The Gettysburg Pennsylvania Blog

If you are planning to visit the new Taj Mahal of visitor centers, the Gettysburg Battlefield Visitor Center, then you’d better do it before October. The center administrators are planning to start charging an admission fee starting that month.
The Gettysburg Foundation is the organization that suggested charging $7.50 admission to participate in some of the [...]

Enjoy this video footage of a Gettysburg reenactment:

A tragic accident has a 17-year-old Gettysburg reenactor in the hospital following a shot in the foot by another reenactor. Initially the accident was reported as a self-inflicted wound. Further investigation revealed it to be a case of another young reenactor fooling around and shooting the 17-year-old in the foot.
Here are the details as I [...]

Gettysburg took a tourism season hit this year despite record breaking numbers. Gettysburg Bike Week was well attended and reenactment weekend hit an all-time record for attendance as well. Yet, spending among tourists was down. A recent article in the Hanover Evening Sun, which does a better job of covering Gettysburg than the Gettysburg Times [...]

Guest Article
Doggin’ Gettysburg National Military Park: Hike With Your Dog On America’s Most Famous Battlefield
By Doug Gelbert
Experienced canine hikers are all too aware of the prohibitions against dogs on national park trails but not so many know about the hidden gems the national park service reserves for dog owners: historical parks and battlefields. Dogs are [...]

A lawsuit in Philadelphia Pennsylvania will likely do no harm to the tourism business in Gettysburg where tourism is the No. 1 revenue generator for the borough. The suit challenges a law passed by the city of Philadelpha, but some tour guides are saying the law is illegal. The reason experts are saying the law [...]

If you like hunting ghosts then Gettysburg is your town. This is the place to be if you enjoy chasing ghosts, looking for haunting houses, and raising the dead. There are tales to be heard and many more to be told.
Gettysburg Pennsylvania probably has more ghost tours than any other town in America. Most of [...]

Through mid-August, the National Park Service offers ranger-guided tours to visitors of the Gettysburg battlefield and surrounding area. Not only can you see the entire battlefield, you’ll get a better understanding of history through the eyes of the park rangers. You can learn about Civil War battle history, medical practices of the time, and take [...]

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation recently installed 73 “wayfinding” signs along the Pennsylvania Civil War trail. The trail runs through York and Adams counties, Cumberland County, Dauphin County, Franklin and Lancaster counties.
If you see one of these signs you’ll know that you are following the civil war trail, the path of the civil war [...]

A traveling couple by the name of Beth and Jim recently left New York to tour the United States. What was their first stop? Yep. Gettysburg. Be sure to take a look at their travel blog and scope out the photos of Gettysburg. Beth and Jim also wrote a little bit about their trip and [...]