Licensed Battlefield Guide Dave Eisenhart prepares to give a tour on a segway Sunday morning. Two different companies operate segway operations in Gettysburg, although only one uses Licensed Battlefield Guides. This view was taken from the north[...]
Only 17% of visitors to the new National Park Service visitor center have paid to see the new movie, “A New Birth of Freedom.” There were not a lot of people in line for this showing of the movie this morning. The entrance doors to th[...]
Gettysburg National Military Park Historian Bert Barnett lead a walk along Seminary Ridge showing the Confederate artillery positions for July 3, 1863. Unfortunately, the rain kept more visitors from attending the program. Here Bert explains tha[...]
The National Park Service summer programs at Gettysburg National Military Park have not been well attended this year. Here, only four visitors are attending this 1:30 PM program “Visit to the Past” at the rear of the visitor center. [...]
Most tours of the Gettysburg National Military Park end at the High Water Mark, or the area where Pickett’s Charge was decided on July 3, 1863. Visitors tour the battlefield in a variety of ways, on their own, with a tape tour, with a Licen[...]
The Civil War Monument in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Hanover, Pennsylvania, was dedicated in 1911. Around it are buried some Civil War soldiers from the Hanover area. There are also two reproduction cannon, and two stanzas from Theodore O’Hara[...]
This wayside from the Mission 66 era of the National Park Service was recently refurbished and displayed at its previous location northeast of Culp’s Hill. Although the Park Service has been replacing wayside exhibits with those which are m[...]
The 4th Maryland Artillery (CSA) was performing and camping at Pitzer’s Woods this weekend. They are a well equipped unit, and this trailer carries much of that equipment. This view was taken from the northeast facing southwest at approxim[...]
The Gettysburg Festival began this week, and The Slide Show began performing at the front of the Gettysburg Hotel just before 9:00 AM Saturday morning. This view was taken from the northwest facing southeast at approximately 8:55 AM on Saturday, [...]
The Gettysburg Civil War Research Center opened up in Schmucker Hall, on Seminary Ridge this year. The Adams County Historical Society had many questions over the years concerning the military aspects of the Battle of Gettysburg, and they finally[...]