The robins have arrived and the snow has melted...finally.

Thursday evening my husband and I attended the annual dinner meeting of his Civil War Roundtable. He is a Civil War fanatic.

The speakers was Joe Mieczkowski. He is a licensed battlefield guide at Gettysburg National Park.

Joe presented a slide program of artwork enhanced with music and sound effects, explaining the Battle of Gettysburg. It took a lot of work to put it together and was very interesting.

If you've never been to the Gettysburg Battlefield or haven't been there in awhile, you should put it on your agenda.

The new Visitors' Center is beautiful. The Cyclorama is now at the top of the center. You don't have to go to two buildings any longer. There is plenty of parking and it's handicapped accessible. The rest rooms are inside and much nicer.

There is a very large bookstore and also a restaurant. You can also buy tickets at the center for the Eisenhower farm.

A computer room is available to look up a relative or anyone else that was in the Civil War.

I'm proud to say my great-grandfather was a Union soldier. A member of the Calvary he served in the Army of the Potomac.

Much can be learned from studying the history of the Civil War and those who bravely fought and died on both sides.

Have a great weekend and don't forget to turn your clocks ahead one hour before you go to bed on Saturday night. Daylight Savings Time begins...hooray.