The Ravages of War (Gettysburg Part 2)

Lest we forget- Rudyard Kipling

What man has done to his own kind is the most horrific thing imaginable!

“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”― Voltaire

“Our hearts, the war.  Her body, the battlefield.” ― Rick Yancey, The Last Star

“All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal.” ― John Steinbeck

“How is it possible to have a civil war?” ― George Carlin

United we stand; divided we fall.  - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)

Violence begets violence.    Martin Luther King Jr.

“who wishes to fight must first count the cost” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

War ends nothing. - Central African proverb

War is sweet to those who haven't experienced it.      Latin (on war and peace)

“War is what happens when language fails.” ― Margaret Atwood

“No soldier ever really survives a war.” ― Audie Murphy

“Only the dead have seen the end of war.” ― Plato

“If we don't end war, war will end us.” ― H.G. Wells

“and when all the wars are over, a butterfly will still be beautiful.” ― Ruskin Bond, Scenes from a Writer's Life

Gettysburg Part 1

            The Battle of Gettysburg, fought in July 1863, was a Union victory that stopped Confederate General Robert E. Lee's second invasion of the North. More than 50,000 men fell, making it the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War.

This most famous and most important Civil War Battle occurred over three hot summer days, July 1 to July 3, 1863, around the small market town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.









It began as a skirmish but by its end involved 160,000 Americans.






Walking on the grounds of this expansive site is emotional, inspiring, spiritual, and solemn.