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Gettysburg (/ ˈ ɡ ɛ t i z b ɜːr ɡ /; locally / ˈ ɡ ɛ t ɪ s b ɜːr ɡ / ⓘ) [4] is a borough in Pennsylvania and the county seat of Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. [5] As of the 2020 census , the borough had a population of 7,106 people.
Plum Run (Rock Run in 1821) [1] is a Pennsylvania stream flowing southward from the Gettysburg Battlefield between the Gettys-Black Divide on the east and on the west, the drainage divide for Pitzer Run, Biesecker Run, Willoughby Run, and Marsh Creek.
It is primarily located in Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, [2] just outside Gettysburg. Purchased by then- General Eisenhower and his wife Mamie in 1950, the farm served as a weekend retreat when he became president in 1953 and a meeting place for world leaders, and became the Eisenhowers' home after they left the White House ...
The Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center is a Gettysburg National Military Park facility, with a museum about the American Civil War, the 1884 Gettysburg Cyclorama, and the tour center for licensed Battlefield Guides and for buses to see the Gettysburg Battlefield and Eisenhower National Historic Site.
All of the following are filed under Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania: HABS No. PA-1964, "Theodore Bender House, East of Herr's Ridge Road, West of Buford Avenue" HABS No. PA-5940-A, "Biggs Farm, House" HABS No. PA-1963, "Blocher House, Tablerock Road, off Route 34" HABS No. PA-355, "Bricker Outdoor Bake Oven, Taneytown & Wheat Fields Roads"
On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered his historic Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Pennsylvania.
Stevens Run [1] (Stevens Creek, [2] Tiber) is a 2.2-mile-long (3.5 km) [3] tributary of Rock Creek in Pennsylvania in the United States. Stevens Run flows over the Gettysburg Battlefield and through the borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Within the borough the stream is in a concrete channel, including a covered portion.
The Gettysburg Battlefield is the area of the July 1–3, 1863, military engagements of the Battle of Gettysburg in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.Locations of military engagements extend from the 4-acre (1.6 ha) site of the first shot [G 1] at Knoxlyn Ridge [1] on the west of the borough, to East Cavalry Field on the east.