Remembrance Day: If You Want to Go

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Remembrance Day: If You Want to Go As I sat at the end of the bar, hydrating myself, a charming couple from Indiana introduced themselves and asked of my business. I shared, of course, that I was in Gettysburg for the weekend, to photograph sites and scenes of Remembrance Weekend, the annual celebration of Lincoln’s address in 1863 and the consecration of the national cemetery, the fi nal resting place for the 3,500 dead, casualties of the threeday battle. It’s perhaps the most poignant time of all to visit the battlefi eld, and if you hesitate to go for lack of fact and knowledge, don’t worry. Th ere’ll be some just like you who go every year!