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Gettysburg

National Military Park

Pennsylvania

Established: 1895 (National Park Designation)

3,965 acres

Annual Visitors: 1,031,554 (2010)

Governing body:

1933: National Park Service
1896: War Department
1864: Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association

Official Site: https://www.nps.gov/gett/index.htm

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettysburg_National_Military_Park

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Gettysburg National Military Park superintendent reassignedAn official confirmed the U.S. Department of the Interior launched an investigation into the park but could not comment on whether it was related.

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