Today we went to visit the Gettysburg Battle Field. It was raining really hard so we didn't get out of the car at many of the sites. The Battle Field museum was very interesting. There was this 45 pound bag you could try to lift and that bag was what the soldiers had to carry around. I couldn't lift it with one hand, and I could barely lift it with two hands. There were a few short shows we watched and on long show we watched. After the show we got to look at this painting called a cyclorama with sound effects and lights to make it look like we were on the real battle field. In three days, 6,000 men died on the battle field. I found this one of the most exciting things I did in Pennsylvania. I will add a bit of family history.
The Herr family farm was located just a few miles from Gettysburg. When the soldiers came through, they took horses from the farm. One of my ancestors, a very young boy, was hidden in a hay stack so he would not be taken by the army.
- Madeleine
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