Something that some may not know is that re-enactments are prohibited on the actual battlefield in Gettysburg, a rule that applies to all national parks. Although I think there was a re-enactment on the actual battle site in 1913.
And there were two re-enactments held this year in Gettysburg, both on private land near the national park battlefield.
And I’ve been to Gettysburg many times. It’s always most crowded on a holiday weekend and especially on the 4th of July, but the last time I was there was in early October some years ago and there was a pretty sizable crowd although it might have been because of the National Apple Harvest festive in nearby Biglersville.
T’weren’t much of anybody there but bikers today.