A memorial erected at Gettysburg National Military Park to honor the 11th Pennsylvania Infantry's beloved and loyal
mascot, Sallie Ann Jarrett, a brindle American Staffordshire Terrier who defended and stayed with these Union soldiers during the Civil War, including in Gettysburg, until her death on the battlefield in 1865. photo courtesy: Gettysburg Foundation
the Federal Pointe Inn was once the Meade School.
Today,proprietor Peter Monahan pres- ents this art-filled enclave of eighteen elegant rooms, its homey pub,plus a conference and meeting room. Aesthetics include 12-foot high ceilings and the original school blackboards in several guest
rooms.Note:The Inn does not (yet) have elevators,but guests needing handicapped accessibility are situated on the first (of two) floors.
3:30pm - Gateway Gettysburg Campus
www.gatewaygettysburg.com
It’s check-in time and I unload my duf- fle into my clean and comfortable room at theWyndham hotel. It’s a part of this vast complex that also includes a Courtyard by Marriott, the Gateway Movie Theater,and the Appalachian Brewing Company – all strategically sit- uated a mere three miles from the
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downtown.The two hotels are favorites for the convention trade as well as havens for clubs,associations and tran- sient travelers alike.
6:15pm – Dobbin House
www.dobbinhouse.com
Our trusty luxury van from Premier #1 Limousine is at the ready to take our small group of planners to our dinner destination,Dobbin House – the oldest building in Gettysburg (circa 1776); a dramatic Georgian Style mansion that offers comfortably elegant surround- ings complete with candle lighted din- ing, and a menu that’s steeped in almost two-and-a-half-centuries of culi- nary tradition,along with the abundant talent reserves of executive chef Bruce Keefer.
Within each of the warren of rooms here there’s a combined seating for 140 guests where they’ll enjoy American classics presented with refinement and
panache.Offering its delicious assort- ment of homemade breads,mouthwa- tering prime rib,hearty pork and succu- lent game, I indulge in the sweetest lump crab I’ve had this entire past sum- mer
season.The house made pecan pie makes a flavorful impact, too.
8:30pm - Ghostly Images Gettysburg
www.ghostlyimages.com
A full industry exists because of Gettysburg’s past as a place where so many have been laid to rest. Indeed, nearly a dozen ghost tours are run daily - raising hairs and sparking imagi- nations. On this night,we’re entertained as well as educated by an actor who relives the day when JennyWade, the first civilian casualty of the battle,per- ished in her home from a stray bullet.
The starkness of the scene is made even more dramatic as he shows us the very life-taking bullet hole that’s still
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