GDG- Gettysburg draws 2.9 million visitors each year

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I thought the same thing Sherrie.  First, it was sexist - second, I went to Gettysburg several times last year and hit the VC almost every time and no one ever asked me why I was there.  Maybe they only asked the men on the field and only the women at Boyd's Bears?

I can cite several times when I have been with a male on a battlefield tour (at various locations) and I would ask a question, but the answer was addressed to the male.  The assumption is that I was dragged to the field as oppose to reality where it was the other way around.

Paula

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> Hmmm....no one ever asked ME to fill out a survey, & I was there twice last 
> year. And I'm interested to know how the Park Service comes up with their 
> estimate, considering that you don't HAVE to go to the Visitors' Center to get 
> to the field - and there's no way to count the people who DO go to the 
> Visitors' Center, anyway. I'm guessing THEIR number ought to be a lot higher. 
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> (And I resent a bit the article's implication that the reason women go to 
> Gettysburg is Boyd's Bear Country or the outlet mall - how sexist is that!!!) 
> 
> Sherrie 
> (cranky today, but happy Easter, everyone!) 
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