🌱 Need-to-know changes coming for November’s big Lincoln Square commemoration
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Patch AM: a 4 min readHello Gettysburg! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Need-to-know changes coming for November’s big Lincoln Square commemoration
- How a Gettysburg historian is reviving forgotten Civil War voices
- How you can help build Gettysburg’s 17,760-flag Field of Remembrance
Also on today's calendar: Haunted Orphanage and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 71 and low of 56 degrees.
- Sunday: Cooler; a little p.m. rain, temps: high: 62, low: 54.
- Monday: Mostly sunny; breezy, warmer, with a high of 72 and low of 43 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Gettysburg Community Information Session – 10/02/2026 (communitymedia.net) — Gettysburg Borough is holding two community information sessions to brief residents, businesses, and visitors on street closures, parking changes, shuttles, and security for November’s Lincoln at Gettysburg: Shall Not Perish commemoration and concert on Lincoln Square. If you live, work, or travel through town that week, these sessions are your chance to learn what to expect and ask questions directly. 
2. Author William Styple brings Civil War voices to life for Darke County veterans (mycountylink.com) — Gettysburg residents may spot Civil War author William Styple regularly at the Gettysburg National Military Park museum bookstore, where he chats with visitors and signs his history books. Now a nine-year resident of Gettysburg, he’s sharing thousands of wartime letters through a weekly YouTube series. His work aims to preserve soldiers’ real-time experiences for readers and viewers today and a century from now.
3. Gettysburg Foundation expands Field of Remembrance goal to 17,760 flags (gettysburgconnection.org) — A massive Field of Remembrance display is coming to Gettysburg this November, with up to 17,760 sponsored American flags installed near the Eternal Light Peace Memorial. Residents and local businesses can sponsor flags or volunteer to help place and remove them, supporting the Gettysburg Foundation’s preservation and education work during the community’s PA250 commemorations.
4. Canner Foundation funded 28 Upper Adams education projects last school year (gettysburgconnection.org) — Upper Adams students enjoyed 28 extra learning projects last year, including trips to the Gettysburg Battlefield and Eisenhower Museum, thanks to the Canner Educational Foundation. The group, now a 501(c)(3), will also join the Adams County Giving Spree on Nov. 5 at the Wyndham in Gettysburg, inviting local donors to support more classroom grants and field trips.
📸 Around Gettysburg
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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The Wild Hymns at Ploughman Taproom →
Ploughman Cider Taproom, 14 Lincoln Square, Gettysburg
7:00 pm
Saturday October 3
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Other local events
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Haunted Orphanage →
Gettysburg Tours Inc., 778 Baltimore St., Gettysburg
8:30 pm -
Haunted Bus Tour →
Gettysburg Tours Inc., 778 Baltimore St., Gettysburg
8:45 pm -
Spirits of Jennie Wade →
Gettysburg Tours Inc., 778 Baltimore St., Gettysburg
9:00 pm -
Late Night Jennie Wade/Orphanage Combo Tour →
Gettysburg Tours Inc., 778 Baltimore St., Gettysburg
10:30 pm -
Midnight Investigation (Jennie Wade House) →
Gettysburg Tours Inc., 778 Baltimore St., Gettysburg
11:59 pm -
Open-Air Double Decker Tour (Top Deck) →
Gettysburg Tours Inc., 778 Baltimore St., Gettysburg
12:30 pm -
Open-Air Double Decker Tour (Bottom Deck) →
Gettysburg Tours Inc., 778 Baltimore St., Gettysburg
12:30 pm -
Apple Harvest Trains →
Gettysburg Railway, 106 N. Washington Street, Gettysburg
12:30 pm -
Fancy Pumpkins →
Gettysburg PA
2:00 pm -
Enclosed Air-Conditioned Tour →
Gettysburg Tours Inc., 778 Baltimore St., Gettysburg
2:45 pm -
Blue Ridge Leisures 2026 Fall Rally →
Gettysburg Campground, 2030 Fairfield Road, Gettysburg
Saturday October 3
Sunday October 4
Monday October 5
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