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Becca gazing at Gettysburg battlefield where thousands died...
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Bec, Joe & Mary at memorial...
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Giant observation towers made viewing the battlefield easier...
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On top of observation tower...
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It's a small world -- 700 miles from home, we run into our nephew, Paul!
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A giant, 100 year-old mural depicts the battle...
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The North Carolina memorial -- one of hundreds throughout the battlefield
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The Gettysburg Peace flame...
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Tombstones in the cemetary where thousands are buried...
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The wheatfield, site of savage battles...
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At the site of Lincoln's Gettysburg address
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Joe takes in the battlefield...
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Nothing teaches history like seeing it for yourself...
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Bec & Joe at battlefield
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Mary & Jay
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Mary & kids in downtown Gettysburg, at hotel where Lincoln stayed...
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Bad weather kept us grounded in Frederick for a few hours...
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We weren't about to tempt those storms...
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Finally the weather cleared, and Jay could taxi out to depart...
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There's Dulles, ahead in the murk...
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Closer now...
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Wow -- that 11,500 foot runway is GIGANTIC!
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Taxiing at Dulles is more like a cross-country flight...
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Atlas parked at Piedmont-Hawthorne, a tiny canary in a sea of eagles!
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Dulles' main terminal from our shuttle bus...
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