Gettysburg Heritage Center

It's baaaaack! It's time for an all-new season of #WhereAreWeWednesday! Each week, we visit a monument and post a close-up image. Everyone who guesses, in the comments, where we were, is entered to win a SURPRISE from our popular gift shop and bookstore! We have all new prizes for this season! You have from Wednesday until the following Tuesday at noon to comment with your guess!... Watch our page in the coming days for a helpful tool to track your guesses and answers, and there may be some surprised connected with that tool as well! So...where which monument did we visit this week? #GettysburgMonuments

We agree! It’s soooooo windy here right now! If you’re in the area, please be cautiouslots of reports of lines down, brush fires and branches and trees falling. Be careful! Is it windy where you are? #Gettysburg

We LOVE celebrating with visitors! Melinda J. from Pittsburgh CHOSE to spend her 50th birthday in the place she LOVESGettysburgwith her daughter and grandson! While in town some of her highlights include a carriage tour, the Heritage Center and dinner at the Dobbin House!... Happy Birthday, Melinda! Tammy Myers Victorian Carriage Company Dobbin House Tavern #Gettysburg

Today in 1861, the first shot of what would become the Civil War was fired in Fort Sumpter in Charleston Harbor. Little did Americans know on that fateful day what would transpire over the next four years as the continent witnessed death and destruction on unimaginable scales. #CivilWar

Where is #WhereAreWeWednesday?!!! It’s coming back next week with an all-new prize from our gift shop and museum and some other perks and ways to help you keep track of your scores! In the meantime, here are some of the monuments we’ve featured! ... Feel free to show us your monument photos in the comments! #GettysburgMonuments

April, 9, 1865: The Army of Northern Virginia surrenders at Appomattox, effectively ending the Civil War. #appomattox

...on great fields something stays... Today’s neighborhood spring view, just a few steps from our door: Looking west from Cemetery Ridge to Seminary Ridge across the fields of Pickett’s Charge. Have YOU walked across these fields? #GettysburgHeritage

We don't like to spam you with more than one post a day unless we have to, so every now and then #WhereAreWeWednesday will take a break for a holiday week or for breaking news. But it's back this week! Each week we visit a monument, and everyone who guesses in the comments is entered to win a prize from our gift shop and bookstore! We've been a bit busy as we have opened and things are busy, busy, busy, but we are getting caught up! So, which monument did we visit thi...s week? #gettysburgmonuments See more

We need your opinions! We are working on some exciting new programming, including lectures that you love so much! Here’s our question: ... Would you prefer Friday-evening programs or Saturday-afternoon programs? Please give us your opinions in the comments! Thank you in advance! #HeritageHabitat

From all of us to all of you, if you are celebrating Easter or just a beautiful spring day, may you find peace, joy and hope in the days ahead. The Eternal Light Peace Memorial stands bathed in a purple glow during the annual sunrise service on Easter Sunday morning (April 4, 2021) #EasterSunday

The Dan Sickles story! Today is the anniversary of the incident that would evolve into the first temporary-insanity plea. Feel free to share your opinion on Gen. Sickles in the comments. (Wait...is that a good idea?!?!) #GettysburgStories

Gettysburg on Jeopardy! #Gettysburg

Our recent situation! Roads are clearing now, but it's still slippery! Thanks to our neighbors for the photos! Best Western Gettysburg #GettysburgSnow

The story of Mag Palm is one of the most intriguing of all Gettysburg stories! After being targeted by slave catchers, AND fighting them off, she lived the rest of her life in town. Read more at the link below! #GettysburgWomen #BlackHistoryMonth

It's time for the answer to #WhereAreWeWednesday! We were at the 42nd NY monument! This week's winner is RevWade Wood! If you message us your address, we will get your prize right out to you! (As soon as we can--we're expecting a big snowfall, again, tomorrow!) #GettysburgMonuments

Gettysburg National Military Park building TOURS in 3D?!?! Here’s something to do this weekend! Go INSIDE Ike’s housebeyond the ropes! Also see the Leister and Bryan houses! Let us know what you think in the comments! #Gettysburg

It’s time for the answer to #WhereAreWeWednesday! We were, indeed, at the 10th Massachusetts monument, and this week’s winner is Lawrie McNabb! Lawrie, if you send us your addresss, we will get your prize out to you! #GettysburgMonuments

This is a reminder that Civil War events, while seemingly occurring in such a distant past, didn't actually happen that long ago. May she Rest In Peace. #CivlWarWidow

Here's some weekend fun! It's been such a crazy year (and week), why don't you play some bingo and see how you've been doing with all of the...ummm..challenges? Presenting our "Weirdest Year Ever" Bingo card! Fill yours out and then take a photo and share with us! (You can mark up the image on your phone by saving the image and opening it in your photos, or you can mark it up in Instagram and tag us when sharing!) Or you can print it out and then snap a photo! Let's p...lay, and have some fun! We want to see what you've been up to! Post your cards in the comments! #bingo #gettysburgbingo See more

It’s time for #WhereAreWeWednesday! Each week we visit a monument, post a close-up photo, and you get to guess where we were! Everyone who guesses in the comments is entered to win a prize from our gift shop and museum! (You don’t have to be right to win!) So where were we this week?... #GettysburgMonuments See more