WELCOME RECEPTION

For those who select this activity, you will enjoy a leisurely drive in your Packard just a few miles to the new Visitor's Center at the Gettysburg National Military Park. With the entire facility open for the evening to our national Packard Club members only, you will experience the Battle of Gettysburg through film, artifacts, and the world-renowned Cyclorama! Part of our evening will include a picnic supper within the facility, where we will be surrounded by music, fellow Packard owners, and even re-enactors! This venue will be our to enjoy for 3 hours. What a great way to start the meet!

THE CYCLORAMA

What in the world is a Cyclorama? This massive, 360-degree "Battle of Gettysburg" painting-in-the-round was first exhibited in 1884. Today, this colossal experience is exhibited the way the artist originally intended -- with the painting (measuring 377 feet around an 42 feet high!), a canopy that removes the building's architectural features from your sight, and a three-dimensional diorama, which carries the painted scene into the foreground. All of these elements combine for an illusion of immersion - you feel as though you're surrounded by the fury of Pickett's Charge on the third and final day of the Battle of Gettysburg.

The Cyclorama recently reopened after undergoing a five-year conservation effort-the largest conservation effort of its kind ever undertaker on the continent.