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OC: I’m Erik The Travel Guy. Fantastic experiences await you just beyond your own backyard!
So join me for the next 30 minutes as we learn more about and explore Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania!

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VO: My name is Erik Hastings, yeah, that’s me. And, for as long as I can remember, I’ve always
loved to travel. And I still do today. Airlines, hotels, cruises, new places, delicious food. I love all
of it and that’s why I’ve been traveling the world professionally for more than a decade. But
what troubles me these days is that Americans are leaving paid vacation time on the table each
year at an alarming rate. Well, I want to help fix that. So please consider this a personal
invitation to join me each week on my mission to get you traveling more than ever before.
Because while the world is a pretty big place to explore, your next vacation is waiting to be
discovered not just around the globe but perhaps just around the corner. Let me introduce you
to the places, people and secrets I’ve discovered that remind me just how exciting it is to be
alive. And hopefully, will inspire you to get out of the house and into your next great adventure. I
am Erik The Travel Guy and this is Beyond Your Backyard.

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OC/VO: Thank you for watching and welcome back to Pennsylvania. A state filled with a
multitude of experiences, were talkin’ big cities, rich farmland and gorgeous vistas. Today we
are in Gettysburg, a town rich with history. But this is going to be a phenomenal episode.
Because we’re going to show you the Gettysburg that is bound to surprise you. We’ll get on the
battlefield where more than 50,000 men were lost, injured or went missing during the civil war.
We’ll walk in the exact footprints of our nation’s 16th President. But we’ll also how Gettysburg is
evolving beyond its prominent place in American history. Let’s get started.

VO: To help you get your geographic bearings, we’ve got our trusty map here. Ooo, thats a nice
map. Now before we go any further, remember, Pennsylvania became the second state in the
U.S. by ratifying the constitution on December 12, 1787. But, as a political entity Pennsylvania
began in 1681 when William Penn received a charter from King Charles the 2nd. Now it’s worth
noting Native American tribes had been on this land for what some archaeologists believe for
thousands of years prior. Now the borders of Pennsylvania were essentially established around
the late 1700’s. Had the outcome of history gone another way…we could have had two states
including Pennsylvania and Westsylvania. But that’s discussion for another episode. Getting
back to today, Gettysburg is located here about a 45 minute’s drive south from the state capitol
of Harrisburg along state route 15.

OC:/VO: With a relatively small year-round population, Gettysburg is the county seat of Adams
County. This is a four season destination and the locals love the outdoors. Thousands of visitors
flock here to see living history from both the colonial period and the civil war era. You’ll love
walking in the quaint downtown, shopping for souvenirs eating in the diners, coffee shops, bars

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and restaurants. They even have a farmer’s market. Some

stay downtown at The Gettysburg Hotel. But what you won’t find here is big skyscrapers. In
addition to history, visitors come year-round for ghost tours and to explore the great outdoors.
But they also come for farm-to-table culinary offerings, wineries and cideries. Gettysburgian’s
love their cider. So I decided to learn why gettysburg and Adams County is the place for cider
by visiting with Ben Wenk at Ploughman’s Cider at Three Springs Farm.

Erik: Nice place you’ve got here, what have you got 500 acres here?

Ben: Little short of 500 acres about 540 or so…

Erik: Oh my gosh and seventh generation?

Ben: Seventh generation to farm in the area yeah.

Erik: And we’re talking primarily apples right? What kind of apples are are you growing out
here?

Ben: At least 50 varieties last time I stopped to count. Apples for grocery stores, apples for
products like apple sauce and apple juice and then apples for making alcoholic cider as well.

Erik: Which is frankly, my favorite. Did I understand this correctly, did, did you say you can trace
back any macintosh apple you pick up you can pretty much figure out what tree it came
from...what are you talking about? That’s crazy!

Ben: Sure, so all apples that are in commercial orchards are really kind of two organisms
grafted together. You have a root stock and then you have the scion or the variety you’re trying
to grow. And all of those varieties are kind of propagated and reproduced by cuttings. So they’re
all genetically similar. They all have to be cut from an existing tree of that variety and then
grafted by a nurseymen onto root stock. The rootstock kind of controls how that tree grows, to
what size, to what height, how it branches, uh, what diseases and what pests are more or less
susceptible to...a variety of things.

Erik: I mean you’re like, what is the 4th largest in the state or something?

Ben: yeah, it’s the 5th largest by production in the United States is Adams County,
Pennsylvania.

Erik: You literally, can take a bushel, for lack of a better description of apples. And based on
what you put in that bushel, you already have an idea of what it’s going to taste like coming out
as cider?

Ben: Sure, well…

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Erik: That’s crazy! To me, that’s awesome!

