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Thursday, September 25 |
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3:30 p.m. |
Arrive and check-in at Days Inn Gettysburg |
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4:30 p.m. |
CCWRT wreath laying ceremony at 8th Ohio Monument on Steinwehr
Avenue |
5:00 p.m.
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Dinner at General Pickett's Buffet, fifty yards from the 8th
Ohio monument |
6:00 p.m.
to 7:30 p.m. |
Guided tour of the National Cemetery, Cemetery Hill, and
East Cemetery Hill |
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Friday, September 26 |
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7:00 a.m. |
Breakfast |
8:00 a.m.
to 10:00 a.m. |
Guided tour of the July 1st battlefields (McPherson's Ridge,
Oak Hill, to Barlow's Knoll) |
10:15 a.m.
to 12:15 p.m. |
Guided tour of Culp's Hill, studying both the July 2nd and
July 3rd fighting, as well as informative views of the area
from
the top of the Culp's Hill observation tower |
12:30 p.m.
to 1:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
1:45 p.m.
to 5:15 p.m. |
Guided tour of Longstreet's line and the observation tower
on Warfield Ridge, Little Round Top, and lower Cemetery Ridge
up to the Pennsylvania Monument, emphasizing the July 2nd fighting |
6:30 p.m.
to 7:30 p.m. |
Dinner at the classic Lincoln Diner, across the street from
the train depot where Lincoln arrived |
8:00 p.m.
to 9:30 p.m. |
Mark Nesbitt Ghost Tour (Nesbitt has now written the sixth
volume of his 'Ghosts of Gettysburg' series)
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Saturday, September 27 |
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7:00 a.m. |
Breakfast |
8:00 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m. |
Guided tour of Devil's Den, Wheatfield, Stony Hill,
Peach Orchard, Trostle Farm, and Humphrey's Emmittsburg
Road battle line, studying July 2nd fighting |
11:45 a.m.
to 12:45 p.m. |
Lunch |
1:00 p.m.
to 4:00 p.m. |
Guided tour of Pickett/Pettigrew Charge, including a walk
across the fields from the Virginia Monument to the Angle, and
upper Cemetery Ridge area involved in the July 3rd fighting |
4:30 p.m.
to 5:30 p.m. |
Guided tour of Benner's Hill and East Cavalry Fields |
6:00 p.m.
to 7:00 p.m. |
Dinner |
7:00 p.m.
to 8:00 p.m. |
Shopping on Steinwehr Avenue |
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9:00 to ? |
CCWRT self-directed Gettysburg seminar at hotel
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Sunday, September 28 |
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7:00 a.m. |
Breakfast |
8:00 a.m.
to 11:00 a.m. |
Gettysburg Visitor Center, including the new 22-minute movie
'A New Birth of Freedom', viewing the newly restored Cyclorama
painting (the movie and painting cost $12 to view, but I have
50% coupons for everyone), touring the numerous artifact
exhibits, and quality time in the bookstore. |
11:00 a.m.
to 12:00 p.m. |
Lunch at the Visitor Center |
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12:00 p.m. |
Depart for home |
