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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.
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"
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It opened in 1962. Plans in 1973 for a projected tourist increase included an Oak Ridge visitor center and an Eisenhower Parkway on the west. [8] Neither was built nor was an Appalachian Trail spur to the battlefield considered in 1982. [9] The Gettysburg National Museum became the visitor center in 1974. [10]
Devil's Den [1] is a boulder-strewn hill on the end of Houck's Ridge at Gettysburg Battlefield, used by artillery and sharpshooters on the second day of the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.
On July 4, 1884, Colonel John H. McClellan held a free ox roast at the park to benefit the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. [3] In 1886, the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association purchased the grove in and around Round Top. [5] In 1889, the Pennsylvania Reserves held a reunion in the park. [6]