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Spookiest Small Towns: The Gettsyburg Restless Souls

Where: 271 Baltimore St. [map], Gettysburg, PA, United States
October 14, 2008 at 3:00 PM | by egw | 0 Comments

Whatever, that's just a re-enactor... OR IS IT?

Tales of the famous historical events in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania are creepy enough by day: The Civil War's most famous battle produced one amazing speech but heavy casualties for both Union and Confederate brigades. These are not the kind of ghosts who will helpfully make you breakfast or cause your Goth stepdaughter to dance to Harry Belafonte.

Chill seekers will want a guide to look for ghosts in local sites like the Daniel Lady Farm, used as a Confederate fort and military hospital during the battle.

With Ghosts of Gettysburg, you can decide whether it's more horrible to see an undead gravedigger or get caught in an eternal reenactment of Pickett's Charge.

Related Stories:
· Green Travel: Gettysburg's New Museum [Jaunted]
· Ghosts of Gettysburg Tour Schedule [Official Site]

[Photo: chonaker]

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Green Travel: Gettysburg's New Museum

April 14, 2008 at 12:14 PM | by pbb | 1 Comment

A brand-new visitor center at Gettysburg National Military Park opens today. The building, designed to look like a 19th-century barn, brims with multimedia presentations, a feature film "experience" and hundreds of thousands of Civil War artifacts.

The new 22-minute film is narrated by Morgan Freeman and focuses on both the battle and its important aftermath. (While the fighting only lasted three days, it took four months for Abraham Lincoln to visit the site and deliver what came to be known as the Gettysburg Address.)

The visitor center will also house the Gettysburg Cyclorama. The 360-degree painting is currently being restored, but should be back on view by September. And of course walking the battlefield itself is still the main draw.

Interestingly, the new visitors center is LEED-certified as a green building, so you can count this as both a learning holiday and green travel.

Related Stories:
· Gettysburg National Military Park [Official Site]
· New Visitor Center Opens at Gettysburg [NPR]
· National Parks coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo: JonnyJonJon]