GDG- Bliss Farm Site

[Batrinque at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/4/2008 6:11:43 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
pennmardel at mchsi.com writes:

Yes, and  when those trees mature and become more visible from Cemetery
Ridge, that  may help focus peoples attention on that area.  Still, some sort
of a  building there would be better.
 
For those who are concerned that a paved/crushed stone/gravel path to the  
site would violate the sacred battlefieldness of the site, I might mention that  
back in 1863 a farm lane led to the Bliss Farm from the Emmitsburg Road.  A  
path along that old lane site would be in keeping with the historical nature 
of  the battlefield, as well as marking out the route of advance of the 14th CT 
when  they charged and captured the Bliss Farm on the morning of July 3rd.
 
At the Little Bighorn Battlefield, for many years there was a dirt path  that 
led through the grass past the marble markers along the so-called "South  
Skirmish Line" and thence to the brink of "Deep Ravine", but from the mid-1980s  
until a few years ago, the path was blocked and closed down in order to 
preserve  the battlefield in a relatively untouched manner.  The problem was,  
however, that no-one could thereafter go out to the South Skirmish Line markers  or 
Deep Ravine and get a real on-the-spot sense of the battlefield in those  
crucial locations.  A few years ago, the NPS decided to re-open the  path, once 
again allowing visitors to stand where the soldiers and warriors  fought and 
died.

Bruce  Trinque
Amston, CT




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