The Gettysburg Pennsylvania Blog

You may first know Jeff Shaara for his cooperative effort with his father Michael Shaara; together they brought the Civil War into comfy chairs all across the country. The two partnered to render the thrilling Civil War trilogy: “Killer Angels,” “Gods and Generals” and “The Last Full Measure.”
Maybe books aren’t for you, but you’ve sat through [...]

This afternoon, my wife and I took the family to see the Pennsylvania state Capitol building in Harrisburg. We went with my grandson’s Cub Scout troop.
When we first planned to make our visit I though it would be just like any other state Capitol. Being from Texas, I’ve had several chances to see that [...]

Are you struggling to find plans for the weekend? If you’re in to the strange and often times disturbing world of the underground, then you may want to join some fellow horror hopefuls on November 14 and 15 at a ghastly event sponsored by the Chestnut Hall Bed and Breakfast in New Oxford, PA: A [...]

Every Halloween you see and hear guests from all over the world walking the streets in Gettysburg looking for ghosts, ghouls, and the undead. I’ve heard of people actually finding the undead in Gettysburg. It turns out those were just local children.
Well, there are ghost tours aplenty and they seem to be quite popular this [...]

The superintendent of Evergreen Cemetery in Gettysburg says that ghost walkers are trespassing on the cemetery property at night. The problem is, it’s a private cemetery and besides property rights issues, there are safety issues. The cemetery is 153 years old and sits right next to the National Cemetery, which is a public cemetery owned [...]

In April this year, Gettysburg saw the opening of its brand new visitor center and museum. It’s a real beauty. It cost $103 million to build and admission has been free - until now.
Starting today, if you want to visit the new visitor center and museum then you’ll have to pay to see some of [...]

Gettysburg Pennsylvania, as small a community as it is, is one of the most commercialized communities in the nation. Most people who come to Gettysburg come to see the battlefield, but there is more to do here than just walk around (or drive through) an old battlefield. Though, if you do come to Gettysburg, you [...]

On his way out of Gettysburg, Robert E. Lee passed through Waynesboro, Pennsylvania and stopped long enough to occupy the town. Whether or not that has anything to do with Waynesboro’s strange happenings today is another story. Nevertheless, a couple of Waynesboro residents are starting a ghost tour similar to the ones to be found [...]

President George and First Lady Laura Bush received a private tour of Gettysburg Battlefield on Friday. Just about every newspaper in the country is reporting the story now. That should give the area big boost for the fall tourism season.
The Bush’s tour guide was Professor Gabor Boritt, a history professor at Gettysburg College. Boritt [...]

On his way back to Virginia from stomping out the Whiskey Rebellion, which took place in Pennsylvania, George Washington stayed a night right here in Adams County, at Russell’s Tavern.
The tavern is a stone building located on Biglerville Road just at Goldenville Road. The year was 1794.
Russell’s Tavern is the last sight you [...]