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Autumn in Gettysburg: Fall 2024 Essential Guide
August 21, 2024Autumn in Gettysburg offers a wealth of activities for visitors and locals alike. The town’s remarkable historical past and quaint seasonal ambiance provide a diverse array of experiences to satisfy even the most discriminating traveler. Fall is a great time to visit Gettysburg if you’re a history enthusiast, a nature lover, or just a traveler searching for an exciting way to experience the stunning Central Pennsylvania harvest season!
Christmas at the Jennie Wade House
November 8, 2021Visit the Jennie Wade House to see how they decorated for the holidays in 1863. Music, decorations, and unique gifts. Open Friday, December 3rd & 10th; Saturday, December 4th, 11th & 18th; and Sunday, December 5th, 12th & 19th and daily December 26th-31st.
Ghostly Images Jennie Wade/Haunted Orphanage Combo Tour
February 24, 2021The Ghostly Images Jennie Wade/Haunted Orphanage Combo Tour is held Saturday nights beginning January 16th, 2021 (weather permitting) through Saturday, March 13th, 2021. Space is limited so get your tickets early. This tour takes you INSIDE both the Jennie Wade House and the Haunted Orphanage. Cost: $15 per person.
Daily operation begins on Friday, March 19th, 2021.
Monday, May 25–Virtual One Hundred Nights of Taps Gettysburg 2020
May 19, 2020Wendy Allen to 100 Nights of Taps Gettysburg 2020
Virtual One Hundred Nights of Taps, Gettysburg, 2020
Opening Ceremony, May 25, 7:00 p.m. on Facebook and YouTube
For the fourth year, the notes of “Taps” will be sounded in Gettysburg every evening this summer to honor of those who have served our nation. The program will take place virtually through internet live-streaming. In order to act in the best interest of public safety, Gettysburg National Military Park has informed The Lincoln Fellowship of Pennsylvania that, until further notice, any on-site programming for “One Hundred Nights of Taps, Gettysburg, 2020” within Soldiers’ National Cemetery is temporarily suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic. If and when the Fellowship receives an “all-clear” for on-site programming, we will again meet, outdoors, at the base of the beautiful Soldiers’ National Monument in Gettysburg National Military Park to resume the ceremony as it was intended to be.
The Lincoln Fellowship, in partnership with Taps for Veterans and Gettysburg National Military Park, will stream the virtual program at 7 p.m. every evening from Memorial Day (May 25) through Labor Day (September 7) through Facebook and YouTube. We welcome any and all members of the public to join us online at:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1472479932776324/
and on our One Hundred Nights of Taps, Gettysburg, 2020 YouTube channel.
Jennie Wade-Orphan Combo Tour
February 20, 2015Ghostly Images of Gettysburg is proud to invite you to tour the buildings investigated by the Popular Network Shows “GHOST HUNTERS”, “GHOST LAB”, “GHOST ADVENTURES”, “HAUNTED HISTORY” AND “MOST HAUNTED LIVE”. A special tour taking you INSIDE The Jennie Wade House and The Haunted Orphanage will be offered SATURDAY NIGHTS January 17th through February 28th at 7 PM (weather permitting). Space is limited. Make ticket arrangements by contacting Gettysburg Battlefield Tours, 778 Baltimore Street, Gettysburg, PA 17325, (717) 334-6296 option #2 (9 AM – 3:30 PM) Cost: $15 (ages 8 and older). Any remaining tickets will be sold at Ghostly Images, 777 Baltimore Street, Gettysburg, PA 17325, (717) 334-1156 prior to tour. Tour has been cancelled for Saturday, February 21st. The last Combo Tour will be on Saturday, February 28th, 2015.
The George Spangler Farm Civil War Hospital Site
July 9, 2014Friday, June 06, 2014 to Sunday, August 10, 2014
Time: 10:00am-2:00pm
Educational Event
The George Spangler Farm Civil War Hospital Site is one of the most intact Civil War field hospitals used during the battle of Gettysburg. During and after the battle, the Spangler family’s homestead was occupied by the Union army’s Eleventh Corps who used the buildings and fields as a hospital for some 1,900 wounded Union and Confederate soldiers.
Free admission and shuttle tickets are available at the Ticketing Counter inside Gettysburg National Military Park Museum & Visitor Center. The site is accessible by shuttle only. Tickets may only be obtained the day of your visit to the Spangler Farm.
Program Schedule
An Army Field Hospital: The George Spangler Farm
11am-Noon
Join a National Park Service Ranger at the George Spangler Farm and discover the field hospital where over 1,900 soldiers wounded in the battle of Gettysburg were cared for.
Arts and Trades of the Past
10:15-10:45am
12:15-12:45pm
Join living historians demonstrating trades of the period and get a glimpse at civilian life at the farm.
History Comes to Life: War Reaches the Homefront
1-1:30pm
View a dramatic ensemble cast of soldiers and civilians who witnessed the battle of Gettysburg and the George Spangler Farm’s transformation from home to hospital.
Interactive History Encampments
10am-2pm
Mingle with living historians in authentic camps portraying the civilian experience, civilian aide societies, Civil War field medicine and Union artillery.