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HO-642, Shipley House, site (in Alpha Ridge Park) 11685 Old Frederick Road (MD 99), Marriottsville HO-643, Warfield-Sullivan House, 3625 Andrea Drive, West Friendship HO-644, Ridgely Tenant House, site, 3615 Ivory Road, Glenelg
It offers an electric map orientation program, an interactive computer program, interpretive displays, and artifacts of the battle. The visitor center is the starting point for a self-guided four-mile (6 km) auto tour and 1 ⁄ 2 mile (800 m) loop walking trail. National Park Service rangers and volunteers host battle walks, special programs ...
Visitor center staffed by Park Service rangers. The Wilderness – May 5–7, 1864; Robert E. Lee's first battle against Grant, whose advantage in artillery could not be used in the dense forest. Casualties were high on both sides, and the battle is classed as a draw. Grant withdrew, but only in order to force another battle in more open country.
It opened in 1962. Plans in 1973 for a projected tourist increase included an Oak Ridge visitor center and an Eisenhower Parkway on the west. [8] Neither was built nor was an Appalachian Trail spur to the battlefield considered in 1982. [9] The Gettysburg National Museum became the visitor center in 1974. [10]
Oct. 30—Visitors to Frederick County broke records in 2022, spending $518 million, according to a study from Tourism Economics, a company that studies travel and economics. This is the first ...
US General George G. Meade (undated) used Prospect Hall as headquarters en route to Gettysburg (1863). The mansion was the site of General George G. Meade's takeover of command of the Army of the Potomac of the Union Army from General Joseph Hooker immediately before the Battle of Gettysburg, under last-minute orders from President Abraham Lincoln.
Oct. 6—Those opposed to Frederick County government's bid for a $20 million property claim the county is rushing its acquisition and neglecting to consult the public. County officials, however ...
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