Comments on: Monocacy National Battlefield Visitor’s Center

By: Harry Smeltzer

Harry Smeltzer — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:04:50 +0000

Craig,

Thanks for the update. How about trees? Any plans for trees?

By: caswain01

caswain01 — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:06:19 +0000

Harry, the park is currently developing a trail leading out from the VC down to the actual junction. The trail will link in several Civil War events, not only the battle, but stories of several encampments over the war years…. and of course the lost orders! http://markerhunter.wordpress.com/2008/04/20/trail-day-at-monocacy/

If, and that is a big if, save passage points are engineered around the railroad and MD 355, then one could walk the ground from the VC over to the Best Farm. Who knows maybe even the Worthington House.

By: Harry Smeltzer

Harry Smeltzer — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:21:48 +0000

I’ve received a few notes “disagreeing” with my “assessment” of the VC, ranging from it being superior not only to the old Monocacy VC, but to the new Gettysburg VC, to the need for the new Monocacy VC due to flooding at the old one and traffic concerns there.

First and foremost, I think some do protest to much. It’s not like I hammered the thing. It’s just a little….cold. I didn’t think it was very imaginative, though the artifacts on display are indeed cool and accessible. But the setting of the old VC was pastoral, with a nice walking trail nearby. The new one is in the middle of a burning hot, treeless field. But maybe in a few years it will be better. In the words a very wise hunchback: “I don’t know…a little paint…some flowers…couple of throw pillows…”