[Siena Dreaming]

Palin's doing a good service by stirring up interest in American historical sites.

I'd like to visit Gettysburg as well. I've never been there.

[trisham]

I recommend it. Both times I’ve gone, I’ve felt like I was walking back in time. My appreciation for what our forefathers experienced was overwhelming.

[Two Kids' Dad]

Younger kid and mom went on a school trip to DC and the surrounding historical sites and said it was an amazing experience. My dad’s best friend was killed in Viet Nam and they did a rubbing of his name on the DC wall and made a shadow box of it to give him as a keepsake. So much history in such a small area, I think we should all put a trip like that on our bucket lists. Maybe plan it for 2013 to bring a sign to the white house that says “Welcome Palin family! We love you!”

[Stonewall Jackson]

A friend and I are going on a Civil War tour this fall. We'll stop at Gettysburg, Antietam, South Mountain, Monocacy, and Harper's Ferry.

If you ever get a chance, the battlefields at Perryville, Fort Donelson and Shiloh are wonderful. Too far off the beaten path for most tourists, these battlefields are still in quite pristine condition.

[conservaterian]

I'd like to visit Gettysburg as well. I've never been there. Funniest comment I ever heard there: A woman asked her husband how so many guys were killed when they could have hidden behind all the marble monuments.