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Ghosts of Gettysburg

The spirits are beckoning you to Gettysburg for a weekend of haunted places, candlelight tours, and ghost stories.

Duration:

2 Days/1 Night

Meals Included:

1 Continental Breakfast, 1 Lunch, 1 Dinner

Rates From:*
$269.95 per person / double room
$319.95 per person / single room
$249.95 per person / triple room
$239.95 per person / quad room
Guided Sightseeing tour Gettysburg National Military Park Battlefield
During your tour of Gettysburg National Park, you will learn about the fighting that swept across the fields & gentle slopes of Gettysburg for 3 days in July, 1863. This battle changed the course of history. Today, the battlefield stands supreme as the largest battlefield shrine in America with over 1,000 monuments & cannons along 40 miles of scenic avenues.

Ghost Stories-Farnsworth House
Hear ghost stories in the historic Farnsworth House basement. Descend the staircase into the darkness of a Victorian viewing parlor of the Mourning Theatre. Surrounded by a unique collection of mourning memorabilia, hear by candlelight, tales of the spirits who are still believed to haunt the town and its battlefield.

Dobbin House Tavern
The Dobbin House Tavern, built in 1776, is the oldest building in Gettysburg. After the battle of Gettysburg the house was used as a hospital by both the North & South for their wounded. The house is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Buffet consists of:
Salad & Bread Bar (25 item salad Bar with fresh baked goods)
Buffet entrees: Hunter Style Chicken, Seafood Newburg, Beef Stroganoff, Oven potatoes, green beans almondine, rice pilaf and buttered carrots.

Desserts: Chocolate cake, Colonial Pudding or Cherry Pie.



Ghosts of Gettysburg Candlelight Walking Tour
Ghosts of Gettysburg lantern walking tour is based on documented true stories collected for the best selling book series "Ghosts of Gettysburg".

Walking tour begins in the courtyard of the haunted Ghosts of Gettysburg Walking Tours� Headquarters-where disembodied voices have been recorded and a child has been spotted�.a century after his death.

Visit the County Courthouse that witnessed the battle and was filled to over-flowing with wounded soldiers�and now holds visitors from another world.

See the church where so many amputations occurred they had to drill holes in the floor to let the blood run out and where a spectral undertaker continues to walk to the nearby cemetery�removed decades ago.

The tour lasts about 1 hour and fifteen minutes and covers about three-quarters of a mile.


Eisenhower Farm
The Eisenhower Home & Farm was originally used as a weekend retreat & "temporary White House" for the 34th President of the United States. World renowned leaders & foreign dignitaries visited here as Eisenhower practiced his personal one-to-one diplomacy. In 1961, the farm became their retirement home where Ike continued to tend to his prize-winning Angus cattle.

Fairfield Inn
'An Authentic American Treasure'

With origins dating to 1757, The Fairfield Inn is one of America's oldest, continuously operated Inns.

Built nineteen years before the Declaration of Independence, The Fairfield Inn was originally the Mansion House of Squire Miller, an original founder of the town. In the 250 years that have passed, the Mansion House has hosted many famous Americans such as Patrick Henry, nephew of Squire William and Isabella Henry Miller, Thaddeus Stevens, Generals Robert E. Lee & J.E.B. Stuart, Baseball Hall of Famer Eddie Plank and The Eisenhower's.

When the Battle of Gettysburg was over, the Confederate Army retreated West through Fairfield. General Robert E. Lee and his officers stopped to eat at the Inn.

Taste why over four centuries of fine service and culinary expertise make dining at The Fairfield Inn a deliciously unique experience.

Squire Miller's Luncheon--

Appetizer: Candied Pear with Raspberry Sauce

Entr�e Choices:
Fried Shrimp Platter

General Schimmelfennig's Hindquarters- Open-faced Tavern Ham & Swiss Cheese served hot

British Tuna Melt- Fresh Tuna Salad on an English Muffin Topped with Tomato and Melted Cheese


Served with Tavern Cut Potato Chips & Pickle Spears

Dessert:
Scoop of Ice Cream or Sherbet