Jennie Wade House Museum — Attraction in Gettysburg

Me and my family visited The Jennie Wade House today it was an absolute honor and pleasure to walk through a house that was the site of a tragic death of a young girl who died doing a good thing for Union Soldiers and accompanying her sister Georgia Wade McClellan during a pregnancy. It was so sad to be standing in the kitchen area seeing the many bullet holes that claimed the life of 20 yr old Jennie who was in the kitchen kneading bread and providing water to the union soldiers when a stray bullet from a confederate sharpshooters rifle struck both the kitchen and parlor doors striking her in the back as she was kneeling down to attend to the dough for the bread and biscuits. The tour guide was extremely helpful kind and highly knowledgeable on the history of the house and the moments leading up to Jennie's death and afterwards during the 3 day battle of Gettysburg. Definitely would recommend paying a visit to the Jennie Wade House and paying your respects to her for her devotion to the wounded soldiers doing good deeds for them and being the only non fighting hero of the Union Army, the next day her mother was able to make 15 loaves of bread for the union soldiers that she was kneading on the morning of July 3rd 1863. It was touching to see the actual original floorboard that was recovered from the kitchen that Jennie fell on when she was killed that still has small traces of her blood on it, the actual 10 pound Parrot Shell that crashed through the roof of the house and landed inside the wall where it sat undisturbed for nearly 15 years without going off as well as two letters sent to and from Jennie to her fiance Jack Skelly who was a union soldier corporal in the 87th infantry who also died from injuries sustained at The Second Battle Of Winchester. We also visited her grave at Evergreen Cemetery and left a few pennies on her tombstone as a way of paying our respects to her and showing her our gratitude for her service to the Union Soldiers. 10/10 star rating for the tour guide and the many wonderful staff members of The Jennie Wade House...

We visited Gettysburg for the first time today, and more specifically visited the Jennie Wade house for the first time. It was a good tour, a little cramped, and I almost wish there was an option or a time slot for people who just want to walk through without a guide. Our guide was very educated and kind. It seemed today there was some short staffing and some kind of frustration some of the staff was expressing. Specifically a young girl who was in the shop today. When we first came, we walked in and she was very loudly explaining to the coworker, who was in the moment trying to assist us, her complaints of the previous group expecting the tour to be free, and was saying “ who comes into an historical building and expects it to be free” once again to the young man, who happened to be our tour guide when we came back, while we were actively paying for the tour. She continued to talk as we left, loudly. When we came back for our tour, my husband noticed a quick conversation between her and some walk in customers, asking for directions to another building, she told them “around the corner.” Very short, very clipped. And another employee went out of their way to explain to the customers a bit better on how to get to where they want to go. After they left, and while they were actually in the process of walking away, once again, loudly, says “ who walks into a Jennie wade house for directions to another tour area. We are not directions givers” or something along those lines. All in all, moral of the story, I think upper management needs to be aware of this employee, once again she was young, and this was for a 12:15 tour on August 10th, if that helps whoever reads this to make sure she is aware that people can hear her and maybe she needs a new job. I appreciate those willing and excited to work in the tour guide business and I hope the Jennie Wade house...

We didn’t actually make it any farther than the gift shop. My sister and I planned our first trip to Gettysburg a few weeks ago, and drove six hours to get there. The Jennie Wade museum was on our must-see list. On the website, it states “ Tours begin every 30 minutes in peak season and last approximately 30 minutes. In the Spring and Fall tours will run every 45 minutes.” We arrived at the house at 1:47, and two people were entering the house with a guide, who was back in the gift shop a minute later. When we entered the shop, the clerk, Haley, told us that we were not able to take the tour until 3:55, because there was a school tour coming at 2. That wasn’t possible for us, because we had to leave for home in the early afternoon. We asked why we couldn’t go in with the group that just walked in, and we were told “We can’t mix groups because of Covid.” Even though my sister and I are fully vaccinated, and were wearing masks, you can’t have four people in the house at one time? But you can have two people and a large school group in there at once? It makes no sense. And your website says nothing about one group at a time in the house. The other guide did nothing but stare at his phone the entire time. My sister purchased a book, and Haley started to give her the receipt. My sister said, “Oh I don’t need that.” Haley said “k,” tossed the book onto the counter, and walked away without saying anything else. My sister is a former travel agent, and I’ve worked as museum docent for the last three years. This is not how you...