We visited Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania, including a third-party museum and visitor center.
An interactive map:
![Gettysburg National Military Park Gettysburg National Military Park](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3021.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
Visitor center:
![Visitor center Visitor center](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3023.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Visitor center Visitor center](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3024.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Visitor center Visitor center](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3026.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
Gift store:
![Visitor center Visitor center](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3027.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
“Now we are engaged in a great civil war”:
![Exhibits Exhibits](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3032.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
Exhibits:
![Exhibits Exhibits](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3028.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Exhibits Exhibits](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3029.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Exhibits Exhibits](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3033.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1365&ssl=1)
![Exhibits Exhibits](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3034.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1365&ssl=1)
Theater:
![Theater Theater](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3035.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
The Gettysburg Cyclorama, a 360° painting by the French artist Paul Philippoteaux depicting Pickett’s Charge, the climactic Confederate attack on the Union forces during the Battle of Gettysburg on July 3, 1863. It was painted in 1883, and measures 42 feet by 377 feet. The viewing of it started with a dramatization of the battle with light effects:
![Cyclorama Cyclorama](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3042.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Cyclorama Cyclorama](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3043.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Cyclorama Cyclorama](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3049.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Cyclorama Cyclorama](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_1043.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1365&ssl=1)
![Cyclorama Cyclorama](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3058.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Cyclorama Cyclorama](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_1044.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
After the light show, it was shown without light effects. The foreground in front of the painting is a natural-looking landscape, blending into the painting:
![Cyclorama Cyclorama](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3059.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1365&ssl=1)
![Cyclorama Cyclorama](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3060.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1365&ssl=1)
![Cyclorama Cyclorama](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3061.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1365&ssl=1)
![Cyclorama Cyclorama](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3062.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1365&ssl=1)
![Cyclorama Cyclorama](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3063.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1365&ssl=1)
![Cyclorama Cyclorama](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_1045.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1365&ssl=1)
An easter egg: a wounded President Lincoln is in this part, representing a wounded nation:
![Cyclorama Cyclorama](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3066.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1365&ssl=1)
![Cyclorama Cyclorama](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3068.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1365&ssl=1)
![Cyclorama Cyclorama](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3069.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1365&ssl=1)
![Cyclorama Cyclorama](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3071.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1365&ssl=1)
Impressive stuff.
![Cyclorama Cyclorama](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3076.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Cyclorama Cyclorama](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3078.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Exhibits Exhibits](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3079.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1365&ssl=1)
![Exhibits Exhibits](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3082.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Exhibits Exhibits](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3084.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1365&ssl=1)
![Exhibits Exhibits](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3085.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1365&ssl=1)
![Exhibits Exhibits](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3087.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1365&ssl=1)
![Exhibits Exhibits](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3088.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1365&ssl=1)
![Exhibits Exhibits](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3090.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Exhibits Exhibits](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3091.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1365&ssl=1)
![Exhibits Exhibits](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3092.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1365&ssl=1)
![Exhibits Exhibits](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3093.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1365&ssl=1)
![Exhibits Exhibits](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3096.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Exhibits Exhibits](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3100.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
![Exhibits Exhibits](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3101.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1365&ssl=1)
![Exhibits Exhibits](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3104.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1365&ssl=1)
The Gettysburg address:
![Exhibits Exhibits](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3105.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1365&ssl=1)
![Exhibits Exhibits](https://i0.wp.com/sinclairtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3106.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1365&ssl=1)
Tomorrow, the battlefield and cemetery.