Flight 93 Memorial, PA

We crossed the Susquehanna River...

and drove west through,...

and across, the mountains of southern PA as we headed home.

We stopped to see the Colvin Covered Bridge, built around 1880, spanning a beautiful, tree-lined creek in Bedford County.

"The Old Log Church" drew us off the road for awhile as well.  It was built in 1806 and shared by two congregations, the German Reformed and Lutheran. 

We left the turnpike and traveled the Lincoln Highway toward the Flight 93 Memorial.

Flight 93 Memorial
Part of the long walkway toward the Wall of Names and the crash site.

Niches have been built into the walkway wall where visitors may leave tributes.

Flight 93 ended in this field, the nose of the plane at the spot where the distant boulder now sits.  Investigators dug 40 feet down into the crater created by the crash until they reached a point where there was no more evidence.  They were able to identify some remains of everyone on the flight.  When the FBI investigation was completed, the county coroner ordered the crater filled with soil making this the final resting place of passengers and crew.

The white Wall of Names and black brick walk next to it follow the final flight path of the plane; it cleared the crest of the distant mountain while flying upside down.  The construction site in the distance marks the location of the future visitor center.

More roadside views in southern PA.

Harrisburg, PA

We visited the National Museum of the Civil War, a private museum in Harrisburg that is a member of the Smithsonian Affiliations Program.  We saw many interesting Civil War artifacts, some of which came from the Smithsonian's collection.

A pendant, poster and ribbon from Lincoln's 1860 and 1864 election campaigns.

This flag of the Confederate States of America was the first to fly over Fort Sumter...

but it caused confusion in battle because it resembled the stars and stripes of the United States.  The flag below was then adopted for use by the Confederate Army.

A soldier's shaving mirror...

and toothpaste containers.

A suppository mold.

A surgeon's field kit...

including a drill for boring a hole in the skull.

A dysentery and stomach pump kit.

A cupping set, used to bring "poisoned blood" to the surface of a specific part of the body so it could be "extracted."

Two types of hand grenades first used in the Civil War.

The Capitol Building in Harrisburg.

View from the front steps of the Capitol Building.

Other sights in Harrisburg.