This will be a long entry describing our tour of Gettysburg. Ready? We visted the Gettysburg National Military Park . We arrived Saturday night (after checking out Trenton and Valley Forge, q.v.), spent all day Sunday traipsing around, then left early on Monday. I had spent the previous week downloading

Next on our weekend trip, we made a quick visit to Valley Forge. Frankly, the scenery is pleasant, but there's not much to see. Though the legend of this area is greater than the reality, it is still compelling to contemplate spending a miserable and dangerous winter here, while waiting

Over the President's Day weekend, the New York crew visited the Trenton area, in a small way retracing the Revolutionary Army's path from Pennsylvania, across the Delaware River, and on down to Trenton, where the first significant victory in the war was won. It so happened that we drove on