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Gettysburg Going Green

Posted by Intelligent Travel on April 28, 2008
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Photo: Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center

By: Ashley Thompson

Don’t judge a building by its exterior is the lesson learned at the all-new Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center, which opened April 14. Despite being designed to “blend into the rural Pennsylvania countryside” according to the National Park Service’s website, the brand new center is packed full of modern multimedia, and has been designed to meet LEED certification at the silver level. Yes, Lincoln’s Gettysburg is getting up to speed and going green.

Located in the Gettysburg National Military Park, the center includes interesting features to accompany the obligatory walk in the battlefield itself. Visitors can explore the center’s 11 exhibit galleries, watch a short film (narrated by Morgan Freeman) that highlights the significance of the 1863 Battle at Gettysburg, peruse 300,000 Civil War artifacts, and check out the expanded museum bookstore for souvenirs. I know I will when I continue my travels through Colonial America.

History lessons and environmental friendliness: What more could this earth conscious history junkie ask for?

Photo: Gettysburg National Military Park

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  1. jen
    March 22, 2010, 11:54 pm

    I live in Gettysburg and go the the national military park 4 times a week from June 16 till the middle of September for all the free programs the park offers. I especially enjoy the battlefield walks hosted by the park rangers where they explain every aspect of the 3 day battle.
    On july 1st,2nd and third the park rangers offer Real-time Programs where they highlight specific events and chronologically follow the course of the Battle of Gettysburg, which is a must do if your there on those day.
    I also highly recommend taking one of the ghost tours that features the real ghosts of Gettysburg and make sure you put together a specific list of haunted places in pa before your trip because there are quite a few places to choose from and in can be overwhelming if you only have a few days!

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