Title
On the Fields of Glory: A Student’s Reflections on Gettysburg, the Western Front, and Normandy
Class Year
2016
Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
4-27-2015
Department 1
Civil War Institute
Abstract
I’m very fortunate to have had no shortage of opportunities to get out into the field and put my classroom learning into practice. I am especially lucky to have twice had the opportunity to travel to Europe. Two years ago, I went with my first-year seminar to explore the Western Front of World War I in France and Belgium. This year, I travelled with The Eisenhower Institute to tour the towns and beaches of Normandy where the Allies launched their invasion of Hitler’s Europe during World War II. Having experienced these notable sites of military history, and having taken a number of strolls through the battlefield in my backyard here in Gettysburg, I thought that it might be nice to reflect on each of these special places in a blog post. [excerpt]
Copyright Note
This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Lavery, Kevin P., "On the Fields of Glory: A Student’s Reflections on Gettysburg, the Western Front, and Normandy" (2015). The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History. 96.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/compiler/96
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Comments
This blog post originally appeared in The Gettysburg Compiler and was created by students at Gettysburg College.