Get Personal With A Customized Civil War Battlefield Tour
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Once long ago my family and I took an ‘educational’ vacation to Pennsylvania. While we there we visited the great battlefields of the Civil War. Now I’ll admit I wasn’t that interested at the time.. maybe it was just my age or the fact that the open fields where the North and the South battled didn’t seem that animated to me, like my grandfather the ‘history buff’ who chose the destination.
A number of private guides are working to make Civil War battlefields even more encompassing by giving facts other interesting information on their tours of these fields that so many men lost their lives on.
“We interpret the events of the battle as they unfolded, which the average guy can’t do standing there reading the park brochure by the wayside,” tour operator David A. Ward said.
Between these extremes are an assortment of tours tailored for virtually every taste. All-In-One Tours and Cruises of Lancaster, Pa., blends visits to Virginia battlefields with wine tastings, plantation house tours and Shakespeare plays. Company co-owner Cathy Strite said the leisurely Civil War packages appeal to history-loving “new seniors” — baby boomers who wouldn’t dream of taking a tour bus to Branson, Mo.
“They say, ‘I want education, I want to keep living, I want to keep learning, I want to keep my mind active,’” Strite said.
There are 155 Gettysburg guides licensed by the National Park Service and they are the only people allowed to give paid tours of the Gettysburg battlefield.
I think this is a great way to get people of all ages more interested in the great history that
transpired in Gettysburg so many years ago.. and might even be enough reason to head back there again myself now that I’m all grown up!
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