Scars of Gettysburg

Memories of bloody Civil War battleground forever linger at national park

By BY ELEANOR BERMAN TRAVEL ARTS SYNDICATE

Photo by Travel Arts Syndicate

Conservator Ryszard Wojtowicz works on the colossal Cyclorama painting, which is 377 feet in circumference and 42 feet tall. The restoration took seven years and cost $15 million.

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"But that cannon has to be real. No one could have painted that." Not true. Nothing is real; all is illusion in the Cyclorama, the newly restored, colossal painting being unveiled Sept. 26 at the grand opening of a new Museum and Visitor Center at Gettysburg National Military Park.

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This article was published August 10, 2008 at 2:10 a.m.

Travel, Pages 85, 90 on 08/10/2008

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