Our Scout Troop has taken 2 trips to Gettysburgh in the last few years and the boys are asking to go again. The history of this battle is so important and far too little history is being taught these days in the schools.
In the visitors center they have a small booklet that only costs $1.00. In it you will find 6 hiking trails throughout Gettysburgh, it is an information scavenger hunt and it is really interesting to complete, to hike it all you should give yourself about 3 days. You will see the battlefields from the prespectives of both armies, tour the cemetary, charge up Little Round Top, cross Pickett's Charge, visit Eisenhour's farm, understand how surgery was done during a battle, learn about the only civilian killed during the 3 days of fighting and finally come away from the experience that America stand for something, that war is horrible, and sadly sometimes necessary. Most of all you will have a sense of awe over the commitment and passion which was possessed by our ancestors.
On completing the booklet the Scouts can receive the Gettysburgh Medal or a multipart patch to be displayed on their uniform. This award is one of the most highly prized by the scouts in our troop.