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Monday, April 20, 2015

Our Day in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania







Shops along Steinwehr
Avenue

Eric pointed out the
Astrology Psychic
Readings sign.







 on Chambersburg Street opened its
doors to wounded soldiers during







Lincoln Square sits along the perimeter of a roundabout.




The 1st Pennsylvania Reserves
Company K Monument is
nestled between two
air conditioners.

Local men from Adams County
were members of this Company.










The Lincoln Building  on
Baltimore Street has a
 "contemporary design."





A statue of Abraham Lincoln
greets visitors to the
Adams County Library on
Baltimore Street.







 was consecrated in 1836.








Eric & I admire the clock
tower on the Adams
County Courthouse.








stylish chapeaux.






The front door of the
David Wills House.

President Abraham Lincoln
stayed here on November
18, 1863, the night before
the dedication of the
Soldiers' National Cemetery.





Carlisle Street







President Lincoln & others arrived here for the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery on November 19, 1863.





Samuel Gettys owned & operated
this tavern near the crossing of the
Shippensburg-Baltimore &
Philadelphia-Pittsburgh Roads.












Lunch at Li's Buffet on
York Street












The corner stone house &
wall draw my eye to the
Victorian, next door












Eric shops for craft beers
at Gettysburg Beer-Mart.













Company's selection of 






Eric and I had a great day in Gettysburg, PA.

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