Breakfast in Bird in Hand Pennsylvania. The old inn by this name stood a few miles east of Lancaster as a stop on the Philadelphia Lancaster Turnpike before the Revolution. The inns of that day chose signs that could easily be recognized by illiterate folk traveling this road. This is day four of my Pennsylvania excursion and I'll continue to visit about Lancaster before heading back through Gettysburg this evening. Yesterday, I visited the graves of Gen John Reynolds who fell at Gettysburg and his brother Rear Admiral Will Reynolds. I stood about where Reynolds fell in a visit to Gettysburg last year. Reynolds was able to bring up sufficient forces in the meeting engagement to stem the Gray tide (thanks to Gen Bufford of Versailles) allowing Meade to take the high ground and eventually prevail in the battle.
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