The Washington herald., 1910-05-22
TOUR TO THE FIELD
OF GETTYSBURG G
Why Historic Battle Ground
Should Be Visited.
By c. II. CLAUDY.


The world will little note nor remem-
Der long what we say here. but it can
never forget what they did here"
SO said President Lincoln in dedicating
the burying ground on the battlefelds OF
/ Gettysburg on November 70. 1853 That
no one may forget what they did here. %
] Congress and a thousand organizations
! have made Of the battlefield OF Gettys-
burg a beautiful park, to be forever a
reservation in memory Of those who died
in turning the tide OF the Confederacy
/ backward from its high-water mark.
What tour could be more appropriate
for the day we set aside Il honor the
nations dead than one 10 Gettysburg?
And what tour. within a three-day com
pass Of Washington. is more interesting
has better roads, or gives to its makers
more reward in pleasure and in educa-
ton?
Field Of Historic Interest.
The second day Of the trip should be
devoted, with a guide. Of whom plenty
can be hired at from So to s. dav at
the hotels, TO seeing the battlefield. Forty
miles Of superb roads, 500 magnificent
monuments and several lofty towers of
steel. from the top of which the whole
battlefield IS visible. attract the visitor.
Get your guide 10 show you the field
In the order Of the three DAYS fighting
Make the trip TO the top Of Little Round
Top. If only 10 see at close quarters the
Warren statue. the most impressive war
monument in the world Gen. Warren
seized Little Round Top and held It, with
out orders, saving the day for the Union
His heroic bronze statue has no other
pedestal than the rock on which he stood.
overlooking the field; no other guards
than Hazlitt's battery behind him, where
men died faster than they could step to
the guns TO serve them. Climb. in spite
OF It's steepness. the slope Of Big Round
Top. and the tower which surmounts II
and look for miles in all directions over
the ground upon which your fathers and
the fathers of your Southern friends
fought for what they believed right
Go down into the DEVILS Den and see
the little wall, reverentaly preserved to
this day. which a sharpshOOter built 10
hide himself. and hear how he. with
sixty-eight others, was found dead after
the first day the builder OF the wall.
which was his monument, killed without
wound, by concussion.
Scene of Pickett's Charge.
Visit the High Water Mark, the little
cOpse Of trees which was the objective
point Of Pickett's immortal. heroic. un-
happy, and fatal charge, and take off
your hat in front of the roll of honor
the bronze book which holds side nv
side forever the names Of the command
which charged and those which received
It. and beat it back. Lie for a moment
behind the low stone wall at BLOODY
Angle and see, If you can. the long. un- |
wavering thin gray line" coming stead !
lily at you. Everywhere are men drop- |
ping, as the terrific Union fire withers |
the front Of the line, but the line comes
on; it came, aye. even to the wall. AMI |
climbed the wall and choked the guns and
fought until it was cut 10 pieces-and /
Gettysburg and the high tide of the Con-
federacy were Of the past
Look and listen. and ponder well. No 1
Better day than this, our moIrning dav
for our dead, TO see where these dead
lay down their lives; no better place
than this, the field of one of the great
est battles of the world
Then turn the automobile. which only
makes it possible 10 see the field in
one day, homeward. retrace your steps
and finish the three days where you
started, the better for an outing. for the
reading Of page of history which is
more surely preserved in memory than
even books or craven monuments can
preserve it, and for having spent Deco
ration Day. not only in a pleasant out
ing but honoring those of whom the
greatest American truly said-''the world
can never forget what they did here"