Downtown Gettysburg makes a great place to stop for lunch on your day trip. You’ll find plenty of choice within a short walk from the roundabout in the center of town. If you like gourmet food, pizzas, sandwiches, house cut truffle parmesan fries, give Food101 a try.
Marked as the blue trail on the Gettysburg tour map are two historical buildings in downtown.
The Gettysburg Train Station Museum served as a supply depot during the Civil War. It’s also where Abraham Lincoln arrived from Washington to give his famous speech at the dedication of the Soldier’s National Cemetery.
The David Will’s House, on the corner of the roundabout in the center of town, is where Lincoln finished writing his Gettysburg address.
In front of the house is the Return Visit Statue by J. Seward Johnson. The statue commemorates Lincoln’s visit by depicting him with “the common man.” It’s intended to illustrate the relevance of the Gettysburg address to present day. We found the clothes on the statue to be unbelievably realistic. At first, we thought it was a street performer!