Now our story in the District of Columbia will turn to a war that happened 150 years ago...

First Before I explain the car ride to Gettysburg I will point out that in the last post Frank mentioned the story of Lee's Mansion. Of those that do not know the story here it is: Lee married a woman that happened to be a direct descendant of Washington. She inherited a house that is described in the post below. Lee lived there until Virginia seceded from the states. Than he left it and moved farther into the south. After the war he went back to the old house. An angry mother that had her son killed by one of Lee's solders buried her son in the Lee's property to irritate the Lees. Than another mother followed suite. than another. soon that place became the Arlington Cemetery with tons of graves.





Now back to the car ride. We stopped at Antietam, the major battle that let Lincoln sine the emancipation proclamation. It was also the place that we saw our first real civil war cannon. (I enjoyed this because I love artillery) me and Lukie also chased each other around the gift shop with wooden muskets and hats. We saw the bloody lane, a sunken road that was used as a pre-dug trench at Antietam. We saw Burnside's bridge. (A bridge that had a lot of death tied into it) And a battlefield full corn pach that was filled with construction workers that recked the moment. At the end of the day we drove into downtown Gettysburg which had stores with names like: Turning Point and Pickett's Buffet. I will tell the story of Gettysburg tomorrow. Goodbye everyone!