Remembrance Day Events, 2023

Remembrance Day Events, 2023

Sat Nov 18th 1:00pm - 9:00pm

Join in the 2023 Remembrance Day events, to commemorate the dedication of the National Cemetery in November 1863.

1:00 p.m. The annual parade of Civil War living history groups is held in conjunction with the Gettysburg Address anniversary. The parade will line up on Middle Street and then proceed to Baltimore Street and then turn onto Steinwehr Avenue.

This event is sponsored by the Sons of Veterans Reserve, the Military Department of the Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War.

Numerous roads will be closed during this time.

5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Luminaries and flags adorn the Civil War graves in the Soldiers' National Cemetery.

This solemn commemoration features a luminary candle on each of the 3,512 Civil War soldier’s graves. Names of the fallen soldiers will be read throughout the evening.

This event is sponsored by the Gettysburg Foundation.