Ben: You know, every year’s different. In that way, it's very similar to making a wine. Like this
years quality of Arlett apples you know it’s a little bit better fruit than what we worked with last
year. You can kind of do different things based on what the apples are telling you to do. You
know it’s not very formulaic. We’re really kind of letting nature and letting the apples decide what
the most appropriate use for them is everytime we are trying to blend a cider.

Erik: How’s the culinary scene here in Adams County?

Ben: Oh, it’s coming on fast. So many of the agricultural products and the produce that’s used in
some of these fine dining restaurants in DC, Baltimore and Philadelphia; it’s grown right here.
And to see local chef’s embracing that opportunity of being so close to the source and using
those products in really fun creative ways...it makes me really proud to be from Adams County.
It’s a really awesome up and coming thing.

Erik: How do you describe Gettysburg and Adams County to someone that has never been here
before?

Ben: A lot of the things I’m traveling to go see whether it be the rolling hills of Napa Valley or, or
taking in some history or dining at nice restaurants. We have a lot of those things right here. I go
and I have those experiences and it just makes me even more proud to be back, back home at
the end of the day. It’s beautiful here.

Erik VO: After my conversation with Ben, I send the afternoon exploring the apple orchards. I
stopped by Hollebaugh Brothers fruit Farm and Market. I did a tasting at Reid’s Winery, checked
in on the mason Dixon for small plates and craft cocktail. I even made a visit to the farmer’s
market in downtown...and no I don’t recommend shooting olive oil. What I learned is there’s a
culinary revolution going on here and it’s not limited to just cider. Classically trained and award
winning chefs are setting up shops in and around Gettysburg because of the abundant selection
of fresh local ingredients. Fidler and Company is an example of just that. The menus created by
Chef/owner Josh Fidler are based on seasonal inspiration and ingredient availability. The pizzas
and breads are to die for. Elsewhere around town the locals grab a diner-style breakfast at
Ernie’s Texas Lunch. The get a coffee of tea at Ragged Edge. But while you’ll find your share of
chain eateries here, Gettysburg has never forgotten is historic culinary roots.

Erik: Have you ever stopped to consider what was on the menu in the mid 1800’s? Well, you’re
in luck! Make your way over to the Daubin House. You will love the food, you’ll love the
costumed servers and you’ll be dining in one of the oldest structures in town. Step back in time
with a menu filled with 1860’s fare. Delicious steaks and chops, fresh seafood, I suggest you
make a reservation.

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Erik: There’s a word I’m search for and no it’s NOT giant
elephant, it’s authenticity. You see, when you bring your children here to Gettysburg, you’re
exposing them to authentic experiences; from history to culinary to the great outdoors. So
remind them to look up fro their phones...oh, and bring them here to Mr Ed’s Elephant Museum
and Candy Emporium. If your kids are like mine, they are tech savvy but they also love candy.
This is just one of the many places you can connect as a family without the technology. And, to
take that concept even further, you simply have to get outdoors. That’s why e dropped in on
Strawberry Hill Nature Preserve.

Autumn: So we are surrounded by nature, were surrounded by trails, surround by opportunities

to engage with it. As you get out, the first thing people usually see is our pink log cabin. Which is
actually a 1798 log cabin made of American chestnut. That is kind of a homing beacon. Folks go
right there, they find our trail map and they see that there are ten miles of trails they can
explore, there’s creeks they can play in and much more beyond our borders.

Erik: The last time I was on a hike, it wasn’t so much the going but it was the coming back part.

Autumn: Sure most of our trails are set up as loops, so you’re going out one way and coming
back a completely different way. And we have loops stacked on top of loops. So you can go for
a mile or you can go for five. We have photographers come out, we have birders, we
occasionally host star-gazing programs, so if the night is more your thing or owl prowls as well.

Erik: And you have an owl.

Autumn: We do have an owl, yes.

Erik: Tell me about him.

Autumn: He’s a Barred Owl. People come out and fall in love with him right away. In November,
we host the twisted Turkey Trail Tussle It’s a 5k, 10k and 15k race. It’s become a community
festival for us and we love seeing about 200 to 250 people out for it each year.

Erik: We’re staying in Gettysburg and what’s nice is that we can use that as sort of a hub and
branch out and do things both in Adams County and do things just outside of Adams County,
right?

Autumn: Adams County is full of opportunities to get out and into nature. There are a couple of
state parks that are wonderful. There’s Cardores and Caledonia which are on the east and west
side of the county respectively which have lakes and hiking trails as well. If you want kayaking
on a lake, then Cadores is your place. If you want to hit a creek then Caledonia is where you
want to go.

