Haunted Gettysburg, PA

Haunted Gettysburg, PA

Trip Duration: 3 Days

 

 

Trip Inclusions:

• Meals: 2 Breakfasts, 2 Lunches, 1 Dinner

• Tour Director

• Overnight accommodations

• Deluxe motorcoach transportation

• Baggage handling and related gratuities

• Taxes 

 

 

Highlights Include:

 

Gettysburg Heritage Center

Discover The Town, The People and Their Stories. The Center borders the Gettysburg National Military Park Battlefield. Learn what the Battle of Gettysburg meant to the people who lived here during the war. Utilizing artifacts, historical documents, interactive displays, and 3-D productions, visitors will gain a better understanding of the events that took place in the town before, during and after the battle.

 

Find out how the people reacted to the invasion of the town-freeze, flee or fight? Hear accounts of ordinary people doing extraordinary things in a time when their home was in turmoil.The Gift Shop offers a large variety of souvenirs such as books, collectibles, apparel, educational materials, replica weapons, art and more!

 

Gettysburg National Military Park Guided Tour

During this 2-hour tour of Gettysburg National Military Park, you will learn about the fighting that swept across the fields and gentle slopes of Gettysburg for 3 days in July, 1863. This battle changed the course of history. Today, the battlefield stands supreme as the largest battlefield shrine in America with over 1,000 monuments and cannons along 40 miles of scenic avenues.

 

Ghosts of Gettysburg Candelight Walking Tour

Ghosts of Gettysburg candlelight walking tour is based on documented true stories collected for the best selling book series "Ghosts of Gettysburg." Walking tour begins in the courtyard of the haunted Ghosts of Gettysburg Walking Tours Headquarters where disembodied voices have been recorded and a child has been spotted a century after his death.Visit the County Courthouse that witnessed the battle and was filled to over-flowing with wounded soilders and now holds visitors from another world.See the church where so many amputations occurred they had to drill holes in the floor to let the blood run out and where a spectral undertaker continues to walk to the nearby cemetery removed decades ago.

 

Ghostly Images Riding Tour with Storyteller

Embark on a tour of the countryside and town as your talented storyteller guide shares stories along the way of the history and mystery of the many sites you see in this amazing little town.

 

Jennie Wade House

Authentically furnished from cellar to attic, the Jennie Wade House is a shrine to Jennie and to life during the American Civil War. Just 20 years old at the time of the Battle, Jennie was kneading dough in the kitchen when a rifle bullet pierced two doors and claimed her life.The tour begins by traversing the grassy slopes of East Cemetery Hill. You will hear curious tales of ghostly soldiers, heartbroken women, poltergeists and other assorted ghostly encounters.

 

For the second half of the tour, you will enter the same doorway through which a bullet passed on July 3rd 1863, killing young Jennie Wade and making her the only civilian to be killed during the battle of Gettysburg. The ghostly tales to be told in this house have been recorded in numerous books and television specials. This humble home has been featured on Travel Channel's list of the most haunted houses.

 

National Soldiers' Orphanage Homestead Tour

Your tour guide will take you for a short walk in the vicinity of Baltimore Street and Steinwehr Avenue, sharing eerie tales as you pass locations such as Gettysburg's oldest, most historic building, the Dobbin House (1776), the Soldiers National Cemetery and the former Hall of Presidents & First Ladies Museum. This portion of the tour will prime your senses for entering one of the area's most notoriously haunted buildings.

 

Once you circle back to your starting point, in the location of the original dining room, you will be introduced to the story of the National Soldiers Orphanage Homestead. Journey down the original wooden stairs to the same dingy, dark dungeon where a cruel headmistress chained children to stone walls when they misbehaved. You will hear about the appalling treatment of the young children in her charge, treatments that some say caused their spirits to linger throughout the building for over 150 years.

 

Come visit what Ghost Adventures called one of the "Top 10 Freakiest Places in the USA" if you dare. This tour is 90 minutes long and requires climbing some steps within the home and some light walking in the vicinity. Be sure to bring your camera, as you never know what you may capture!

 

Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg

Established just months following the battle, the Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg marks the "final resting place for those who here gave their lives." At the cemetery's dedication on November 19, 1863, President Lincoln delivered his immortal Gettysburg Address. The Lincoln Address Memorial inside the cemetery commemorates the speech.

 

At the cemetery center, the towering Soldiers' National Monument features the figure of Liberty on a pedestal surrounded on the base by War, Clio (the Muse of History), Plenty, and Peace. In addition to the more than 3,500 Union soldiers buried here, the cemetery contains the remains of American soldiers and dependents from the Civil War to Vietnam.

 

Hollabaugh Bros.

Visit the family owned and operated fruit and vegetable farm with a fabulous retail farm market in Biglerville, PA. They grow all kinds of fruits and vegetables, including apples, pears, peaches, nectarines, apricots, asian pears, blueberries and more!

 

Check out the baked goods that are made from scratch in the market's bakery! Try our signature breads, fruit pies, dumplings, apple cider donuts, or sticky buns. You won't be disappointed no matter what you taste!

 

 

Meal Information:

 

Lunch on Day 1 will be served at Appalachian Brewing Company. Delicious seasonal Menu Choices will be available.

 

Dinner on Day 2 will be served at the Dobbin House. Entree Choices include:

• Broiled Flounder with Lemon Butter

• Baked Chicken with Mushroom, Supreme Sauce

• Baked Smithfield Ham with Pineapple Raisin Sauce

• Vegetarian Pasta

Meal also includes garden salad, Hot homebaked bread, Baked White Potato, Seasonal Vegetable, Chocolate Cake, Coffee, Tea & Iced Tea.

 

 

Need to Know:

This tour requires a lot of walking. Wear comfortable shoes.

 

Dress appropriately for fall weather.

 

This tour is not recommended for those with limited mobility.

 

The Jennie Wade House and Orphanage are not handicap accessible.

 

 

Accessibility:

 

The Jennie Wade House and Orphanage are not wheelchair accessible.

 

Starr has a select quantity of wheelchair accessible motorcoaches available; therefore, we suggest you contact a Travel Advisor to discuss any needs you may have before reserving your trip.

The Country Inn & Suites, Gettysburg

The Country Inn & Suites, Gettysburg is conveniently located to all area attractions and is next to The Outlet Shoppes at Gettysburg. The hotel features an indoor pool, Whirlpool & Fitness Center. Guest rooms include coffee maker, hairdryer, and iron/board.