Damn Quantrill and kin burned Lawrence to the ground, they did. Ol' John Brown done showed 'em a thing 'er two though.
This picture was taken outside of Stalingrad, in an area where estimated 350 000 Axies died. As you can see from the photo, their bodies can be seen to the horizon of Russian steppe. To this day that field is filled with skulls, rags and everything imaginable that an army would have with it. As for me I live very near a town, that British (tried to) invaded during Crimean war. I also live an hour drive away from Helsinki, where was the famous siege of The Helsinki Citadel. In a town I study was once one of the major battles of the Cudgel War and that town used to be a HQ town during the Winter War.
I used to live at a WW2 RAF base near Norfolk, England. One day while me and a couple friends were running around in the woods we found an unexploded bomb. I doubt it was dangerous, because it was all rusted and what not, but it was a cool experience nevertheless. I've also been to Gettysburg, but that's about it. Closest battle to me is probably the crossing of the Delaware.
There's this fort in Sacramento, can't remember the name though. I saw it when I was there a few years ago. Anyway, I live near Trenton and Washington's Crossing, where Washington crossed the Delaware on Christmans Eve and surprised and routed the British during the revolutionary war. The re-enactment is a joke though. I went there twice to see the re-enactment, the first time they just walked across the bridge and gave the speech, and the second time they just got in a boat and paddled across the river and gave a speech...No actual fighting. In fact, there were not even any British soldiers...
I think that's Sutter's Fort. I went there as a kid a couple of times. I don't think there were any battles there, but it was an important place during the California Gold Rush in the 1840s. There was one major battle in Florida during the Civil War called Olustee. I can't remember the year, but it was rather large. There's also Fort Caroline too, which had battles between the French and Spanish in the 1560s. So yeah, Florida has a military past.
If you like Sutter's Fort, there's this big fort near my place about 20 minutes away by car called Josefov. It was built by the Austrians, occupied by the Soviets, and now has Czech military personnel there. Part of the city of Jaromer is also within its walls, and I teach English there every Thursday. Not my picture, but you can see how it looks!
What about Pensacola? Wasn't that attacked and besieged by Union Forces during the Civil War? I think...
"Attention, this is Moscow. 8th of May 1945 The Great Patriotic war was victoriously won, Germany utterly defeated. Eternal glory to heroes, fallen in battles for freedom and independence of our motherland" - Initial victory broadcast. I wish I knew where to get full version.
I live no where near any battles, sadly. Though I plan on visiting many civil war battlefields soon. Like Shiloh, Gettysburg, Chattenooga, and hopefully many others.
I live about the same distance from there lol. I have never visited it either. I would go during July 1st to 4th this year if I wasn't in Florida then...
What how the hell are you a 2 hour drive from Gettysburg (Pennsylvania), and you are in Florida? Do you switch homes or something?
