Harper's Ferry and Gettysburg - Andi

Trying on clothes at
Harper's Ferry

April 1 2017

Yesterday we went to Harpers Ferry. Harpers Ferry was a little town. There were a lot of museums. We went to the ranger station and tried stuff on from the olden days. Then we went to our new campsite in Pennsylvania. We had dinner and ice cream with a movie. We didn’t finish the movie.

April 2 2017

Yesterday we went to Gettysburg. We saw a video about Abraham Lincoln called “A Birth of Freedom”. Then we saw a cyclorama of the people who fought there. A cyclorama is a painting that is a circle around the room. Then we went a little ways in the museum. After that we went on our auto tour. We found a lot of Wisconsin memorials. We saw a lot of other state memorials like Minnesota or Texas or Michigan. We got the junior ranger books that we worked on. Then we went shopping. After that we went home and had dinner. We also finished our movie.

Re-enactment at Gettysburg

April 3, 2017

Yesterday we went to Gettysburg. We went to Pitzer Woods and watched a program about “How the people in the war held their guns.” Then we went over to the welcome center. We saw “The New Birth of Freedom” again. We also saw the cyclorama again. Then we had lunch. After that we went to the museum. We finished our junior ranger program and then we turned it in and got our patches. Then we went home and had dinner. Then we played Life of George. Then we read Harry Potter.

April 4, 2017

Pennsylvania monument that looks like R2-D2

Yesterday I went to Gettysburg. We saw the Eisenhower house. Then we started our auto tour but I wasn’t feeling good. We saw a little more of the museum and then we went home and I finished math while Nick and Dad got the campfire started.

April 5, 2017

Yesterday we went to Gettysburg again. We did more of the auto tour. We went up a big lookout tour. Then we went to see Little Round Top and Big Round Top. Then we went to Devil’s Den. Devil’s Den is where a General called Sickles moved out of the fishhook that the Union formed and then reformed it just in time that the Confederates attacked. Then we saw the R2-D2 monument. It was actually a Pennsylvania monument. We went to the top of R2-D2. Then we went to Culp’s Hill. After that we went to the cemetery. Then we went home and had dinner and a campfire.

April 6, 2017

Yesterday we went to the Wills House. That’s where Abraham Lincoln wrote and delivered the Gettysburg Address. That’s his “Four score and seven years ago”. We saw the bedroom he slept in. then we went to Gettysburg visitor center and saw the “New Birth of Freedom” again and the cyclorama. Then we went home and had dinner and used the telescope that our Nana got us. Then Mom and I played Life of George. Then we read Harry Potter.