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THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday lanes two Gettysburg is celebrated July Travel Outlook Vince Each year while most of us are celebrating Canada Day pilgrims by the thousands converge from all over on a Pennsylvania town with an immortal name Gettysburg There on the stifling hot first day of July in regiments of the Union and Confederate armies launched a decisive battle that pro ved to be the fiercest of the S Civil War On the hills and fields to the south of the prosperous crossroads town named after Gen James Get the two sides suffered casualties of men and un counted beasts of burden The battle ended when the Nor them Union troops with deadly fire from high ground repulsed a final all out assault by Gen Robert E Lee s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia It was the last major offensive of the Southern side and its failure foretold the outcome of the Civil War The following Nov 19 President Abraham Lincoln dedicated Soldiers National Cemetery on the battlefield in the extreme south of Pennsylvania a few kilometres from Maryland northern border and made his most famous ad dress HALLOWED GROUND Ever since then the 21 acre cemetery and 3 500 acre Get tysburg National Military Park the battlefield have been hallow ed ground not just to Americans but to students of military history and Civil War buffs in particular from all parts of the world At this year s anniversary of the battle a living history camp is being held at Gettysburg in which volunteer groups in Civic War uniforms and carrying weapons of that will re enact aspects of the battle on the weekends of June 30 and July l and July 7 and Every effort is being made to assure historical accuracy right down to the stitching on the uniforms said Philip Jr director of the Gettysburg Travel Council Carlisle St Gettysburg Pa 17325 Other related activities taking place from June 30 to July in elude band concerts lectures by historians a collectors show and a book show for Civil War buffs ind af reman s festival ALLSEASON The history rich area is well worth a visit at any season Star ting point for battlefield tours is the National Park Visitor Centre open daily except Christmas New Years and US Thanksgiving At the Gettysburg National Cemetery where Civil War dead are buried interpretive walks take place throughout the summer months Self guiding cassette tapes for use in cars are available at the National Civil War Wax Museum some km of park roads lead to the various monuments memorials and land marks An unrelated point of interest near Gettysburg is the Eisenhower Farm where the late president Dwight Eisenhower and his wife lived out their retirement years Their home is furnished as it was during their occupancy Access is by bus tour only originating at the Visitors Centre in Gettysburg Another of special interest to family groups is the Gettysburg Land of Little Horses a few kilometres west of the town Visitors see full grown miniature thoroughbreds Appaloosas and draft horses some weighing as lit tie 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