[The_Victor]

Cracks me up reading comments about Gettysburg on this thread. Anyone thats been there a decade ago, and again last year as my wife and I were, can’t help but laugh.

Lets see...between the Holiday Inn and the Harley Davidson dealership...the huge mall, the four dozen franchise eateries....(chuckle) M

You should see the Alamo in downtown San Antonio. ~1/4 (maybe an acre of land) of the original fort is preserved as a park along with the chapel. Santa Anna leveled the rest of the fort (I think). The rest of the battlefield is under city streets, buildings, and parking lots. But I defy you to find a more solemn shrine to sacrifice anywhere. The amount of land we set aside to preserve the memory has nothing to do with preserving the memory.

[Badeye]

I’ve seen the Alamo, and know what your saying. I was stunned the first time I visited.