[FourPeas]

One or two empty and quiet days at a battlefield is worth more than a semester in a college class

So true. History texts do a great disservice to the amazing events that shaped our country's history. Seeing the battlefields where brave men charged and died to defend their way of life brings real perspective.

[rabscuttle385]

History texts do a great disservice to the amazing events that shaped our country's history.

I don't think I would go so far as to say that, but I would say that reading about a battle (or other historical event) is nothing compared to actually visiting the site.

Seeing the battlefields where brave men charged and died to defend their way of life brings real perspective.

I still remember the Hornet's Nest at Shiloh, the woods at Chattanooga, Burnside's Bridge at Antietam, the ridges at Little Bighorn, and a whole host of other places.