City: Gettysburg, PA

Category: Annual Events & Festivals

Telephone: (717) 334-6363, (888) 497-9386

Address: 2638 Emmitsburg Road

Description: This show marks its 35th anniversary in 2009 and is considered one of the best of its kind in the United States, with hundreds of displays relating to American military history goods from 1865 and earlier. Weapons, uniforms, documents, books, photographs, accoutrements—they’re all on display for both the serious collector and the interested browser. The show is held on the first weekend of the Gettysburg Heritage Days at the Allstar Complex, which is right beside the Eisenhower Inn & Conference Center, just 4.5 miles south of town. (See the Hotels, Motels, and Resorts chapter for more on this lodging.) For more information on future shows, contact Bill or Brendan Synnamon of the Union Drummer Boy store at (717) 334-2350. The show has an admission price of $5, with children age 12 and younger admitted free.