Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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The David Wills House is currently closed. The house will temporarily reopen from November 16 to 19, 2026. Please visit our David Wills House web page for more information and a 3D tour of the house.
Source: National Park Service ↗To commemorate the 250th Anniversary of the United States, this year's Dedication Day ceremony will fully recreate President Abraham Lincoln's visit to Gettysburg, beginning with his arrival by train on November 18. This will follow on November 19 with a recreation of the formal procession that will begin at the David Wills house, proceed down Baltimore Street, and enter the Taneytown Road gate of the Gettysburg National Cemetery. A full series of special events will take place from November 16 to 19.
Source: National Park Service ↗Narrated coach and double-decker loops of the battlefield.
An NPS-licensed historian joins you, in your car or theirs.
Candlelight walks and haunted-history tours through town.
See the field the way 1863 did · from the saddle or a carriage.
Guided rolling tours that cover more ground than walking.
Self-guided GPS audio for the park's auto route, at your pace.
The Museum & Visitor Center, Cyclorama, and ticketed programs.
Sold out according to the theater. A family clings to hope during the aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg as war has torn their world apart, testing love, faith, and what it means to endure.
Produced to commemorate its sesquicentennial, The Gettysburg Story tells the epic tale of the bloodiest battle ever fought on American soil and the greatest man-made disaster in American history.
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As the Civil War rages on, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on his decision to emancipate the slaves.
In 1863, the Northern and Southern forces fight at Gettysburg in the decisive battle of the American Civil War.