Saturday mornings during warm weather, farmers, artists, and craftsmen show their wares on Gettysburg’s town square. This vendor had fruits, vegetables, flowers… This view was taken from the east facing west at approximately 7:00 AM o[...]
Along the west side of the Taneytown Road, near the site of the Michael Frey House and Artillery Ridge Campground, the National Park Service is cutting down 15 and a half acres of non-historic vegetation to open the view that soldiers would have h[...]
The Taneytown Road entrance to the new Gettysburg National Military Park Visitor Center complex was closed yesterday afternoon and this morning in order to repair a road that has not held up to the heavy traffic. Some visitors attempting to leave [...]
The undergrowth in the woods of Gettysburg National Military Park is out of control. The park has made significant strides in attempting to put the vegetation back to where it was in 1863, so visitors can better understand the fighting. In the w[...]
Tuesday afternoon’s Ranger-led Battle Walk was Kershaw’s Brigade’s attack on July 2, 1863. Seasonal Historian Jim Flook led approximately 45 individuals from the Longstreet Tower towards the Wheatfield, following the various aspe[...]
National Park Service Intern and Gettysburg College student Dave Hadley begins his National Cemetery tour at the Taneytown Road entrance to the Soldiers National Cemetery. He began with the usual safety warnings, and asked visitors to be respectfu[...]
National Park Service Ranger-Historian Karlton Smith began his Culp’s Hill program on the top of the hill near the statue of Union Brigadier-General George Sears Greene. He gave some background on Greene and his division commander John Whit[...]
One of the prominent hangouts for bikers in Gettysburg is the Pike Restaurant on the Baltimore Pike. Law enforcement has forbidden bikes to park on the Baltimore Pike, so they turned their parking lot into an area for only bikes. This view was tak[...]
Bike Week begins today in Gettysburg, and those interested in keeping this event alive have tried to be proactive in setting out signs asking the bikers to be quieter as they enter the town. Where the signs are also needed are before one enters t[...]
A new marker was dedicated in Hunterstown on July 2, 2008 to the memory of Brigadier-General George Armstrong Custer, and to Private Norvell Churchill who saved Custer’s life in this area on July 2, 1863. This view was taken from the northw[...]