The fields of the Pickett-Pettigrew-Trimble Charge, or Longstreet’s Assault, from the Confederate position on Seminary Ridge. The United States’ position on Cemetery Ridge is in the distance. This view was taken from the east facing [...]
First, you SHOULD purchase your all-in-one ticket at the Ticketing/Reservation Counter, and hope that you are actually able to see all the venues for which you’re purchasing a ticket. Don’t check your watch in disbelief, as the man is[...]
When visitors go to the ticketing desk to purchase tickets, their ticket has a time for a Movie/ Cyclorama show. Whether they want to go to the Movie/Cyclorama or not. This view was taken from the southwest facing northeast at approximately 12:3[...]
It’s early fall, and the leaves began to change color this week at Gettysburg. This is a view of Plum Run Valley (Valley of Death) from west of the 91st Pennsylvania Infantry Monument on Little Round Top. The South Mountain (Appalachian Mo[...]
In the background is Schmucker Hall, or Old Dorm, on the campus of the Lutheran Theological Seminary. In the bottom right of this photograph, surrounded by orange plastic fencing is a new drain. The top of Seminary Avenue now has to reach the to[...]
The $7.50 fee for adults wanting to see the Gettysburg Museum began today at the Visitor Center. The fee includes the New Birth of Freedom movie, the Cyclorama program, and the museum. Visitors who wish to enter here, must show Gettysburg Founda[...]
Roadwork continued on Doubleday Avenue along Oak Ridge today. Besides digging up the earth for a new drainage ditch, there weren’t too many problems with today’s work. This view was taken from the northeast facing southwest at approxim[...]
For those who have been observing the asphalting job by the contractors in Gettysburg the last couple of months, is it really surprising that instead of asphalting rocks and trees, they have finally reached the monuments? The right flank marker to[...]
Robinson Avenue, which winds down the west slope of Oak Ridge, was resurfaced today. The grove of oak trees planted three years ago is within the curve. Robinson Avenue begins at the statue for Union Brigadier-General John C. Robinson at the top [...]
Today is the final day for Edward Everett’s copy of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address to be displayed in Gettysburg. The copy is on loan from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois. Everett asked Linc[...]