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Cemetery Ridge, Little Roundtop and the fields of Pickett’s charge, all considered hallowed ground by Civil War buffs, might soon get a $43 million face lift thanks to a unique public-private partnership announced Friday.
The National Park Service said it has plans to bring Gettysburg National Military Park into the next century by contracting a private developer to build a new tourist center, a book store, retail shops, restaurants and a theater.
The new complex would replace the cramped, haphazard facility that park officials say provides “below atrocious” conditions for the site’s historic artifacts and poorly handles the 2 million tourists who tour the battlefield annually.
