The David Wills House closed in October 2024 due to a burst water line and will remain closed for the remainder of 2025. No known reopening date is available. Please visit our David Wills House web page for more information and a 3D tour of the house. More
As of May 2023, the Rose Farm & Rose Lane are closed to all visitation. The house will undergo a full rehabilitation. This work prohibits the use of the area around the house and lane during construction. Worker safety and resource protection are key.
The Gettysburg National Cemetery is the final resting place for over 6,000 United States soldiers and veterans. Of these, over 3,500 were among the United States soldiers who died at the Battle of Gettysburg. It was here at the cemetery’s dedication ceremony, just a few months after the battle, that President Abraham Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address.
The Gettysburg National Cemetery is the final resting place for over 6,000 United States soldiers and veterans. President Abraham Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address at the cemetery's dedication ceremony.
The restrooms located within the Gettysburg National Cemetery are open year-round. These restrooms are located at the back of the Gettysburg National Cemetery, near Baltimore Street.
The Soldiers’ National Monument is the focal point around which burials of United States soldiers who died at Gettysburg are laid out in a semicircle. The monument honors the fallen soldiers and was dedicated in 1869. Figures representing war, history, plenty, and peace sit on the monument’s base, while a figure representing liberty stands on the high pedestal.
This artillery, along with the other cannons and monuments located throughout the cemetery, not only mark the specific locations of US artillery and infantry during the fighting, but also reflect the importance of Cemetery Hill during all three days of the battle. This high, open hill dominated the surrounding countryside in 1863. By posting artillery here, the US Army could control a large part of the battlefield.
The Gettysburg National Cemetery is the final resting place for over 3,500 United States soldiers who lost their lives at the Battle of Gettysburg, as well as 3,307 post Civil-War United States soldiers and veterans. The cemetery is famous throughout the world as the site of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, delivered at the cemetery’s dedication ceremony four and a half months after the battle.
The Lincoln Address Memorial commemorates the Gettysburg Address. It is one of the few memorials in the world dedicated to honor a speech. The bronze bust of Lincoln, by sculptor Henry Bush-Brown, reveals the heavy toll the war and the nation’s suffering had upon him. Inscribed in bronze on the right is the Gettysburg Address. On the left is the letter Lincoln received inviting him to speak at Gettysburg.
The Soldiers' National Cemetery is the final resting place for more than 3,500 United States soldiers killed at Gettysburg. President Abraham Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address at the cemetery’s dedication on November 19, 1863. After the war, management of the cemetery was transferred to the federal government and it was used through Vietnam. The Soldiers' National Cemetery now refers to the Civil War period area within the Gettysburg National Cemetery.
