[6] Portions of the park extend into the Gettysburg borough limits,[7] including the Soldiers' National Cemetery,[8] and an exclave is in Mount Pleasant Township.

[10] Many of the park's 43,000 American Civil War artifacts are displayed in the Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center.

In addition, the NPS is restoring native plants to meadows and edges of roads, to encourage habitat as well as provide for historic landscape.

[2] In addition to land purchases, federal eminent domain takings include the Gettysburg Electric Railway right-of-ways in 1917 (cf.

In addition, the Gettysburg Foundation has provided approximately $20 million in direct support of the National Park Service just since 2009.

The actor, Raymond Massey, playing the role of President Lincoln, arrived by 1860s period steam train at the Gettysburg station.

He rode, in the parade as did Lincoln, on horseback to the National cemetery where actor Massey gave the President's famous address (this time for brevity, Edward Everett's preceding two-hour speech was not read).

There are an estimated annual 2 million people visiting the park a year, and with this large influx of visitors concerns have arisen on its effects on the environment.

The National Park Service released a statement on August 21, 2024, that spray paint and graffiti caused damage to the War Department Observation Tower and a large rock.