Snapshot of the church across the field from the campground silhouetted against the sunset.
We hiked a little over 6 miles the other day on part of the Heritage Rail Trail which was a link between Harisburg, PA and Washington, DC and played an important role in the Civil War. Nice trail but nothing to noteworthy except for Howard Tunnel which was built in 1838 and is the oldest continually used railroad tunnel in the US. Because the tunnel was a target of the Confederates in the Civil War just before the Battle Of Gettysburg, the Union mounted a canon on the hill above the tunnel to protect it.
Howard Tunnel - named after Revolutionary war her John Eager Howard
Not sure where this passage inside the tunnel goes
Typical scene on the rail trail.
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