GDG- First visit

[Alan D. Brunelle]

The Mills wrote:
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
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> Leif 
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> Yes, the best way to see Gettysburg is by bicycle.  I take mine all the time and it helps slow you down and you can really focus on things you can't while driving.  
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> Of course, even better is to walk the battlefield if you have the time.  
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> Lexington is a great town, a Confederate shrine probably second only to Richmond (maybe even first as you have the graves of the reverend R.E Lee and Stonewall in the same town), not to mention VMI and the graves of Traveller and Little Sorrel (well, at least the carcas).  But simply a beautiful town as well.  
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> Glad you enjoyed America. 
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> Thanks
> Andy
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Completely off topic - but I found this interesting anyways: I found out 
just this noon time that Lexington was named for Lexington, MA when 
after about a month had passed after the Battle of Lexington/Concord the 
news was reached by some hunters in that area, and named their campsite 
Lexington - and that is where Lexington's name comes from. (It was 
fascinating seeing how quickly the news passed throughout the colonies.)

Alan
PS. From: "Paul Revere's Ride" by David Hackett Fischer (Oxford Press, 1994)