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The visitors center at the Gettysburg National Military Park is located at 1195 Baltimore Pike in Gettysburg, PA. The Gettysburg National Cemetery is located within the National Military Park, which is a unit of the National Park Service. The park’s grounds and roads are open daily from 6am to 7pm (6am to 10pm from April 1st to October 31st).
Gettysburg National Cemetery is a United States national cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania created for Union casualties from the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War.
Pennsylvania. Adams County. Gettysburg. Gettysburg National Cemetery. Added: 18 Sep 2002. Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 1584934. Find 6944 memorial records at the Gettysburg National Cemetery cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Add a memorial, flowers or photo.
Mar 12, 2018 · The most well-known cemetery in Gettysburg is, of course, the Soldiers’ National Cemetery. Another cemetery in Gettysburg that receives less attention is the Lincoln Cemetery, currently located on Lincoln Lane.
In 1872, the Federal government took stewardship of the cemetery and now it remains in the hands of Gettysburg National Military Park. Of the 3,354 bodies buried in the Soldiers’ National Cemetery, 979 are unknown.
At the cemetery’s dedication, President Lincoln delivered his immortal Gettysburg Address, Nov. 19, 1863. The Lincoln Address Memorial inside the cemetery commemorates the speech. At the cemetery center, the towering Soldiers' National Monument features the figure of Liberty on the pedestal surrounded on the base by War, Clio, (the Muse of ...