Gettysburg Trip

Dates: Memorial Day weekend
May 28, 29, 30 and (31 No School)

Because of the amazing amount of interest among the troop for a trip back to Gettysburgs "WE ARE GOING AGAIN". MR. Duquette and MR. Cross are the Troop 185 leaders for this event.

The Gettysbury cemetery was dedication on November 19, 1863 when President Abraham Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address, we will visit and stand were Lincoln once stood.

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Saturday Night we have plan the Sleepy Hollow of Gettysburg Candlelight Ghost Tours

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Troop 185 along with Troop 22 from Tarrytown NY have been planning this trip together since our two troops venture at summer camp 2009.

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Lodging:



The Fort which has sleeping facilities for up to 40 Scouts and leaders


What's In our Fort: Electric lighting, beds with mattresses, woodstove heat, refrigerators/freezer, cooking stove with ovens, dining tables /benches, brooms, mops, smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors.
Indoor restrooms and showers to make our stay at camp more enjoyable.




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Listen to a sample of how the CIVIL WAR STARTED APRIL 12, 1861

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Last updated 01-10-2010

COST: The final price will be determined by the price of gasoline, food and expenses.

   First Deposit:
Scouts the troop requires a $25.00 non-refundable paid by February 3, 2010 meeting.

   Second Deposit:
$25.00 non-refundable on March 10, 2010 meeting.

   Final Payment:
$ To be determined deposit on May 12, 2010 meeting.

Conatct: Troop 185 Treasurer to make your deposit or get a balance on your troop account.

Make all checks payable to "Troop 185, Agawam"
when paying by Cash please retain a receipt.

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Transportation

Drivers in order to provide proper Transportation for your son(s), you will need to provide Troop 185 with your Vehicle Information e-mail Troop 185 Transportation. MRS. Howe

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Are you going?

Commitment If you say you will do something come rain or shine, you mean you will do it whatever happens Come rain or shine, I'll be there, I promise. SCOUTS HONOR

Civil War: America Divided (2008)

7 Hours 36 Minutes OF GREAT CIVIL WAR HISTORY

Click the episode to watch:

1. Two Nations 48.37 Minutes
2. Shifting Fortunes 44.01 Minutes
3. Advance and retreat 39.59 Minutes
4. Scales of War 52.59 Minutes
5. It is Well That War is So Terrible 44.32
6. Give Them Cold Steel 44.55 Minutes
7. Season of Change 43.59 Minutes
8. If It Takes All Summer 40.14 Minutes
9. Marching Through Georgia 40.27 Minutes
10. Lost Cause 47.48 Minutes

The American Civil War pitted brother against brother, and in the end, it created a nation. Discover the issues in the unprecedented election of 1860, an election that tore a young nation apart.

Civil War: America Divided is a breathtaking 10-part journey into the bloodiest war in American history, and more than a retelling of history, it brings history to life. Through historical photos and masterfully crafted battlefield re-enactments, experience the war through the soldier's point-of-view. Civil War: America Divided takes you into the battlefields on American soil and explores the events that led to the Firing on Fort Sumter and on through to the surrender at the Appomattox Court House.

View: historic Civil War photo slide show.

The Gettysburg National Military Park encompasses 5,989 acres of land

Information Facts

• Gettysburg Battlefield: - Site of the Civil War battle in Adams County, Pennsylvania fought from July 1-3, 1863.
  
  
• The battle of Gettysburg was the Civil Wars bloodiest with 51,000 men killed.
  
  
• The Gettysburg battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War. Badly defeated, Confederate General Robert E. Lee and his troops retreated to Virginia never again to invade northern soil.
  
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