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Museum of the Confederacy opening Gettysburg show

Flags are the centerpiece of "Gettysburg: They walked through blood," which just opened and runs through September.

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'Gettysburg' director settles debt to Md. county

"Gettysburg" director Ron Maxwell has settled his 10-year-old debt to Washington County, where he filmed parts of the prequel, "Gods and Generals"

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Study: Tourism spending up in and around Gettysburg

Tourism spending is rebounding in Adams County after the area's top industry went into a slump three years ago, one study showed.

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Frederick businesses hope to capitalize on Gettysburg anniversary

The Gettysburg Convention and Visitors Bureau estimates the 150th anniversary will attract 4 million people in 2013, but many visitors are expected to make the trek this year to avoid the 2013 crush, and local establishments hope to benefit from tourists coming through Frederick County on their way to the battlefields.

Tags: civil war, tourism, The Gettysburg Convention and Visitors Bureau

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Booth bobbleheads do booming business

Even as bobbleheads of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth are pulled from gift shops, the sculptor of the statuette says business is booming

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Gettysburg teen finds history in his own backyard

Andrew Dalton loves studying the Civil War. "Not too many people can say history happened in their backyard."

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