Erik: We can do horseback riding and all that kind of good stuff as well.

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Autumn: Yes, so one of the other annual events that we have

and love is our maple sugaring festival. We call it Mount Hope Maple Madness. And it’s every
year on the last Saturday of February and the first Saturday of March. And we see about 600
people in those two days come out for pancakes. We have an all-you-can-eat pancake buffet.

Erik: is it too early for flapjacks? I say no...never.

Autumn: We also take them on tours out on the property to see everything from tapping a tree to
cooking it down into syrup and then they get to taste it in the end because that’s the best part.

Erik VO: getting to all of these activities with your family, you’re definitely going to need a car but
this is a good thing because getting behind the wheel on the twists and turns of these highways
will remind you of just how beautiful this country is.

Tour Guide: It was after the battle where wehn all the men lay on the ground. All the 5,000
horses, all 50,000 men and that’s when the undertakers came.

Erik: You see, as far as I can tell, there are three types of people in this world, those that believe
in ghosts, those that don’t and then everybody else who’s kind of somewhere in between. Well
thousands of people flock to Gettysburg everyday to learn more about the paranormal activity
here, so I say take a tour.

OC: The American civil war was a turning point in this nation’s history. Hundreds of thousands
of men fought for their beliefs. Here in gettysburg, in just three short days, in 1863, more than
50,000 men would be killed, injured, or go missing. But why was this battle so significant? And
why did it change the course of history? For that, we turned to chief historian Christopher Guinn.

Chris: Well, the battle of gettysburg was significant to the course of the american civil war
because it happened at about the midway point of he war which is the summer of 1863. Its the
first time the the union army of the potomac decisively defeats the confederate army of Northern
Virginia led by Robert E Lee. The first two years of the war confederates by in large have been
dominating the battlefield at least in Virginia and Maryland. And this is the first time the union
army was really able to decisively crush the confederate army. Because it’s also important
because I think it’s part of the story of who we are as Americans. You know what does it mean
to be an American? Really, that’s a big part of what the civil war’s about. 1863 is a pivotal year
in the american civil war. So as I mentioned by enlarge here in the east most of the major
battles were fought in Virginia and Maryland. But Robert E Lee commander of the confederate
army of Northern Virginia knows that if he’s going to achieve confederate independence, if the
confederate army is going to ultimately triumph in the American Civil War, he has to do some
audacious. He has to do something that is going to be kind of a game-changer. So lee’s plan in
the summer of 1863 is to take his army of about 75,000 men and invade the north. Cross the
Potomac River, move through Maryland and hopefully get to Pennsylvania.

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Erik: I was going to say, he was on on his way to

Philadelphia. Were there aspirations to go that far?

Chris: I think Lee’s goal was to show the people of the north just how terrible war is. And if he
can make the people of Philadelphia or Washington DC or New York City think that they’re
under threat by a confederate army, the psychological effect of that alone is worth a lot to Lee.
because that might convince voters in 1864 to vote for someone other than Abraham Lincoln.
To vote for an American president that will recognize the confederacy.

Erik: So were’ talking about, of course military strategy and all of those things but were also
talking about...this is a political campaign to change the hearts and minds through
demonstration. Did I get that right?

Chris: Yeah, yeah, you did. Robert E lee recognizes the connection between what happens on
the battlefield to what happens in the white house and in the halls of Congress. For the first time
in the United States history, there’s a draft and there are draft riots that erupt all throughout the
north. For a lot of people who live in Minnesota, Michigan, New Hampshire, Ohio...they’re
wondering when the heck is this war is going to be over? Are we even going to win it? Now
Robert E Lee’s in Pennsylvania.

Erik: Didn’t the cavalry play a role here?

Chris: Well cavalry in a lot of ways is the reason the battle of Gettysburg is fought when and
where it is. So for the confederate army of northern Virginia, Robert E Lee depends on his
cavalry to provide him information so that he can conduct the campaign. Its like your iPhone,
you’re going on a road trip, you type in your destination and its gonna’ tell you where to go, it’s
going to give you traffic, it’s going to help you make decisions. And cavalry for Lee does the
same thing. The problem is for the most of the first part of the Gettysburg campaign, Lee is
without his cavalry. His cavalry gets separated from the main body of his army. So Lee invades
Pennsylvania he doesn’t have a real good idea of what’s down the road, he doesn’t know where
the union army is. He is operating in what we would call the fog of war. Now meanwhile in the
union army, union cavalry is doing exactly what cavalry should be doing. They’re scouting out in
front of the main body of the army, they’re providing the army commander, in this case, George
Meade, with the information he needs to make decisions and to conduct the campaign.

Erik: And meade, relatively new to this role by a matter of days. Wasn’t like three days?

