Dear Friends
It is with much disappointment that the Gettysburg Foundation must announce the cancellation of the 18th Annual Remembrance Day Illumination event originally scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020.
In place of the traditional Illumination, we will conduct a virtual tribute with a reading of the fallen that will be posted on GettysburgFoundation.org and social channels Saturday, Nov. 21.
The decision to cancel the event was not an easy one. We know many of you travel from out of state each year to join us for the Illumination. With the Pennsylvania Health Secretary’s announcement that all visitors to the state are required to have a negative COVID-19 test or quarantine for 14 days prior, we were not going to place any of our Friends or volunteers in a position of inadvertently violating the mandate or potentially risking their health in order to attend.
Thank you to all of you who volunteered, sponsored candles, made plans to attend and continue to make the commemoration ceremonies a moving and inspirational event.
Please join us for the virtual tribute on Saturday and we hope to see you next year.