Allegheny Alumni Travel Tour of Gettysburg Itinerary

THURSDAY, MAY 2

3:00 PM: Check in to Hilton Garden Inn, Gettysburg, PA
5:00 PM: Ice breaker reception (Generals Ballroom, Hilton Garden Inn)
6:00 PM Dinner at Hotel
7:15 – 8:30 PM: Introduction to Gettysburg (Generals Ballroom)

FRIDAY MAY 3

6:30 – 7:45 AM: Breakfast at hotel
8:00 – 11:00 AM: “July 1” (first day of the battle) in the field
11:00 – 12:15 PM: Visit to Seminary Ridge Museum
12:15 – 1:30 PM: Lunch at Seminary Refectory
1:30 – 4:30 PM: “July 2” (second day of the battle) in the field
4:30 PM: Return to hotel
5:45 PM: Bus departs for George Spangler Farm, a Union Army field hospital
6:00 PM: Picnic dinner at George Spangler Farm
8:00 PM: Return to the hotel

SATURDAY MAY 4

6:30 – 7:45 AM: Hotel breakfast
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM: “July 3” (third day of the battle) in the field
12:15 – 1:30 PM: Lunch at the Gettysburg Visitor Center/Museum Pavilion
1:30 – 4:30 PM: Dwight D. Eisenhower Farm
4:30 PM: Return to the hotel
5:45 PM: Bus departs for Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center
6:00 – 9:00 PM: Farewell reception/dinner, Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center
9:00 PM: Return to the hotel

SUNDAY MAY 5

7:00 – 8:00 AM: Hotel breakfast, college farewell and check out (by 11:00 AM)
9:00 – 11:00 AM: Optional activity: Soldier’s National Cemetery & Gettysburg Address