Boy Scout Troop 105 from Hanover, Pennsylvania was hard at work Saturday morning in Gettysburg National Military Park. On the left is R.J. Gunnarsson, a student at Emory H. Markle Intermediate School in South Western School District. On the right is Drake DeWald, who attends West Manheim Elementary School in South Western. R.J. and Drake were painting the railings of a footbridge in Rose’s Woods. The foundation of this bridge (bottom left) was used to support the Gettysburg Electric Trolley.This view was taken facing southeast at approximately 11:30 AM on Saturday, April 15, 2017.

The boy scout troop was rehabilitating a trail within Rose’s Woods that follows the old trolley bed. Here they are unloading earth along DeTrobriand Avenue. The Rose Farm is in the left background. The Longstreet Observation Tower is in the right background.This view was taken facing west at approximately 11:30 AM on Saturday, April 15, 2017.

The adults and students carting wheelbarrows of earth down the trail started their work on Friday.This view was taken facing south at approximately 11:30 AM on Saturday, April 15, 2017.

The portion of the trail getting new dirt and crushed stone is between two footbridges along the trolley bed. The yellow line marks the approximate position of the trail.This map was created in a chair facing east on April 15, 2017.

Some of the troop was pretty excited to be outside and working on the battlefield.This view was taken facing south at approximately 11:30 AM on Saturday, April 15, 2017.

When we asked the scouts who was the lead on today’s project, we were pointed to this young man: Brady Rivera is a senior at New Oxford High School. The rehabilitation of this trail in Rose’s Woods is Brady’s Eagle Scout project.This view was taken facing northwest at approximately 11:30 AM on Saturday, April 15, 2017.

And the trail really needed it. See the swampy ground in the top of this photograph? Most of this trail between the two footbridges was wet and difficult to navigate after rainfall.This view was taken facing west at approximately 11:30 AM on Saturday, April 15, 2017.

This footbridge was painted on the troop’s first day at work.This view was taken facing south at approximately 11:30 AM on Saturday, April 15, 2017.

We’re now looking back toward DeTrobriand Avenue. A second layer of dirt/rock was added and smoothed out over the first layer the troop added on Friday. NPS employee George Martin (second from left) was happy to supervise the scouts while they worked. He also underlined to us that this trail was not in the best of shape and that it was great to have groups like the Boy Scouts volunteering to help maintain the battlefield.This view was taken facing northwest at approximately 11:30 AM on Saturday, April 15, 2017.

Looking southeast along the old trolley bed towards the second footbridge…This view was taken facing southeast at approximately 11:30 AM on Saturday, April 15, 2017.

…where Drake and R.J. were painting.This view was taken facing southeast at approximately 11:30 AM on Saturday, April 15, 2017.

Good job, guys.This view was taken facing northeast at approximately 11:30 AM on Saturday, April 15, 2017.

You can visit Troop 105’s website here. If you are interested in Adopting a Position at Gettysburg National Military Park, click here for more information.Monuments visible in the background from left to right: 32nd MA on Stony Hill, the 115th PA, and the 17th Maine. This view was taken facing east at approximately 11:30 AM on Saturday, April 15, 2017.