Courtesy of www.Gettysburgmuseum.com I grabbed the quick history of the Remembrance Day Parade. The 2009 parade will be held November 21, 2009 at 1pm.
So what are we remembering? Here is the blurb from the website. "In 1956, when the last surviving soldier passed away, Albert Woolson, a monument was dedicated at Gettysburg to the memory of the Grand Army of the Republic. The dedication included a parade and ceremony. The event has taken place every year since the original dedication and is now known as "Remembrance Day"."
This weekend every year brings large crowds of people, history buffs, reenactors, and the like to Gettysburg to celebrate this event. Local bars with history or bars that have developed a historic following due to their location are packed with fully dressed soldiers. The bars occasionally get separated into north vs south conversations. The yankees and confederates debate strategic moves while formulating other plans or moves that should have been taken by the generals.
Places like The Cashtown Inn, The Dobbin house, The Farnsworth House, and Ororke's tend to be the big hang outs for the soldiers and history buffs. It's also fairly likely that there will be period correct bands playing music from the civil war era.
If you're looking for one last weekend to come to town and see some activity this is probably one of the best weekends of the year, but expect the town to be busy and the restaurants full.
A bit more info here
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