"Old Glory's Journey of Remembrance"
Stops at Gettysburg April 14

GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Gettysburg National Military Park, as one of 25 patriotic and historic sites participating in “Old Glory’s Journey of Remembrance” to honor the service and sacrifice of America’s fallen heroes, will hold a public flag-raising ceremony on April 14 at 11 a.m. at the flagpole in front of the park’s new museum and visitor center, 1195 Baltimore Pike, Gettysburg.

“Old Glory’s Journey of Remembrance” is a nationwide flag-raising effort that began on National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, Dec. 7, 2007, and will culminate at the U.S. Capitol on Memorial Day, May 26. During the six-month period, that same American flag is visiting 25 national cemeteries and historic battlefields before completing its journey during the National Moment of Remembrance ceremony in Washington, DC.

The Gettysburg ceremony will include remarks by park superintendent John Latschar, Gettysburg Foundation President Robert Wilburn, participation by local veterans, music and singing by local schools, the raising of the flag and the playing of taps.

The event is sponsored by the National Park Service and the Gettysburg Foundation, and will take place on the first day of operations at the park’s newly opened museum and visitor center.

In addition to ten Veterans Administration national and state veterans’ cemeteries, the flag will be flown at battlefields and historic sites such as Independence Hall, Appomattox Court House, and Fort McHenry. The journey is being organized by the White House Commission on Remembrance.

For more information on the Gettysburg event, contact (717) 334-1124.