Gettysburg will mark the 163rd anniversary of the Gettysburg Address on Thursday, Nov. 19, with a procession from Lincoln Square and a ceremony at Gettysburg National Cemetery. The two-day reenactment of Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 visit is part of Gettysburg’s observance of the nation’s 250th anniversary.
Actor Billy Campbell, who portrayed the president in National Geographic’s Killing Lincoln, is scheduled to arrive at the Gettysburg Lincoln Train Station at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, aboard a working replica steam locomotive. He will walk through Lincoln Square to the David Wills House and greet spectators from the steps. The Lincoln Fellowship of Pennsylvania’s evening program includes a welcome ceremony and a cascading performance of “Taps” around the square at 8:30 p.m.
Town bells will ring at 10 a.m. Thursday to signal the start of the procession. It will leave the David Wills House and head down Baltimore Street toward the cemetery, entering through the Taneytown Road gate. The procession and ceremony are free and require no tickets…