Day 4 by Zoe

​After about 1 hour of driving  to Gettysburg National Park, we pulled into the parking lot. The large open fields of tall grass and scattered stones defines the view. We stayed on the bus until our new tour guide joined us. He explained the importance of the battle and who had fought   bravely those three days in history. Because our guide knew we were from Maine, we got a special tour of Little Round Top. For those who do not know, Little Round Top is the small hill where Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain defended the Union lines heroically. I was very Interested in Maine's role in the Civil War and the Battle or Gettysburg. We also visited the "high water mark of the Confederate forces". This monument marks the closest point that Pickett's Charge was to the Union lines. I am very glad that we went to this park because I learned lots of information about the civil war, how to load a cannon and the role Maine had in the battle.