Best Things to Do in Gettysburg, PA

[@suzannecooke2055]

The very best thing to do in Gettysburg is to do the private tour of the battlefield. You get your own guide and you drive around in your own car, BONUS - if you have an ancestor who fought here they will bend over backwards for you since the park is dedicated to the descendants of the soldiers who fought there. My husband has an ancestor who was a soldier. Our tour guide stayed with us ALL DAY (the standard tour is about 90 min.). When we wanted paper to do a rubbing from the Pennsylvania Memorial we asked the docent at the visitor center who was not too cooperative. As soon as we said he had a relative, it was like we said some magic word and she couldn't do enough for us.

[@CherylPerry-st7xo]

Dobbin house for sure to eat!❤❤

[@mariebeasley1269]

Love going to Mason Dixion Distillery for Sunday Brunch. Great food from local farms. Wonderful cocktails. Oh fresh pressed coffee to go along with dessert 🇺🇸

[@riptide5671]

There are hundreds of covered bridges you can drive across still in PA, they are rare but still around

[@BillWillyBillyBill]

Good video, but one correction. There are plenty of covered bridges in PA that are still standing and can be driven across.

[@tamiramos5873]

Unfortunately, not much available in January if you go there. I will be going there for a sister birthday weekend. My birthday and my sister's birthday are in January and we usually go somewhere on the weekend between the dates. Will be going there this coming weekend....having an issue with finding things to do.

[@chasechristophermurraydola9314]

Just saying but the shrivers who lived in the shriver house are part of my family and they were my 3rd great grand aunt and uncle and their kids were my 1st cousins 4x removed.

[@J.P-s6p]

Also, visit the horse solider , they have tons of artifacts for sale

[@CA-lf7jt]

Eat Mr Gs ice cream. The little newly redone outdoor pubs are beautiful now- one of the only good things to come from Covid

[@mariebeasley1269]

There is a covered bridge near Valley Forge Park that you can drive on

[@MommyEdD]

Thank you for this overview! It helped me convince my kids that Gettysburg needs to be on our list to see. (I understand it's meant to be an overview, and I appreciate that. I'm sorry for those experts of the area who commented negatively; I don't think they understand that the video isn't necessarily for them.)

[@amandaanchor90]

I'm sorry but i had a very hard time watching this video. My husband and i go to Gettysburg at least 3 times a year. In the very beginning you said Little Round Top isn't visited that much. It is one of the most visited spots due to the memorial to the 44th New York and 2 companies from the 12th New York Infantry regiments. It is shaped like a castle that you can climb. From there you can see devils den and the valley of death. It is probably the most beautiful and romantic place to see the sun rise and sunset. Of course now nobody goes there due to it being closed for rehabilitation. Then later you say there's only 4 covered bridges left in Pa which is also wrong...

[@michaelmento1939]

Only covered bridge in Pennsylvania you can still drive across? I don’t think so

[@edm8610]

Weir's Mill bridge above Allentown is one example. There are many covered bridges in the Lehigh Valley area.

[@BritIronRebel]

There are 3 just in Lawrence Co.....

[@50pinkies67]

There are several in Lancaster County.

[@ruthgallagher1168]

There is one in valley forge

[@alkay1774]

Bedford County has several.

[@lilyworld1711]

Ohmigosh Mr G's ice cream was the best

[@Hi_idkidk24]

I love Mr G's and I live near there!

[@oldcougar65]

I just never was that wild about Mr G's. Kilwins used to be better, but they've gone downhill. Now falling back on Half-Pint Creamery -- pretty good with a multitude of flavors. I live up the street from Mr. G's

[@ashleesmum]

I live in Gettysburg and I love Mr G's peanut butter milkshakes. ❤

[@gettysburghiddengems]

Give Cone Sweet Cone a try! You will love the cool retro shop and delicious homemade ice cream. Plenty of selection and nice people!!👍🏻💕

[@jesusworksbro4Life]

Jesus loves you and is with you forever

[@CherylPerry-st7xo]

go to President Eisenhower farm!

[@pacanoeist]

Nice intro video to Gettysburg but your covered bridge information is very inaccurate. It makes me skeptical of the entire video overall.

[@MissRailfan]

only 4 covered bridges still standing???? WAY More then that And thers many that are used for car traffic. Who told you that info was wrong.

[@jeremyhorn4048]

He may have meant 4 in Adams County. But definitely there are hundreds more in Pennsylvania.

[@jayg4424]

3:00 How do they know it was a Confederate bullet?

[@edm8610]

From forensic work done by several universities, they're over 99% sure the bullet that killed JW came from the attic window of the Farnsworth House. Confederates occupied the house during the battle.

[@wennerygunsmithing5213]

I clicked on the 3 min. Mark..nothing said about a confed. Bullet.. But confederates had a few different bullets that the north didn't use..

[@JTK122]

If you are referring to the death of Mary Virginia Wade, it was, of course, an accidental death. However, we know it was a Confederate bullet because of the location of the wound on her body, the position of the dough tray where she was working when she was struck, and the direction the bullet was fired from. At the time of her death, the house was between the lines with Union soldiers positioned to the south of the house and Confederate soldiers positioned to the north of the house. She was struck in the back when the front of her body was facing southerly direction and her back was to the north. Before striking her, the bullet passed through a wooden door on the northern side of the house - i. e. the side of the house that faced the Confederate lines at the time.)

[@marksandor2830]

I love how northerners love to simplify the war of northern aggression.

[@suckmygooglies99]

Love it when southerners mixup tradition with racism.

[@flatearthisahoax4030]

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