Rehabilitation improved accessibility, added interpretive signage and created gathering areas, helping visitors experience the historic landscape more fully.
Preservation
that Endures
For nearly three decades, Gettysburg Foundation has partnered with the National Park Service to preserve the places where Americans encounter history, sacrifice and the enduring meaning of our nation.
2008-Present
National Park Service and Gettysburg Foundation Partnership
The Gettysburg Foundation is the official non-profit partner of Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site. The National Park Service at Gettysburg and the Gettysburg Foundation partner to enhance the preservation and understanding of the heritage and lasting significance of Gettysburg through the Foundation's public outreach and private financial support.
2008-Present
Museum & Visitor Center at Gettysburg National Military Park
Working closely with the National Park Service, raised $103 million to build the Museum & Visitor Center at Gettysburg National Military Park, which is home to the historic Battle of Gettysburg Cyclorama painting and the Gettysburg Museum of the American Civil War. The Gettysburg Foundation operates the Museum & Visitor Center in partnership with the National Park Service.
2008-2017
Cemetery Ridge and Cemetery Hill Restoration
Raised funds and restored these areas that were key to the Union position in battle, returning them to their 1863 appearabce. Non-historic structure demolition and the return of previously relocated monumnets to their original positions were part of this project achieved in partnership with Gettysburg National Military Park.
2008-2019
George Spangler Farm & Field Hospital Restoration
Three original buildings at the George Spangler Farm are preserved—the summer kitchen, the Pennsylvania bank barn and the stone farmhouse. Non-historic buildings were removed, the apple orchard was replanted and the smokehouse was reconstructed. The Gettysburg Foundation continues to maintain the restored and rehabilitated historic site.
2016
Civil War Museum of Philadelphia Collection
Obtained ownership of the $9.5 million, 3,000-artifact collection of the Civil War Museum of Philadelphia. Before receiving stewardship of the collection, the Gettysburg Foundation in partnership with the Civil War Museum conserved, stored and displayed much of the museum's collection.
2014-2025
Gettysburg Lincoln Railroad Station™
Gettysburg's railroad station served as a hospital and supply center during the Civil War, along with being the arrival point for President Lincoln before delivering the Gettysburg Address. Today, the restored historic site is operated by the Gettysburg Foundation as a history and visitor information stop.
2020-2021
Rupp HouseTM Renovation for Children of Gettysburg 1863®
Renovated the historic Rupp HouseTM to present an all-new educational and interactive experience, Children of Gettysburg 1863®. Designed for young historians, grades K-5, the hands-on history exhibits bring to life the stories of children and young residents of Gettysburg through first-hand accounts and interactive adventures.
2025-2026 At-a-Glance
Launched "A Field of
Remembrance"
National Campaign:
Remembrance"
National Campaign:
6/14/2026
2025 Annual donation
to the National Parks at Gettysburg:
to the National Parks at Gettysburg:
$422k+
Visitors to Restored
George Spangler Farm
& Field Hospital:
George Spangler Farm
& Field Hospital:
3k+
83 Foundation Volunteers
Contributed 10,100
Hours Valued at:
Contributed 10,100
Hours Valued at:
$350k+
Preservation in Action
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Little Round Top Rehabilitation
Culp’s Hill Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation strengthened interpretation of the Union right flank and the consequential fighting that occurred here during the 1863 battle.
Cemetery Ridge Restoration
Restoration returned the Cemetery Ridge and Cemetery Hill areas of the battlefield that were central to the Union defensive position to their 1863 appearance.
Monument Restoration
With support from the Gettysburg Foundation, Gettysburg National Military Park preserves and maintains the battlefield’s 1,328 monuments, tablets and markers.
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“
The power of noble deeds is to be preserved and passed on to the future.
—Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
So we, the people, can preserve our liberty and our greatness in time of peace only by ourselves exercising the virtues of honesty, of self-restraint and of fair dealing...
—President Theodore Roosevelt
Gettysburg, Pa., Memorial Day, May 30, 1904
Gettysburg, Pa., Memorial Day, May 30, 1904
(On the George Spangler Farm & Field Hospital...) This was great. So much to see and learn. We stayed at the farm for 2-3 hours. There were living history actors there as well as a speaker who did presentations on the family that lived there, the restoration of the property and what it was like while it was a field hospital during and after the war. It was truly amazing to hear what the family and soldiers went through, and to learn about the condition of the farm from 1863 to present day.
—Hwhi2018
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