Crowd Expected to Join Candlelit Commemoration for Civil War Soldiers in Gettysburg.
The Gettysburg Foundation will host the 24th Annual Remembrance Day Illumination from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. in Gettysburg National Cemetery. More than 500 attendees are anticipated for this free public event that honors the 3,512 Civil War soldiers buried in Gettysburg National Cemetery. Every Civil War soldier’s grave will be illuminated with a luminary candle, and volunteers will read aloud the names of the fallen throughout the evening.
WHERE:
Gettysburg National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pa. – Taneytown Road and Baltimore Street Entrances
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Now in its 24th year, the Remembrance Day Illumination has become a civic tradition linking President Lincoln’s call to “unfinished work” with contemporary citizenship.
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