Gettysburg Remembrance Day Illumination

On Saturday, Nov. 15, from 5:30 until 9:30 p.m., the Gettysburg Foundation hosts the annual Remembrance Day Illumination in Gettysburg National Cemetery. This time-honored tradition commemorates President Abraham Lincoln’s dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery on Nov. 19, 1863, and honors the 3,512 Civil War soldiers interred there.

With the support of Gettysburg Foundation donors and volunteers, each grave is lit with a luminary candle, and the names of the fallen soldiers are read aloud in remembrance of their sacrifice at Gettysburg.

Guests may enter the cemetery through the gate at Taneytown Road or the gate at Baltimore Street.

The event is subject to change and may be relocated off National Park property if necessary.