点评:We finished everything we wanted to do in Philadelphia and decided to spend the weekend visiting battlefield sites: Paoli (not a lot there but a fun place to see), Cliveden (only way to see a part of the Battle of Germantown), but we saved the best for last: Brandywine.
We got there before the visitor center was open so we picked up a map and drove to the Ring house and took a few photos outside. Then over to the Gilpin house because we wanted to see the 300 year old sycamore tree. Wow, that was amazing. Almost worth the whole trip there.
When we returned, the visitor center was open so we watched the movie. When we finished the tour guide was there and was starting a tour at the Ring. He gave one of the best talks about the battle and Washington that I've ever heard. I could have listened to him for hours. He added so much additional information that I'd never heard before. Such as just because they said Washington was "at" the Ring House didn't mean he was "in" the Ring House. He could have been in his tent outside. (We saw the tent at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia.)
Then we all went over to the Gilpin house and he gave a shorter talk over there that was just as interesting.
I am so grateful that there are organizations that take care of these historical places so people like us can visit and learn so much more than just reading about it in books. And I wasn't to thank Christian Sanderson for living in and taking such good care of the Ring House all those many years ago.
Thank you all at Brandywine and especially our tour guide. I wish I would have written his name down.
翻译:我们完成了在费城想做的所有事情,决定花整个周末去参观战场遗址:保利(虽然不多,但很有趣)、克莱夫登(唯一能看到日耳曼敦战役的一部分的地方),但我们把最好的留到了最后:白兰地酒。
我们在游客中心开放前就到了那里,所以我们拿了一张地图,开车去了 Ring House,在外面拍了几张照片。然后去了 Gilpin House,因为我们想看 300 年的梧桐树。哇,太棒了。几乎值得整个旅程。
当我们回来时,游客中心已经开放了,所以我们看了电影。当我们结束的时候,导游在那里,开始参观 Ring。他讲了关于这场战役和华盛顿的最好的演讲之一,是我听过的最好的演讲之一。我可以听他讲几个小时。他还补充了很多我从未听过的额外信息。比如,仅仅因为他们说华盛顿“在”Ring House 并不意味着他“在”Ring House。他可能在外面的帐篷里。 (我们在费城的美国革命博物馆看到了帐篷。)
然后我们都去了吉尔平故居,他在那里做了一个简短的演讲,同样很有趣。
我很感激有组织负责管理这些历史遗迹,这样像我们这样的人就可以参观和学习更多东西,而不仅仅是在书上阅读。我还要感谢克里斯蒂安·桑德森多年前住在 Ring House 并如此精心地照顾它。
感谢 Brandywine 的所有人,特别是我们的导游。我真希望我能把他的名字写下来。