We had our first full day in Virginia on Friday. We spent most of the day visiting with Amber, reconnecting with Ayla, and meeting our new grandson, Caiden. We had such a fund day today. Unwinding for the most part, but we still had an opportunity to visit the Fredericksburg Civil War battle site just a couple of miles away.
Fredericksburg is loaded with so much history. The specific battle site that we visited today was the "sunken road" site where so many Union soldiers were killed by the confederate army who had a superior position up on the hills. There were over 15,000 union soldiers killed in this battle and only 1,000 confederate soldiers. All of the soldiers buried in this cemetery were union soldiers. Of the 15,000, almost 13,000 are unknown. Pretty humbling.
We spent the evening unwinding with Amber and Lucas. It sure was nice spending some quality time with them (the steak dinner was pretty fabulous too)
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| Nana, Ayla, and Caiden |
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| Miss Ayla | | | | | | | |
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| Battle Visitors Center |
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| Compassion even in battle |
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| Tall headstones are known soldiers, short are unknown |
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| Cemetery gates with cannonball marks in them |
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| This served in the 'Revolutionary War"...WOW! |
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| Cannon positions overlooking Fredericksburg and where the Union soldiers came from |
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| This guy was buried here in the 1700's |
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| Inscription at the base of a monument telling how many are buried here |
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| Poignant |
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| Haunting View |
6 comments:
Thats pretty cool! i'm super jealous you guys are there!
I love stuff like that. There is a confederate cemetery in Marietta a few miles away from our apartment. I'm exited to live back east again!
You two deserve to have so much fun with your family and those cute babies. It's a wonderful opportunity to not only have family around you, but to also see some humbling sites. It sure helps us appreciate our circumstances.
Very jealous. I want to be holding that baby!
Great visit! Amber & Lucas have a great family & we did a lot of catching up. It was fun having Grandpa with me. Instead of napping or just chilling while the kids napped he had me checking out the local historical sites. I learned alot!
It was so great to see you guys. We LOVED it! I'm glad that it was both of you it really gave Lucas and I a chance to get to know Ray better. Ayla is a HUGE fan of Nana and Grandpa Ray now. She asks about them and "talks" to them on the phone. She also said that she wanted Grandpa Ray to come over one day when I asked her which friends she wanted to see. Hopefully we'll see you again before too long. Miss you already!
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