the Hilton Garden Inn out on route 30, which takes about 10 minutes to get into the battlefield. There is also a Super 8 and a Days Inn.

I second the 1863 Inn. Stayed there three times...great place. It was all booked this time around so we're going to try America's Best Value Inn this November.

 

[JerseyBart]

Do you think it's a sad place and does the Fall make it seem even sadder?

It's a quiet, reflective place, not sad. All the sadness and noise that needed to take place there did so in the summer and fall of 1863. Now it is a place of learning and understanding.

 

[Northern Light]

Hope to be there on the 9th. of Nov. Any suggestions where to stay?
Leaves will just about be gone by then.

We have stayed at the Travelodge several times and like it as it is so convenient. You can walk almost everywhere from there about 15 min to the town square, shopping and dining close by, and fairly close to the park. However, when we were there this year I was trying to make a telephone call out of our room and I just kept getting a busy signal. When I told the women at the front desk, she told me that they turn off the 'phones, unless you tell them you want to make a call! I was so gob-smacked by that, I didn't even know what to say to her! Weirdest thing I've heard in a while! As well the staff was not exactly very friendly, so we are rethinking if we'll stay there again.

 

[Rebforever]

gob-smacked?? to this?

 

[Northern Light]

gob-smacked?? to this?

Shocked, taken aback!

 

[ole]

Have heard that before, Northern Light. When I want to say gob-smacked, I usually just say "shocked." But gob-smacked is so much more colorful.

A few years ago, we stayed at Three Crowns. If you need a free breakfast, forget it. It just features clean rooms and low prices. It is, however, within short walking distance of just about everything you could possibly want short of a battlefield tour.

Gettysburg Eddy's just down the street, fast food just up the street, pizza across the street. Tourist shops within walking distance.

Very basic, but convenient. And the owner is affable and eager to please.

 

[reading48]

Have heard that before, Northern Light. When I want to say gob-smacked, I usually just say "shocked." But gob-smacked is so much more colorful.

A few years ago, we stayed at Three Crowns. If you need a free breakfast, forget it. It just features clean rooms and low prices. It is, however, within short walking distance of just about everything you could possibly want short of a battlefield tour.

Gettysburg Eddy's just down the street, fast food just up the street, pizza across the street. Tourist shops within walking distance.

Very basic, but convenient. And the owner is affable and eager to please.

We stay there several times a year. Only thing is if you are an Early riser and You need a coffee before 7:A.M.
McDonalds up the street a few blocks opens at 6:A.M.
As for remembrance wknd in Nov, you need to book at least a year in advance at any place of lodging..That wknd we stay at the 1863 house. You can view the parade from the balcony. the Hotel itself is 5 stories high, Birds eye view. we usually ask for the 2nd floor......
No matter where you stay, it is a fantastic wknd starting on Fri. Evening till Sunday....

 

[reading48]

Today is nice and crisp, and has me thinking about what the leaves look like at Gettysburg. This is from last year at about this same time:

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Anyone else have autumn photos from the Gettysburg battlefield to share?​

Neill Avenue, Also known as the Lost Lane.
Some Historians believe, in this area is where Pvt. John Wesley Culp C.SA. was killed....

 

[Mary763]

Hope to be there on the 9th. of Nov. Any suggestions where to stay?
Leaves will just about be gone by then.

I stay at America's Best Value Inn on Steinwehr Avenue and have always been happy there. We stay on the first floor with covered parking which is nice in case the weather isn't cooperating when you want to pack or unpack the car. It's also a short walk to the stores and a variety of eating places and a quick drive everywhere else.

 

[WesB]

I took this one yesterday. Love it up there in the fall!

 

[JerseyBart]

I stay at America's Best Value Inn on Steinwehr Avenue and have always been happy there. We stay on the first floor with covered parking which is nice in case the weather isn't cooperating when you want to pack or unpack the car. It's also a short walk to the stores and a variety of eating places and a quick drive everywhere else.

We're staying there from Nov. 5-8 and we cannot wait.
Do we drive in from Steinwehr or Baltimore Street?