Evergreen Cemetery

A good place to soak in some history

Lot's of history here. It's best to know the background before you visit. Here you can stand where Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address. Here you can see two perpetual flags that are flown over gravesi...

Grave of Jennie Wade

I stopped by here to visit Jennie Wade's grave after visiting the house where she was killed across the street. The only civilian killed during the battle the American Flag flies at her grave the onl...

Outside looking in

Cemeteries give me the hebee jebees, so I looked at it from the outside looking in. If I wasn’t so creeped out it looked very interesting and informative. I just can’t do cemeteries even for my own fa...

You absolutely cannot visit Gettysburg without visiting Evergreen

We could write for an hour or more about what we have seen and learned from walks through Evergreen. Aside from President Lincoln’s Gettysburg address he delivered there in November after the battl...

Quiet reflection

This was a quiet place to get away from the activity of the main drag. Many of the headstones are from the soldiers that died during the battle at Gettysburg. One of the famous ladies resting here is ...