September 29 Gettysburg was where we went today. We saw lots of cool stuff there. There was a museum, movie theater, and cyclorama. A cyclorama is a very, very large circular painting that is not flat on the wall but is tilted. There was a circular platform we stood on in the center of the building. On the ground they had a cannon, sand, and a musket or two. You couldn't tell where the painting ended and the sand started. They told the story of the Battle of Gettysburg and highlighted the parts of the painting they were talking about. The movie was about about the Battle of Gettysburg, the Lincoln Address and all the places the battle took place in. We bought our gifts at the gift shop. I got a small flashlight with Gettysburg. It was a place we could get a stamp in our National Parks Passport. We got a guided car tour with a guide named Phil. Here are some of the things he taught us. Green cannons shot one mile. Black cannons shot tow miles. His name was Phil . (He asked us that a lot.) We saw the California regiment monument, where Picket's Charge started and ended. We saw the cemetery and the 91 graves that Elizabeth Thorn dug for the soldiers. We went up to the top of Little round top and saw the value of "high ground."