Chris: It’s the middle of the night, someone enters his tent and tells him, ok you’re in command
of 95,000 men.

Erik: Did he know what he was doing?

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Chris: Well Meade was a professional soldier. So he had

served in the Mexican war. He had served in the peacetime army. But I don’t think anyone can
prepare for that kind of amount pressure, that amount of stress to all of a sudden to have
dumped in your lap.

Erik: Right. So the casualties here, this is really significant.

Chris: About 51,000 Americans over the course of three days are wounded, mangled, captured,
missing, we simply don’t know what happened to them.

Erik: Did anybody have any idea it was going to be that significant?

Chris: I think both sides recognized that the next battle that was to be fought could very well
decide, for Meade the fate of the republic. For Lee, the course of the war. So I think there was
an understanding the battle that was going to be fought in the summer of 1863 in Pennsylvania
was going to be pivotal. Whether or not either side could have envisioned the amount of
carnage created by the battle is another thing. Gettysburg is even today is one of the bloodiest
battles ever waged in the Western Hemisphere. It’s really the largest man-made disaster to
ever occur in the United States. I don’t think there's any way you can prepare for that
particularly in 1863, there’s no red cross, no FEMA, no insurance, there’s no national guard.

Erik: Now we’re starting to see images of that and they so those images relatively quickly
correct?

Chris: Well most Americans at the beginning of the American Civil War both in the north and in
the south, their idea of what war looked like was very, it was very detached from the reality of
war. So two photographic teams from Washington DC come to the battlefield. And so the horror
of what war actually is is conveyed to the American people through these images of mangled
men, dead horses littering this Pennsylvania countryside. And it changed how people thought
about the war, it changed how people perceived the war.

Erik: When people come out to the battlefield for the first time, what are they going to see?

Chris: I think a lot of individuals when they travel to Gettysburg think they’re going to encounter
a relatively small park... a few monuments. When they arrive, they encounter a battlefield, a
preserved landscape, it’s 7000 acres, a 24 mile tour route through the battlefield. It’s a lot
bigger, it’s a lot more expansive than most people I think, imagined. The museum here is a
great example of that. When you visit a place like Gettysburg, 150 years of time seems to shrink
a little bit. And I think going to places like Little Round Top and exploring the battlefield and
seeing the downtown buildings, some of which still have artillery rounds lodged in them, beaten
up by shot and shell, it makes that huge span of time seem much smaller, much more relatable.
And all of the sudden the individuals who fought here become real people. They merge from
these black and white photographs to real individuals. And I think it also highlights the fact that

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the issues we were dealing with as a nation in the 1860’s are

still very real today. You pick u a newspaper today and I guarantee you you’ll find an article
about race in America. You’ll find an article about the role of federal government in the everyday
lives of Americans. You’ll read about what it means to be an American and who gets to be a
part of that.

Erik: The scope and severity of a civil war seems almost unimaginable today. But by visiting
Gettysburg, you’ll begin to truly understand how this course changed the course of American
history. Our thanks to Chris. A tour of this historic battlefield is simply not complete without
visiting the cemetery. On November 18, 1863, President Lincoln a few members of his cabinet
and personal secretaries arrived at the train station in downtown Gettysburg. He was escorted
to the Wills House where he spent the night and completed the address that history would never
forget. The Wills House is part of the National Park Service and is open to the public. You can
take a tour, see exactly where Abraham Lincoln slept and take photographs of this iconic
location. The next morning, he delivered what is now known as The Gettysburg Address. Now
some of you may recall a few words from the beginning or even the closing sentence. But
remember, it took just over two minutes for President Lincoln to make a profound impact on the
nation. Let’s listen.

Lincoln: Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new
nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so
conceived, and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We
have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting-place for those who here gave
their lives, that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate—we cannot hallow—this
ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our
poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but
it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the
unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us
to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we
take increased devotion to that cause for which they here gave the last full measure of devotion
—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under
God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for
the people, shall not perish from the earth.

Erik: So how do you sum up Gettysburg in a word? You don’t, you have to see it for yourself. I’m
Erik The Travel Guy and thank you for exploring Beyond Your Backyard!

CREDITS

Erik: The pastries are unbelievable! Let me tell you another thing I’ve been thinkin’ about, last
time I went over here I saw a ghost. I’ve been looking for that ghost for 38 years! The guy owes

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me 20 bucks! You know, sometimes I like to get in the car

and just drive around. (Laughter) Does anybody want to talk about the fact that I’m not wearing
my glasses, driving? Have you been on the fruit and wine trail? Sunshine, I’ve been on a fruit
and wine trail my whole life...so I don’t know…

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