Eternal Light Peace Memorial, Gettysburg

Name: Eternal Light Peace Memorial
Address: Confederate Ave, Gettysburg, 17325, United States

#9 among attractions in Gettysburg

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The Eternal Light Peace Memorial is a 1938 Gettysburg Battlefield monument dedicated on July 3, 1938, commemorating the 1913 Gettysburg reunion for the 50th anniversary of the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg on July 3, 1913. The natural gas flame in a one-ton bronze urn is atop a tower on a stone pedestrian terrace with views from the terraced hill summit over about 400 sq mi, and the flame is visible from 20 mi away. ()

Coordinates: 39°50'54"N, 77°14'37"W

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Confederate AveGettysburg 17325 United States

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Eternal Light Peace Memorial – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Schmucker Hall, Seminary Ridge Museum - Gettysburg, Gallery 30, Pennsylvania Hall.

1.2 miS
Museum
Schmucker Hall, Gettysburg
30 min walk • Schmucker Hall is an American Civil War site listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Adams County, Pennsylvania, that was constructed as the original Gettysburg Theological Seminary building.
1.1 miS
39°49'55"N • 77°14'40"W
Seminary Ridge Museum - Gettysburg, Gettysburg
30 min walk • Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
1.4 miSE
Museum, Shopping, Art gallery
Gallery 30, Gettysburg
36 min walk • Gallery 30 is an American fine art and craft gallery located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Gallery 30 has occupied two historic buildings in downtown Gettysburg, and its ownership has been active in the local community since the gallery's opening in 1979.
1 miSE
Greek Revival architecture
Pennsylvania Hall, Gettysburg
27 min walk • Pennsylvania Hall is the Gettysburg College central administrative building and the college's oldest building. Designed in 1835 by John Cresson Trautwine, it was built in 1838 as a "temple-style edifice with four columns in the portico".
1.5 miSE
39°49'51"N • 77°13'43"W
Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, Gettysburg
38 min walk • Church
1 miS
Gothic Revival architecture
Sheads House, Gettysburg
25 min walk • The Sheads House, also known as Oak Ridge Seminary, is a historic home located at Gettysburg in Adams County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1862, and is a 2 1/2-story, "T"-shaped brick dwelling in the Gothic Revival style.
0.9 miS
Universities and schools
Gettysburg College, Gettysburg
23 min walk • Gettysburg College is a private liberal arts college in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1832, the 225-acre campus is adjacent to the Gettysburg Battlefield. Gettysburg College has about 2,600 students, with roughly equal numbers of men and women. Gettysburg students come from 41 states, Washington, D.C. and 39 countries.
0.9 miSW
Neighbourhood
McPherson Ridge, Gettysburg
25 min walk • McPherson Ridge is a landform used for military engagements during the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, when the I Corps of the Union Army had a headquarters on the ridge and was defeated by the Confederate division of Major General Henry Heth.
1.4 miSE
Neighbourhood
Gettys-Black divide, Gettysburg
36 min walk • The Gettys-Black divide is the primary drainage divide of Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania; extending from the mouth of Stevens Creek southward past Samuel Gettys' 1761 tavern ~7 miles to the mouth of Plum Run at the dam site for Robert Black's 1798 Mill.