Gettysburg museum offers personalized tours for groups

General Lee-s Headquarter-s Museum rolls out interactive program

(Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) - 4/19/2010

CONTACT:
Peter Monahan
Owner, General Lee’s Headquarters Museum
717-334-1813
[email protected]

General Lee’s Headquarters Museum in Historic Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, is now offering tour groups a chance meet the top-ranking Confederate commander through an interactive program.

The museum, located atop Seminary Ridge along the Gettysburg National Military Park, is inviting tour groups to experience the story of Gen. Robert E. Lee, as told through one of the museum’s great General Lee presenters.

Upon exiting their motorcoach, groups will meet Lee and be introduced to a program – able to be personalized for each group – that focuses on the Confederate general, the house he once used to plan the Battle of Gettysburg or other topics of interest to the group.

Groups will then tour the famous house and see the hundreds of artifacts inside.

The stone house – once belonging to noted statesman Thaddeus Stevens – was built in 1834, and on July 1, 1863, the house became the personal headquarters of General Lee. An ideal location, it was at the center and rear of his battle lines and it was on the same road that many more of his troops were quickly approaching.

At the time of the battle, the house was the dwelling place of Mrs. Mary Thompson, who was known by the residents of Gettysburg simply as the “Widow Thompson.” She was not excited about having her house occupied by a “Rebel,” but she “… testifies that the gentlemanly deportment of General Lee whilst in her house, but complains bitterly of the robbery and general destruction of her goods by some of his attendants.”

For more information on the General Lee’s Headquarters Museum and its new interactive programs for tour groups, call 717-334-1813 or email [email protected].

General Lee's Headquarters Museum