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Join Zaida Arguedas and the BMAV Travel SIG on a journey through time to the Civil War's deadliest battle — The Battle of Gettysburg. Registration and $180 payment is required through P&P asap to reserve your spot. https://politics-prose.com/list/pp-day-trip-gettysburg. Then email Zaida to let her know you are attending.

The group will meet in the Den Cafe at P&P, 5015 Connecticut Ave, at 7:30 a.m. for a breakfast of coffee and bagels before departing at 8:00 a.m. The day begins at the Gettysburg: Beyond the Battle Museum. From there we will go to Gettysburg National Military Park where our bus will take a guided tour of the battlefield with a Licensed Battlefield Guide from the National Park Service. We will also see the site where Abraham Lincoln called for a "new birth of freedom" for the nation in his famous Gettysburg Address.

Transportation is by chartered bus.

Recommended Books:

Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era by James McPherson (9780195168952)

Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South by Elizabeth Varon (9781982148287)

The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War by Michael Shaara (9780345407276)

Gettysburg: The Tide Turns: An Oral History by Bruce Chadwick (9781639368259)