This morning we departed from our hotel in DC and drove to the campus of Mount St Mary where we visited the National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes. This shrine is one of the oldest American replicas of the shrine in Lourdes, France.
The beautiful natural grounds contain Stations of the Cross and mosaics depicting the Mysteries of the Rosary as well as statues and shrines dedicated to many of our saints. At the shrine student council lead us in a decade of the Rosary. We were also able to touch an actual stone from Lourdes.
Our next stop was the historical battlefield at Gettysburg. Here a battlefield tour guide walked us through each day of the battle. We were able to climb an observation tower to get a birds-eye view of the whole battle field. The tour guide asked us why not every soldier was given the latest technology of a lever action rifle. Carlos Germann answered correctly that "they were too expensive to give to everyone." His correct answer earned him a replica of a Civil War bullet!
We reenacted Pickett's failed charge against the Union and we climbed on boulders at the battlefield position of Little Round Top.
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