including McPherson's Ridge (where the battle essentially began), Pickett's Charge and Gettysburg Cemetery, where you'll listen to a reading of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Because the ...

Gettysburg National Military Park has no entrance fee. Visitors are welcome to tour the grounds and the Gettysburg National Cemetery, though hours of operation vary minimally from season to season.

The cemetery, the Battle of Gettysburg, the contradictions of the United States and the ideals of the Declaration of Independence were far more important than he could put into words.

Over the decades, the park changed. So did I. I was born and raised in Washington, D.C., and I grew up visiting Park Service Civil War battlefields in the Mid-Atlantic. My parents weren’t “park people ...

Head up the gentle slope of Cemetery Hill, where the "Gettysburg Address" was delivered, and where Union artillery repelled all Rebel approaches. Barely 40 feet high, the ridge includes the Angle ...

A bloody battle took place at one of Pennsylvania's most historic travel destinations, where travelers can explore a field ...

The episode closes with the dedication in November of a new Union cemetery at Gettysburg, where Abraham Lincoln struggles to put into words what is happening to his people.