4th of July--Kennesaw Mountain

 

 For the 4th of July Lisa and Ellie and my parents joined us on a hike up Kennesaw mountain.  Kennesaw mountain is a national battlefield and was the site of a Civil War battle.  I could remember going once before with my parents when we first moved to Georgia, but that was a lot of years ago, so we thought it would be something fun and somewhat fitting to do on the 4th of July.

 Alex and Ellie having some fun before the hiking begins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was a great hike--and not easy to do in the hot humid weather of July.  The battle at Kennesaw mountain ended July 2nd--starting a couple weeks prior to that, so we were about the right time of year...but it rained and rained during the battle, and we all had to admit that we had a hard enough time getting up to the top without wearing wool uniforms, pushing up cannons in the mud and rain, and in the middle of a battle.  Every time I visit a civil war battlefield I am amazed what those people went through.