LITTLE ROUND TOP

THE VALLEY OF DEATH-AS SEEN FROM THE SUMMIT.

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THERE ARE MANY MONUMENTS AT THE TOP OF THIS HILL. THE ONE ABOVE IS DEDICATED TO COL. PATRICK  O'RORKE. IT IS MADE OF GRANITE, WITH A BRONZE BUST OF THE COLONEL IMBEDDED ON THE FRONT. COL. O'RORKE LED HIS MEN DOWN THE STEEP FACE OF THIS HILL, AND LOST HIS LIFE IN THE PROCESS. HIS NOSE IS SHINY BECAUSE LEGEND GOES: EVERYONE WHO PASSES  SHOULD RUB HIS NOSE FOR GOOD LUCK.

A RESTAURANT IN TOWN NAMED AFTER COL. O'RORKE

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