Gettysburg Welcomes Veterans Free on Veterans Day With Film, Cyclorama and Museum
The Gettysburg Foundation in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, marked Veterans Day on November 11 with its annual Veterans Appreciation Day: veterans showing proof of service received free admission to the film, cyclorama and museum experience at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center, with the last show of the day beginning at 4:15 p.m.
The free experience includes "A New Birth of Freedom," the film narrating the Battle of Gettysburg; the Gettysburg Cyclorama, a sound-and-light presentation of the monumental painting depicting Pickett's Charge; and the 12-gallery Museum of the American Civil War. The 1863 Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point of the Civil War, and President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, delivered there the same year, became one of the most famous speeches in American history. Active-duty military members receive free admission year-round.
The Gettysburg Foundation is the official partner of Gettysburg National Military Park, operating the museum and visitor center and supporting battlefield preservation. Barbara Sardella, the foundation's interim president and CEO, said Veterans Day is a day to thank those who served, and the foundation hopes the free admission invites them into the history preserved there.
(Source: Gettysburg Foundation)
Source: Gettysburg Foundation
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Photo: 图：宾夕法尼亚州葛底斯堡战场。Wikimedia Commons 图片（CC BY-SA 3.0）。 / Photo: The Gettysburg battlefield in Pennsylvania. Image via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).
