Schedule of EventsFree guided battlefield walks. Each program is approximately three hours in length and involves two miles of walking. Today * 10 a.m. --"Never have I seen such a charge" The Confederate assault on Seminary Ridge * 2:30 p.m. -- Geary leaves footprints on July 1 for Sickles, or does he? * 6 p.m. -- The damned Dutchmen are running again! Monday * 10 a.m. -- "A Scene of ... Indescribable, Awe-inspiring Confusion" The struggle for Devil's Den * 2:30 p.m. -- "The fire all along our crest is terrific, and it is a wonder how anything human could have stood before it." Crisis on Cemetery Ridge * 6 p.m. -- The Valley of Death Tuesday * 10 a.m. -- Pardee Field: Seven Acres and Seven Hours in Hell * 3 p.m. -- "Pickett's Charge" from Ridge to Ridge -- A Children's Program * 3 p.m. -- The attack and repulse of Longstreet's Assault * 6 p.m. -- "Fury on the Bliss Farm" The park will also be offering Real Time Programs, which are shorter in length, but more closely tied to the timing of the actual battle. These programs are also free. SOURCE: www.nps.gov/gett/planyourvisit/anniversary-battlewalks.htm
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