fredericksburg national cemetery
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fredericksburg national cemetery印象
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Sad and speechless walking through the graves and realizing that only 3,00 of the 35,000 buried there are identified. Civil War robed a lot of families of their sons, brothers, neighbors and husbands.
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Heartbreaking to know that so many union soldiers lost their lives in December 1863. Also, to walk through the cemetery and see so many unmarked graves, only 15% of the men buried there have been identified.
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The area is a quiet park with a small museum, history about the battlefield, and the cemetery on a hill. I like to take long quiet walks there, just thinking and meditating.
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The visitor's center at the Fredericksburg National Cemetary gives a great overview of the battle along with a short movie. Even if you knew nothing about the battle the information provided here in thirty minutes or less will give you a good knowledge and let you better appreciate what you are looking at while touring. The self-guided walking tour of the sunken road and cemetary shouldn't be skipped. Actually standing behind the stone walls alongside the road and looking out over the landscape below gives you a better understanding of what actually happened here. The walk to the top of the hill is not strenous at all and the views from the spot where the Confederate artillery was located is great.
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Arrived at this cemetery at the end of the Sunken Road walking tour. It is beautiful and peaceful here. However, it is overwhelming to realize how many unidentified soldiers are buried here, sometimes as many as 5 per plot. We spent time walking and reading the different markers.
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the cemetary being situated on top of Marye's heights is both historic, scenic and hallowed - short walk from the visitor center and well worth the small climb up the hill
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This was my second visit to Fredericksburg National Cemetery, along the Sunken Road, and I can't imagine not visiting this significant location. It takes little imagination to ponder the souls of the interred here and like all of old town Fredericksburg, the knowledge of walking in the steps of the past is prevalent throughout. I did note that from my previous visit some 21 years ago, the cemetery grounds weren't as well cared for (it needed desperately to be mowed). Our teens enjoyed climbing down the steep steps and the photos I took of them at a slight distance, give the appearance that they were ready to leap off an edge of the hill.
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I honor the men who died, but unless I am an descendant of one of them I just don't get visiting a cemetery. But then I don't like ghost tours, either.
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Walking through the cemetery and understanding the impact of the battle that accounts for the bodies here, along with the magnitude of the gravestones, leads one to be reverent, reflective, and humbled by anyone that fought for the country that we live in today!
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Unfortunately we visited Fredericksburg National Battlefield & Cemetery during reconstruction...I can only imagine how it will be when it is completed....Amazing to walk in the footsteps of Civil War history.