Summertime... a time for many things. Not least of all for me, to reflect on history and historic sites. Of course its hard to think about history when staying in Virginia, and not think about the Civil War. So a little light reading this morning includes articles about Gettysburg. I've probably read most of it before... forgotten... and now renewed. It's hard to imagine 158,000 men involved in this one battle... 15,000 confederates charging across nearly a mile of open field while under constant cannon & rifle fire. And the combined 51,000 casualties that resulted from the three days of fighting. And if you didn't know it, the origins of Memorial Day date back to the Civil War to honor the war dead... Originally called Decoration Day.
