Monument to the 20th Maine

Being the progeny of generations of westerners, Sara and I can't trace our family tree to any rustic Civil War fighting types...at least not at the moment. Due to this, we weren't able to get our pictures next to the monument hailing the names of our family's fallen heroes. Instead we posed in front of the monument to the 20th Maine since we'd read so much about them. We were also fortunate enough to have asked a crazy lady from Maine to snap the picture for us. Not only did we get this well taken snap shot, but we were also the recipients of many stories about her own family's fighting among the 20th Maine, as well as her many reenactments thereof. I think it's kinda cool that this monument stands among the very rocks that were the cover for the members of the 20th Maine as they defended Little Round Top from the Alabamans, eventually ran out of ammo, and charged down the hill brandishing their bayonets. Thanks to The Killer Angels, this has gotta be one of the most photographed non-statue monuments in the battlefield.