Only the west side of the Wills House, where President Abraham Lincoln spent the night before giving his Gettysburg Address, has been painted red. Work began last week on changing the color from gray to red, and two coats have been applied to the[...]
Crawford Avenue in Gettysburg National Military Park is closed again today. So let’s say you’re a family of four from, oh I don’t know, how about Kansas? It’s your first time to Gettysburg, you came a long way, and you wa[...]
You’re starting your tour of the battlefield driving north on Reynolds’ Avenue along McPherson’s Ridge, but it’s difficult to tell you’re on a ridge because corn blocks a view of the slope. Reynolds’ Woods/Herb[...]
Which of these trees are not like the others? To which of these trees do tags belong? The eastern edge of McPherson’s Woods/Herbst Woods/Reynolds’ Woods at Gettysburg National Military Park has at least three trees that the United St[...]
Battlefield rehabilitation, or tree cutting, along the Taneytown Road is still progressing. This view is from the Taneytown Road near the Michael Frey Farm and Artillery Ridge Campground, looking northwest. The horse trail leading from Artillery[...]
Four new sets of traffic lights will soon be operational in Gettysburg. Here is the set of lights at the intersection of Carlisle Street and Water Street. This view was taken from the southwest facing northeast at approximately 2:30 PM on Thursda[...]
The Wills House, where President Abraham Lincoln spent the night before giving his Gettysburg Address is being painted red as part of an ongoing renovation to be a National Park Service museum and visitor center. The red bricks are supposed to hav[...]
The Gettysburg Witness Tree in the Gettysburg National Cemetery is still standing. The National Park Service has decided to see if it will survive. This view was taken from the west facing east at approximately 4:30 PM on Tuesday, August 12, 2008[...]
The William Patterson House on the east side of the Taneytown Road in Gettysburg National Military Park is being stabilized. It served as a field hospital on July 1, 1863, and after the battle was over. This view was taken from the south facing n[...]
This “witness tree” near the Taneytown Road entrance to the Soldiers National Cemetery was heavily damaged by a storm Thursday evening, August 7th. This view was taken from the east facing west at approximately 2:15 PM on Sunday, Augus[...]